research projects
The following are examples of recent projects, often multidisciplinary, undertaken by members of the HYDRA association for a range of partners.
The posters presented at the HYDRA launch event also provide summaries of projects being undertaken by HYDRA members.
- Modelling groundwater flood risk in the Chalk aquifer from future extreme rainfall events
- A project to improved conceptual model of the processes occurring in groundwater flooding in Chalk catchments; to develop a methodology for linking existing and new models within an integrated decision support system; and to use the models to assess the potential for future changes in groundwater flooding frequency .
- Hydrogeochemical functioning of lowland permeable catchments: from process understanding to environmental management
- A project that undertook research into nutrient processes in Chalk catchments and developed new modelling tools to support nutrient management in groundwater-dominated catchments.
- Modelling water quality
- HYDRA have developed a range of water quality models for modelling river systems and catchments.
- INCA modeling to assess Impacts of climate change on hydrology and water quality
- The INCA (INtegrated CAtchment Model) tool represents complex interactions and connections operating in catchments and is explicitly designed to address the scaling up issue, via a process based modelling approach. It has been used to study the likely future impacts of climate change on hydrology and water quality in the River Kennet.
- Review of the INCA model for the Environment Agency Decision Support Tool
- A project to assess the utility of the INCA suite of models for use in a new decision support tool being developed for the Environment Agency.
- Modelling and Assessing Uncertainty in Critical Load Models
- The project examined the uncertainties in critical load assessments and develop a practical methodology for such assessments within the EA's regulatory role.
- Remediation of agricultural diffuse nitrate polluted waters using a permeable reactive barrier
- A pan-European EC LIFE Environment project to demonstrate the application of reactive barrier technology for the removal of nitrates derived from agricultural practices.
- Management of the Environment and Resources using Integrated Techniques (MERIT)
- The project uses Bayesian Networks as an integrating tool and an aid to facilitating stakeholder engagement in water resource management.
