Résumé of J.M. ASHWORTH,
HYDROGEOLOGIST & WATER RESOURCES SPECIALIST
Key Qualifications
J.M. Ashworth specialises:
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Integrated water resources assessment and management:
Expertise in assessing river-basin water resources, water use, reserves, and water quality, and using these data to develop integrated water resources management plans with the aid of GIS.
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Environmental Assessment:
Experience in assessing soil and groundwater contamination through inventories, sampling, laboratory analysis, and aquifer testing. Skilled in assessing soil and groundwater vulnerability and compliance with remedial targets using a range of techniques, including UK Environment Agency Level 1–4 procedures, probabilistic models such as LANDSIM and CONSIM, numerical groundwater models, ArcGIS overlay and index methods, and monitoring programmes.
BREEAM-accredited flood-risk assessment experience for master-planning projects, infrastructure, and buildings.
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Data organisation:
Advanced computer skills and extensive experience with industry-standard software, including MS Office, ArcGIS, Manifold, Global Mapper, LANDSIM, CONSIM, MODFLOW, AquiferTest, HEC-RAS, and HEC-HMS.
Expertise in collating and processing satellite imagery, digital terrain elevation models (DTEM), base data, and water resources information into databases and using these data to produce maps for assessment, management, reporting, and presentation.
Experienced in working with limited, incomplete, or unreliable data, and in obtaining additional and representative information from stakeholders, published and online sources, field inventories, and pilot projects.
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Project Design & Management:
Experience in project design, construction management, and technical oversight of more than 2,000 boreholes worldwide. Extensive experience in surface geophysical surveys, deep borehole design, and the testing and development of production wells.
Specialist knowledge of scavenger wells, artesian wells, and the lithostratigraphy of Oman.
J.M.Ashworth has been a freelance consultant for more than 25 years. Over his career, he has worked as a Team Leader, Manager, and Principal Consultant for a wide range of companies and projects, as well as an Expert and Technical Adviser to a government ministry. He has worked on projects funded by the: Agence Française de Développement (AFD); Asian Development Bank (ADB); European External Aid (EU); Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO); Southern African Development Community (SADC); US-Aid; and, World Bank (WB).
He has experience of working in ~20 different countries including: Afghanistan; Albania; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Cambodia; Canada; India; Kenya; Kosovo; Laos; Nigeria; Oman; Pakistan; Sudan; Thailand; UK; USA; and, Vietnam).
Education and Professional Status
M.Sc., Hydrogeology, University of London, 1982.
Diploma in Hydrogeology, University College London, 1982.
B.Sc. (2:1 Hons.) Environmental Science, Plymouth Polytechnic, 1980.
Other Certificates
BSAFE, HSHAA, SSAFE, Basic & Advanced Security in the Field (UN/FAO, Afghanistan)
Petroleum Safety, H2S Alive (Canada & Oman)
1st Aid (St. John's Ambulance, Canada)
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