Category Archives: Hydrology

Grant for Master’s study in Hydrology

Posted on June 2, 2017 by Simon Dixon

I’ve come across details of an excellent grant/award scheme for people looking to do an MSC in river and hydrology related courses with a view to moving into river/water management. The scheme is jointly run by the British Hydrology Society, … Continue reading →

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Looking into Selly Park Flooding

Posted on August 16, 2016 by Simon Dixon

In June this year intense rainfall led to localised flooding in South Birmingham in and around University of Birmingham. One area which was particularly badly hit was Pershore Rd near the Birmingham Nature Centre. This area is near to the … Continue reading →

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What about beavers?

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Simon Dixon

My first research projects were on logjams, looking at their abundance, distribution, form and function. These logjams were naturally occurring as a result of wood being “recruited” to the channel via wind throw or overbank transport. However ever since I … Continue reading →

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How do we use wood in river management?

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Simon Dixon

The presence of in-stream wood in rivers is a fairly complex and chaotic management issue. It’s not neat and tidy and to a degree wood in a channel is unpredictable, both in its effects and its behaviour. Wood moves around … Continue reading →

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River Management Career Profiles: Water Consultant

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Simon Dixon

This is the first in our new series of career profiles within the broad river/water management sector. Pete Harrison, is a Senior Hydrologist at the consultancy WSP (see link for their website). For this series we ask people to answer … Continue reading →

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River Management Career Profiles

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Simon Dixon

Following on from our very popular blog looking at and reviewing the available MSc courses for entry into the field of river management I’m excited to launch a new mini-series on the blog today looking at careers in the river … Continue reading →

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Autumn, leaves, blocked drains and flooding

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Simon Dixon

I caught myself the other day engaged in some slightly odd behaviour. I was out in the road in front of my house cleaning leaves out of the gutter. Had I finally become the crazy old man I have long … Continue reading →

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Fracking and River Management

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Simon Dixon

Recently the UK government has announced it is to push ahead with the exploration of shale gas seams (fracking) throughout the country. This news has been met with strong protests, notably from environmental lobby groups. The debate however has become … Continue reading →

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The rivers of a riverless city: An ode to Birmingham

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Simon Dixon

One of the often quoted facts about the city of Birmingham is that it has “more miles of canals than Venice” although as others have pointed out before, that fact somewhat misses the point. It’s somewhat disingenuous in any case … Continue reading →

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What are environmental flows?

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Ben Gillespie

You may have heard about the current restoration efforts on the Colorado River: an eight week long ‘pulse flow’ is being released from Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border (USA). This pulse flow is designed to replicate spring snowmelt driven floods that … Continue reading →

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