Publications:
1974 Cooper B.S.; Harris R.C. and Thompson S.; Land-derived pollutant
hydrocarbons; Mar. Poll. Bull.; 5; p.15-16
1974 Cooper B.S. and Harris R.C., Heavy metals in organic phases of
river and estuarine sediment; Mar.Poll. Bull.; 5; p 24-26
1979 Harris R.C., Research into groundwater quality; Int. Env.& Safety;
p9-1 1; (Oct)
1980 Harris R.C., An Investigation into Differences in Nitrate
Concentrations of Groundwater Abstractions in the Smestow Valley,
Staffordshire; Report RP 85-069; Severn-Trent Water Authority;
1981 Harris R.C. and Sayers, M.A.; The lining and capping of landfill
sites; Municipal Engineer; 158; p.376-379
1982 Harris R.C. and Parry E.L.; Investigations into domestic refuse
leachate attenuation in the unsaturated zone of the Triassic sandstones;
in: Effects of Waste Disposal on Ground and Surface Water; IAHS Publication
139; p. 147-155
1983 Harris R.C., Landfill leachate generation – a Water Authority
Viewpoint; Wastes Management; 73; p.606-612;
1984 Harris R.C. and Lowe D.R.; Changes in the organic fraction of
leachate from two domestic refuse sites on the Triassic sandstones,
Nottinghamshire; Q.J.Eng Geol.; 17; p.57-69
1985 Harris R.C., Leachate attenuation in aquifers – the story so far; in:
Proc of Good Landfill Practice Seminar; Inst Wastes Management
1986 Harris R.C., Changing attitudes to leachate migration and water
resource protection; in: Proc. Symposium on landfill and water
management; Harwell; (June)
1986 Harris R.C. and Skinner A.C.; Statutory controls over waste disposal
and the role of engineering geologists; in: Proc. Planning and Eng.
Geology Symp; Geol Soc; Plymouth, Sept 1986.
1988 Harris R.C., Leachate Migration and Attenuation in the Unsaturated
Zone of the Triassic Sandstones in: Land Disposal of Hazardous Wastes –
engineering and environmental issues; ed Gronow, J.R., Schofield A.N., and
Jain R.K. p. 175-186, Ellis Horwood Ltd.
1990 Clark L., Gomme J., Carter, A. and Harris R.C., WRc/Soil Survey inert
suction sampler; in: Proc. of Brighton Crop Protection conference; p. 10111016
1991 Flavin R. J. and Harris R.C.; Contaminated land, implications for
water pollution; J.IWEM; 5; p.529-533
1992 Harris R.C. and Skinner A.C., Controlling Diffuse Pollution of
groundwater from Agriculture and Industry, J.IWEM, 6, p.569-575
1992 Harris R.C., Strategic planning for new waste disposal sites and
groundwater protection policy; Waste Planning; 2; p.3-6;
1993 Harris Bob; Groundwater pollution risks from underground storage
tanks; Land Contamination and Reclamation; 1; p.197-200
1993 Harris R.C. and Gates G.; Contaminated land: developments in NRA
policy and practice; Env. Policy and Practice; 3; p.113-124
1994 Harris, Bob and Leaf, Simon; Groundwater quality standards and
objectives; Env. Policy and Practice; 4; p.85-92;
1994 Harris R.C., Knox K. and Walker N., A Strategy for the Development
of Sustainable Landfill Design and Operation; Proc. Inst. Wastes
Management, 6, p.26-29
1994 Harris R.C., Implementation of the NRA groundwater protection
policy; in: Groundwater Pollution, Liabilities and Engineering Implications; ed.
Jones R.H. et al; East Mids Geotech Group; p.17-25;
1995 Harris R.C.; Colliery Closures in the Midlands: a review of the
potential impact of colliery closures on the water environment in the
Midlands; NRA
1995 Harris R.C., The NRA’s role in the management of wastes disposed
of to land: in: Proc. of IWM Conference; p.12-15;
1996 Gronow, Jan and Harris, Bob; LANDSIM: a regulatory tool for the
assessment of landfill site design; Wastes Management; February 1996;
p.30-32;
1997 Harris R.C., Setting Goals for the Protection and Remediation of
Groundwaters in Industrial Catchments, in: Groundwater in the Urban
Environment, Vol 1: problems, processes and management, ed. Chilton et al,
Rotterdam
1998 Harris R.C., Protection of Groundwater Quality in the UK: present
controls and future issues, in: Groundwater Contaminants and their
Migration, ed. Mather et al, Geological Society Special Publication No. 128,
London
1998 Harris R.C. and Herbert S., An Integrated Regulatory Approach for
Risk Assessment and the Development and Use of Guideline Values for
Contaminated Land Remediation in the UK, procedings of ConSoil 98,
p.755-756, Thomas Telford, London
1998 Hall D.H., Harris R.C., Moncaster S., Plimmer B. and Rogers M.,
Quantifying the Risk Posed to Groundwater for Contaminated Land –
The ConSim Model, Proceedings of ConSoil 98, p.1035-1036, Thomas
Telford, London
2000 Fletcher S.W., Evers S., Ward R S. and Harris R.C.; Defining land
zones for minimising nitrate leaching to groundwater using a combined
spatial data and risk based approach; in: proceedings of the international
conference on agricultural effects on ground and surface waters: research at
the edge of society; Wageningen, October 2000.
2000 Harris, Bob; Smith, Jonathan; Finnamore, Jim; Carey, Mike; Morrey,
Mick and Marsland, Tony; Adopting Monitored Natural Attenuation as an
Option for the Remediation of Polluted Groundwater in the UK;
Proceedings of Contaminated Soil 2000; p. 474-477, Thomas Telford,
London,
2000 Harris R.C; Earl N; Harris M; Swannell R; and Smith J.W.N; Case
Comparison: Bitterfeld Problem – UK Solution; in: Special Supplement to
the Proceedings of Contaminated Soil 2000; Leipzig
2001 Darmendrail, Dominique and Harris, Bob; Water Resource Protection
Issues in Relation to Contaminated Land; Land Contamination and
Reclamation; 9; p. 89-94;
2001 Darmendrail D; Harris R.C and Ziegler U; Comparison of Current
water Protection Strategies and Outlook on Future Developments; in:
Proceedings of final CLARINET Conference; Vienna
2001 Ellis P.A; Rivett M.O; Henstock J; Dowle J; Mackay R; Ward R.S; and
Harris R. C; Impacts of Contaminated Groundwater on Urban River
Water Quality, Birmingham, UK; In: Proceedings of Groundwater Quality
2001 Conference; Sheffield
2001 Evers S; Fletcher S.W; Ward R.S. and Harris R.C; A Strategy for the
Protection of Groundwater from Nitrate Leaching using Spatial and Geostatistical Analyses; in: New Approaches to Characterising Groundwater
Flow; Proceedings of the XXXI IAH Congress, Munich; ed by Seiler K.P. and
Wohnlich; ISBN 902651;
2001 Harris R.C; Tinsley D. and Power B; Navigating a Course through
Dirty Mud in England and Wales; in: Proceedings of International
Conference on the remediation of Contaminated Sediments; Venice
2001 Harris, Bob; The Regulation of Land Contamination – looking
ahead; International Clean-up Conference; Manchester
2003 Thompson, James; Mckinley, James; Harris, Robert; Hart, Alwyn;
Hicks, Peter; Ramsden, David and Wilson, Barbara; MTBE Occurrence in
Surface and Ground Water; Chapter 4, p.63-72, in MTBE Remediation
Handbook; ed: Moyer, Ellen and Kostecki, Paul; Amherst Science,
Massachusetts
2004 Harris RC, Phillips N., and Evers S; Diffuse Pollution from
Agricultural Land: the need for integrated catchment management and
radical rural land use change; Hydrology: Science and practice for the 21st
century; British Hydrological Society International Conference, Imperial
College London, July 2004
2005 Bone, BD, Harris, RC, Smith, JWN, Boshoff, G, Kalin, RM, Thurgood,
R, and Morgan P, The development and use of permeable reactive barrier
technologies and potential future applications in the UK. Permeable
Reactive Barriers: Proceedings of the International Symposium held at
Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 2004, p.52-59, IAHS Publication 298
2006 D.N. Lerner, B. Surridge, A. Paetzold and R.C. Harris, 2006. What
should environmental scientists provide to help decision-making for
integrated catchment management? Invited abstract and presentation,
Water Forum, Centre for Water Research, Peking University 28th July 2006
2006 Jeffrey Turner, Hans-Jørgen Albrechtsen Mike Bonell; Jean-Pierre
Duguet, Bob Harris, Rainer Meckenstock, Kevin McGuire, Roger Moussa,
Norman Peters, Hans H. Richnow, Barbara Sherwood-Lollar, Stefan
Uhlenbrook and Henny van Lanen; Future trends in transport and fate of
diffuse contaminants in catchments, with special emphasis on stable
isotope applications; Hydrol. Process. 20, 205–213,
For publications on groundwater and contaminated land produced under Bob
Harris’s direction during the life of the Environment Agency see web site
address:
http://www.environmentagency.gov.uk/subjects/waterres/groundwater/110943/?version=1&lang=_e
Conference Presentations
150+ presentations (many as invited/key-note speaker) to open conferences
or closed and/or specialist meetings. Some examples since 2000:
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International Contaminated Land Ad-hoc Group meetings, Geneva, 2001
(natural attenuation); Montreal 2003 (Environmental Liability)
NICOLE meetings, Copenhagen 2000 (invited lecture on source
management); Rotterdam 2001 (invited paper on natural attenuation and
Water Framework Directive)
CLARINET Final Conference, Vienna 2001 (invited paper on contaminated
land and Water Framework Directive)
Groundwater Protection, Birmingham 2001 (keynote on groundwater
protection)
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Dechema International Conference on Natural Attenuation, Heidelburg
2003 (invited keynote)
UNESCO workshops:
- Budapest 2001 (chair and keynote on groundwater protection);
- Freiburg 2003 (invited presentation on groundwater/surface water
interactions);
- Munich 2004 (chair and facilitator on transport and fate of diffuse
contaminants in catchments with special emphasis on stable isotope
applications.)
- Oxford 2005 (chair and facilitator on river corridor hydrology).
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Gordon Conference on Catchment Science: Interactions of Hydrology,
Biology & Geochemistry, Waterville, USA 2005; Invited Oral Presentation The challenges of integrated catchment management.
EU Groundwater Conference, Vienna 2006. Invited Oral Presentation Water4all project
11th Lower Saxony Groundwater Workshop, Germany 2006; Invited Oral
Presentation - Tackling Diffuse Pollution
British Crop Protection Conference – Crop Science & Technology 2006,
Glasgow Invited Oral Presentation - Risk based approaches to controlling diffuse
pollution,
NERC LOCAR Finale Conference, London 2006, Invited Oral Presentation Significance of LOCAR for catchment management
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Current Research Gaps, Soil-to-Water Pollution Transfers Workshop,
Nottingham 2006, Invited Oral Presentation - WFD & the UK
NICOLE 10th Anniversary Conference - Making Management of
Contaminated Land an Obsolete Business Leuven, Belgium 2006, Invited
Oral Presentation - Managing Contaminated Land risks at different scales - the
challenges ahead,.