Bob Harris
Groundwater quality policy and guidance, remediation of contaminated land, EC Water Framework Directive, integrated catchment management
Strategy Director, Catchment Science Centre and Visiting Professor of Catchment Science
Address:
GPRG
Kroto Research Institute
North Campus, University of Sheffield
Broad Lane
Sheffield
S3 7HQ
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)114 22 25725
Fax: +44 (0)114 222 5701
email : r.harris@shef.ac.uk
Biography
- BSc (Jt. Hons), Chemistry and Geology, University of Nottingham
- MSc, Organic Geochemistry, University of Newcastle
- Chartered Geologist
- Fellow of the Geological Society
- Awarded the 2006 Whitaker Medal by the Geological Society
Bob has worked within the UK water and environment industries for the whole of his career. After obtaining a Masters in Organic Geochemistry, he worked as a chemist and bacteriologist on water supply projects before specialising in groundwater pollution and its prevention, firstly within a Regional Water Authority and then the National Rivers Authority. In these roles he was involved at local, regional and national levels with research and the development of guidance and policies associated with groundwater quality, its protection and relevant associated land use. From 1997, Bob headed up the Environment Agency´s National Groundwater and Contaminated Land Centre providing a focus for and expertise on technical issues relating to the sub-surface environment, including the remediation of contaminated land and the management of a £2 million programme. During this time he established a high national and international profile for the Agency in this field.
From 2003 Bob developed a wider role in the Agency, firstly as Head of Ecosystems Science and then in managing the Integrated Catchment Science Programme. This work provides the scientific underpinning for policies and regulation, relating to the European Water Framework Directive and ultimately Integrated River Basin and Coastal Management. Bob took early retirement from the Agency in 2007 and is now a part-time Director of the CSC. He remains involved in a number of related initiatives including the European FP6 project RISKBASE (www.riskbase.info).
Publications
A list of Bob's major publications to date is available to download as a Word document. Please click on the link to the right of this page.
Environment Agency publications on groundwater and contaminated land produced under Bob Harris´s direction are available through the Environment Agency website.
http://publications.environment-agency.gov.uk/epages/eapublications.storefront
Professional affiliations
- CLARINET (European Union Concerted Action for Contaminated Land Rehabilitation Network for Environmental Technologies) - UK technical representative and Working Group leader on Groundwater Protection
- EU Common Forum on Contaminated Land; UK representative (convenor of 2004 meeting)
- Ad-hoc International Working Group on Contaminated Land – UK representative
- Dept of the Environment (DoE) Landfill Practices Review Group
- DoE Hazard Assessment of Landfill Sites Committee
- EPSRC Waste and Pollution Management Steering Committee
- NERC Freshwater Sciences Peer Review Committe
- NERC Lowland Catchment Research Steering Committee
- INCORE Committee of the WELCOME EU FP5 project
- EU FP6 Projects peer review committees: AQUATERRA – 2004-2007; RISKBASE – 2006-onwards
- Chair of the FIRST Faraday (Faraday for Innovative Remediation Science and Technology) Steering Committee 200-2005
- Chair of the IPM-Net Knowledge Transfer Network (a DTI sponsored KTN) – 2006 onwards
- Chair of the Groundwater Technical Advisory Group for the Water Framework Directive (2000-2003)
- Member of NERC Peer Review College – from 2005
- Member of NERC BGS Science and Management Audit (SMA) – 2003
- Member of RAE 2008 Civil Engineering sub-group (panel 28) – 2005-2008
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