Co-hosted with the forWater Network, and as part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Christophe Darnault, Associate Professor Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at Clemson University, and Adrian Collins, Hydrologist and Head of Sustainable Agriculture Sciences at Rothamsted Research North Wyke in the United Kingdom, will present "Water & Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Two examples of innovative source water protection strategies that use policy and conservation for improved impact." More information below.
Adrian Collins hydrologist and head of Sustainable Agriculture Sciences at Rothamsted Research North Wyke in the United Kingdom, will present "Can we ASPIRE to improve management of the sediment problem: a narrative from the UK insights." His talk will focus on his research into developing a new framework for strategic understanding and management of water quality problems arising from accelerated soil erosion and sediment delivery across England and Wales. This cross sector work, but with a special focus on improving targeted management in the agricultural sector, sits at the nexus of issues involving land management, food production, water quality, aquatic ecology and stakeholder engagement.
About
the
speaker
Adrian
Collins’
research
interests
broadly
include
the
sustainability of
agricultural
practices
and
land
use,
which
he
investigates
through
the
integration
of
empirical
and
modelling
approaches.
A
detailed
biography
for
Adrian
can
be
found here.
Environmental change and global sustainability are critical challenges that the Earth is facing today. Environmental change is a threat to the security of water, food and energy systems as well as to global sustainability. As food security relies on water security, and water security relies on forests, this presentation will discuss studies related to: 1) Sustainable water resources management and enhanced management of karstic aquifers via recycling and reuse of wastewater by irrigation of agriculture and forestry lands in a seasonably-cold climate in Pennsylvania, United States; and 2) Effects of prescribed fire on soil properties and hydrological processes in forests of the Southeastern United States.
About
the
speaker
Christophe
Darnault
is
an
Associate
Professor
at
the
Department
of
Environmental
Engineering
and
Earth
Sciences
at
Clemson
University.
He
is
the
Chair
of
the
South
Carolina
Section
of
the
American
Society
of
Agricultural
and
Biological
Engineers.
He
serves
as
Associate
Editor
for
Frontiers
in
Environmental
Science
–
Soil
Processes,
Frontiers
in
Earth
Science,
section
Soil
Processes,
and
Vadose
Zone
Journal,
and
served
as
Associate
Editor
for
the
Journal
of
Hydrology.
He
is
one
of
Clemson’s
representatives
for
the
Consortium
of
Universities
for
the
Advancement
of
Hydrologic
Science,
Inc.
He
has
research
and
teaching
experience
at
Rensselaer
Polytechnic
Institute
and
the
University
of
Illinois
at
Chicago.
He
was
also
a
visiting
scholar
at
Yale
University.
He
received
his
Ph.D.
in
Environmental
and
Water
Resources
Engineering
from
Cornell
University,
and
his
combined
M.S.
&
B.S.
degree
(Diplôme
d’Ingénieur)
in
Agricultural,
Environmental,
and
Biological
Engineering
from
the
Institut
Supérieur
d'Agriculture,
Lille,
France
(1995).
His
experience
has
also
encompassed
working
as
water
resources
group
leader
at
Environmental
Engineering
and
Technology,
Inc.
and
as
a
project
engineer
at
Malcolm
Pirnie,
Inc.
(now
the
Water
Division
of
ARCADIS).
Dr.
Darnault’s
teaching
and
research
interests
are
in
the
fields
of
hydrological
sciences,
soil
and
water
resources
engineering
and
management,
environmental
health
and
engineering,
and
agricultural
and
biological
engineering.