Andrew Taylor

Andrew is a hydrogeologist with a background in soil and groundwater hydrology and 13 years of experience in field and desktop evaluation of hydrogeological systems throughout Australia. His research interests include vadose zone hydrology, geology, geophysics, the coupling of environmental tracers and hydraulics for characterising the nature and scale of groundwater flow systems, characterising and quantifying groundwater flow processes (recharge, throughflow and discharge), characterising the nature of groundwater – surface water interactions, and characterising and understanding inter-aquifer/aquitard exchange. More recently, Andrew has been involved in a number of regional-scale groundwater assessments applying novel drilling techniques, the application of environmental tracers and geophysics to characterise and conceptualise hydrogeological systems for economic development in data sparse regions. Andrew is a recognised leader to characterise hydrogeological systems in Australia. Andrew has been fortunate to collaborate with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ, Leipzig Germany, where Andrew gained valuable insight and experience in to the application of DP technology for characterising surficial shallow aquifers. This work has led to Andrew pioneering the use of DP technology for characterising groundwater systems, enabling new sampling techniques in remote regions with limited infrastructure. Andrew is also experienced with implementing hydrogeological conceptual models to underpin analytical and numerical models for quantifying and evaluating aquifer water balances, as well as cumulative hydrological impacts from groundwater resource development. In remote data sparse regions, Andrew has led numerous groundwater projects including the groundwater hydrology components of the Flinders and Gilbert Agricultural Resource Assessment (FGARA), the Goyder Facilitating Long-term Outback Water Solutions (GFLOWS-I, II and III) projects in South Australia and working with the Queensland Government (Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) in the Flinders River catchment, to assess shallow alluvial groundwater resources using DP technology. Andrew has just led and completed the groundwater hydrology activities for both the Northern Australia Water Resource Assessment (NAWRA) project and the Norfolk Island Water Resource Assessment (NIWRA) project.