Brighid O Dochartaigh

Miss Brighid O Dochartaigh Senior Scientific Officer

Location: Edinburgh

Tel: 0131 6500 424

E-mail Brighid O Dochartaigh

Biography

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

Current projects and collaboration

  •  Baseline Scotland
  •  Clyde Urban Super Project : urban groundwater monitoring; groundwater modelling in Glasgow; developing research into SuDS and ground source heat from minewater
  •  Upland groundwater / surface water interaction at Talla, Scottish Borders

Skills

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

Professional association

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

Research interests

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

Published outputs

Key papers

Campbell S Diarmad G, Merritt Joanne E. Ó Dochartaigh Brighid É. Mansour Majdi. Hughes Andrew G. Fordyce Fiona M. Entwisle David C. Monaghan Alison A and Loughlin Susan C. 2010. 3D geological models and their hydrogeological applications : supporting urban development : a case study in Glasgow-Clyde, UK. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften, 161 (2). 251-262. 10.1127/1860-1804/2010/0161-0251

Homoncik Sally C. MacDonald Alan M. Heal Kate V. Ó Dochartaigh Brighid, Ngwenya Bryne T. 2010. Manganese concentrations in Scottish groundwater. Science of the Total Environment, 408 (12). 2467-2473. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.02.017

Ó Dochartaigh B É, MacDonald A M, Darling W G, Hughes A G, Li J X and Shi L A. 2010. Determining groundwater degradation from irrigation in a desert-marginal area of northern China. Hydrogeology Journal 18, 1939-1952

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 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),Â

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, 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, 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.

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, 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.