Dr Emilie Grand-Clement (She/her)

Emilie is a physical geographer and a water quality scientist; her research seeks to answer topical, applied questions on the impact of catchment management on water quality. Emilie is particularly interested in understanding water quality change in response to both anthropogenic and overarching climatic drivers in freshwater systems.

Through the use of continuous and ad-hoc monitoring of field locations and laboratory analyses, Emilie has experience in working with a range of pollutants, such as nutrients, taste and odour compounds, dissolved organic carbon or emerging contaminants. her work has focused on both peaty upland and agricultural lowland catchments.

Emilie has also been heavily involved in the planning and managing of the “Upstream Thinking” project, funded by South West Water. As such, she been making her research relevant to broad water industry drivers. She has strong project management skills and an understanding of the future needs of the industry.

Research projects:

• Upstream Thinking 3: 2020-2025 – Understanding the impact of catchment management on water quality issues in the South West (geosmin and MIB, algal blooms, nutrients, DOC and colour)
• Upstream Thinking 2: 2015-2020 – Quantifying changes in water quality from catchment management interventions in South West England (nutrients, pesticides and DOC).
• Mires project: 2010-2015 - Understanding the impact of peatland restoration on water quality in South West England (i.e. DOC and colour).