Principal Hydrogeologist

James has a masters degree in hydrogeology and groundwater management and 15 years experience in the consulting industry. James early experience was in the contaminated land industry, and for the last 9 years with AGE has focussed on hydrogeolgical investigations for landfills, mining projects and infrastructure developments. He has project experience in Australia, United Kingdom and the Middle East.

His skills include design and installation of production/monitoring bores, pumping test analysis, assessment of groundwater quality and estimation of groundwater fluxes using analytical and computer based numerical models. He has a sound knowledge of the standard practices for hydrogeological investigations and has managed projects for the mining/quarrying, industries, local/state governments, developers and construction contractors.

James particular interests include development and testing conceptual models, hydrogeochemistry of landfill sites, pumping test analysis and long term monitoring data analysis.