Research is organised into three topic areas managed by John Bloomfield, Pauline Smedley and Daren Gooddy.
Groundwater Processes Team Leader: Dr Daren Gooddy
- Groundwater recharge mechanisms
- Groundwater residence indicators
- Impact of agrochemicals and agricultural wastes on water quality
- Biogeochemical cycling
Groundwater Protection Team Leader: Dr Pauline Smedley
- Potential environmental impacts of shale-gas development in the UK
- Processes controlling mobilisation and transport of trace elements of health concern in groundwaters (arsenic, fluoride, molybdenum, uranium, nickel)
- The baseline chemistry of groundwaters
- Water quality and impacts in developing countries
- Inorganic chemistry of bottled water
- Corrosion and encrustation in groundwater installations and aquifers
Groundwater Systems Team Leader: Dr John Bloomfield