Brighid Ó Dochartaigh

Brighid OÓ DochartaighHydrogeologist

Location: Edinburgh

Tel: 0131 6500424

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Biography

  • 1997–present: Hydrogeologist, British Geological Survey
  • 2009–present: Deputy Project Leader, Clyde Urban Super Project
  • 1997: MSc University of Birmingham, Hydrogeology
  • 1996: BSc University of Edinburgh, Geology and Physical Geography

Research interests

  • Groundwater in difficult (e.g. low permeability or dryland) environments
  • Urban groundwater
  • Groundwater monitoring
  • Groundwater chemistry in Scottish aquifers
  • Groundwater resource management in developing countries
  • Climate change and groundwater

Skills

  • Groundwater resource assessment and management in the UK and internationally
  • Groundwater chemistry sampling and interpretation
  • GIS for hydrogeological data interpretation
  • Groundwater modelling using ZOOM
  • Working knowledge of German; basic knowledge of Russian, French and Arabic

Current projects and collaboration

Professional association

  • Committee Member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists British Chapter
  • Chartered Geologist (2008)
  • Committee member of the Central Scotland Regional Group of the Geological Society

Published outputs

Key Papers

MACDONALD A M, Ó DOCHARTAIGH B É, CALOW R C, SHALABI Y, SELAH S and MERRETT S. 2009. Mapping groundwater development costs for the transboundary Western Aquifer Basin, Palestine/Israel. Hydrogeology Journal 17, 1579-1587.

MACDONALD A M, CALOW R C, MACDONALD D M J, DARLING W G and Ó DOCHARTAIGH B É. 2009. What impact will climate change have on rural groundwater supplies in Africa? Hydrological Sciences Journal 54 (4), 

GRAHAM M T, BALL D F, Ó DOCHARTAIGH B É and MACDONALD A M. 2009. Using transmissivity, specific capacity and yield data to assess the productivity of Scottish aquifers. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 42, 227-235.

MACDONALD A, Ó DOCHARTAIGH B and WELLE K. 2009. Mapping for Water Supply and Sanitation (WSS) in Ethiopia. Working Paper 11, RiPPLE / ODI.

Ó DOCHARTAIGH B É, FORDYCE F, BONSOR H C and ANDER L. 2009. GRoundwater And Soil Pollutants (GRASP). A screening tool applying soil geochemical data to assess threats to groundwater. European Geosciences Union, Vienna. 20-24 April 2009.

Ó DOCHARTAIGH B É, MACDONALD A M, GRAHAM M T and FITZSIMONS V. 2008. Baseline Scotland: towards better groundwater quality management. Poster Paper for Joint SAC/SEPA Biennial Conference Agriculture and the Environment VII: Land Management in a Changing Environment. 26-27 March 2008, Edinburgh.

Ó DOCHARTAIGH B É, MACDONALD A M, GRIFFITHS K J, LILLY A, DEGROOTE J, CHILTON P J and HUGHES A G. 2007. Assessing the effectiveness of Scotland's groundwater nitrate monitoring network. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, 40 (4) 393-406.

COBBING J and Ó DOCHARTAIGH B É. 2007. Hydrofracturing water boreholes in hard rock aquifers in Scotland. The Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 40 (2) 181-186.

Ó DOCHARTAIGH B É, BALL D F, MACDONALD A M, LILLY A, FITZSIMONS V, DEL RIO M & AUTON C A. 2005. Mapping groundwater vulnerability in Scotland: a new approach for the Water Framework Directive. Scottish Journal of Geology 41, 21-30.