David M. Hannah

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David M. Hannah

• Professor of Hydrology, University of Birmingham
• Head of School, Geography, Earth Env. Sci.
• UK National Representative for International
  Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
• Vice President IAHS-International Comm. for
  Surface Water
• UNESCO-International Hydrology Programme (FRIEND)
• Editorial boards Hydrological Processes,
  Ecohydrology
• gt19 years experience of developing new approaches
  to monitor, analyse and model water-dependent
  system
• gt130 publications (gt90 international journal
  papers)
• Research cited gt2,200 with h-index 29

d.m.hannah_at_bham.ac.uk
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Chris Bradley

• MA University of Cambridge, UK MA Wilfrid
  Laurier University, Canada PhD, University of
  Leicester, UK
• Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham

• School Head of Quality Assurance
• Universitas-21 Water Futures Committee
• UK National Committee of British Hydrological
  Society (BHS)
• gt20 years research experience, specialising in
  developing integrated approaches to monitoring
  and modelling freshwater systems
• gt50 publications (including Hydrological
  Processes, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Journal
  of Hydrology, Quaternary Science Reviews, Remote
  Sensing of the Environment)

c.bradley_at_bham.ac.uk
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Water quantity quality range of environments
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Water quality large river systems
Applications of environmental fluorescence in UK
South Africa
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New river monitoring technologies
Telemetry technology
Wireless sensor network field observation ??
telemetry ?? near-real time data retrieval ??
warning system
old technology
NEW technology
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Advantages of new river monitoring technologies

• High reliability ? secure data collection and
  storage
• Small and discrete installation ? very limited
  visibility ? low risk of human damage/ theft
• Continuous monitoring ? better characterise
  events
• Zero time-drift ? synchronised network to atomic
  clock
• Low power consumption ? avoid data loss
• Radio or GPRS signals not dependent on network
  access
• Smart triggering of samplers in response to
  events at a site
• Communication between sampling locations ?
  trigger monitoring at other sites (e.g. to
  capture downstream pollution plumes)
• Near-real time data display of data on PC or
  mobile device
• Data access from any internet connection to
  near-real time and archived information (for
  unlimited users)
• Near-real time local and remote alarms phone
  voice message, SMS text messages, loudhailer,
  flashing signals or other hardware

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Birmingham city water quality monitoring sites
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Technology in action Bournbrook, Birmingham