Andrew Doug Gemmell, Senior Hydrologist at Umvoto
About
Andrew has an MSc. In Hydrology with a focus on soil and groundwater contamination. Andrew has been an environmental consultant since 2009 with professional experience in surface water, groundwater, soil, contaminated land, and related projects that include the oil and gas, mining, manufacturing, chemical, power, transportation and commercial sectors. He has a holistic understanding of the soil, surface water and groundwater environments; the interactions between these; and the associated impacts and required mitigation measures.Andrew has got theoretical and practical experience in a range of hydrological investigations, including hydrological impact assessments, stormwater management planning, and floodline development. Andrew has experience with various hydrologic and hydraulic modelling packages. As a result, Andrew has an understanding of the potential impacts of watercourse flows on developments, the impact of developments on watercourses and the associated mitigation/management measures.
Through an understanding of soil and water chemistry, Andrew has been involved in various soil, surface water and groundwater contamination assessments; including:
• Phase 1 desktop assessments;
• Phase 2 intrusive assessments;
• Remediation planning and implementation;
• Contaminant fate and transport modelling; and,
• General soil, surface water and groundwater monitoring.
Through an understanding of soils and hydrology, Andrew has undertaken various wetland assessments, including wetland delineation, functionality assessments and health assessments.
Andrew is a registered Professional Natural Scientist: Reg. No. 400426/14 (Water Resource Science and Soil Science)
Information
- Email: doug.gemmell@gmail.com
- Website: http://www.umvoto.com
- Location: Cape Town, South Africa
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-gemmell/
Industry experience
Education: Masters
Seniority: Expert, Engineer, Consultant
Years of experience: 10 to 20 years
Work experience
Senior Hydrologist
Project manager for various projects focussed on water resource management. Team lead for themonitoring team (groundwater and surface water quality and stream flow). Technical input andguidance into hydrological, water quality, and wetland projects.2018-06-05 - Present
Senior Consultant
Senior Consultant in the Contaminated Site Management team. Focus was on regional lead for alarge petrochemical client, managing a range of site investigations and remediation.Environmental Resources Management (ERM)
2016-01-01 - 2018-05-31
Senior consultant
Key areas of expertise included the following:
>Contamination Assessments
>Hydrological Assessments
>Hydrogeology Impact Assessments
>Regulatory Compliance
>Wetland and Riparian Assessments
>Soil and Land Capability Assessments2009-04-01 - 2015-10-31
Taxonomy
- Consultant
- Environment
- Water Supply
- Water Pollution Control
- Drinking Water Managment
- Water Systems Monitoring
- Water Quality Management
- Hydrology
- Groundwater Recharge
- Aquifer Recharge
- Flood management
- Groundwater Assessment
- Groundwater Pollution
- Hydrochemistry
- Hydrologist
- Hydrological Modelling
- Aquifer Treatment
- Groundwater Quality & Quantity
- Environmental Consulting
- Hydrogeology & Hydrochemistry
- Geo-environmental engineering
- Water Government Officials
- Water
- Pollution
- Bore Well Recharge
- Consultant
- environmental management