Summary
Prof Adrian Butler is Professor in Subsurface Hydrology in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London. His main teaching responsibilities are lecturing on groundwater flow and contaminant transport to both undergraduate and masters degree students. He is also Course Director for the Hydrology and Water Resources Management MSc course.
His research is primarily associated with measuring, analysing and modelling subsurface flow and transport processes and their associated environmental impact. He has a particular interest in the Chalk of Southern England and has been involved in research, largely with BGS and CEH Wallingford, on recharge processes, groundwater flow and contaminant transport using a range of geophysical and modelling techniques. He is also interested in the challenges of groundwater resource development under the influence of a changing climate (e.g. impacts on groundwater abstraction from the High Plains aquifer, USA, for irrigation). Another area of interest is water resources and health in developing countries. He has been jointly working with colleagues from the Department of Epidemiology in the School of Medicine on the impacts of water salinity on health in Bangladesh. He is also involved in a joint project with Queen’s University Belfast (SALINA) investigating new methods for managing saline intrusion in coastal aquifers. Finally, he is PI on a major project funded by NERC on Community Water Management for a Liveable London (CAMELLIA) which is bringing together environmental, engineering, urban planning and socio-economic experts with governmental and planning authorities, industry, developers and citizens to co-develop solutions that will enable required housing growth in London whilst sustainably managing its water and environment.
Publications
Journals
Tsai C, Hoque M, Vineis P, et al., 2024, Salinisation of drinking water ponds and groundwater in coastal Bangladesh linked to tropical cyclones, Scientific Reports, Vol:14, ISSN:2045-2322
Coletta VR, Pagano A, Pluchinotta I, et al., 2024, Participatory Causal Loop Diagrams Building for Supporting Decision-Makers Integrating Flood Risk Management in an Urban Regeneration Process., Earths Future, Vol:12, ISSN:2328-4277
Rowan TSL, Karantoni VA, Butler AP, et al., 2023, 3D-printed Ag–AgCl electrodes for laboratory measurements of self-potential, Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems, Vol:12, ISSN:2193-0856, Pages:259-270
Rowan T, Lu Y, Colyer A, et al., 2023, On the development of opensource 3D printed impeller flowmeters for open channels, Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, Vol:94, ISSN:0955-5986
Aguila JF, McDonnell MC, Flynn R, et al., 2023, Comparison of saturated hydraulic conductivity estimated by empirical, hydraulic and numerical modeling methods at different scales in a coastal sand aquifer in Northern Ireland, Environmental Earth Sciences, Vol:82, ISSN:1866-6280