Professor Brian Shutes

Professor of Ecotechnology

Department: School of Health and Social Sciences

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Qualifications

MA M.Tech PhD  C.Biol  F.I.Biol

Research Interests

Brian's primary research interests are in the field of water management ecotechnology, focussing on topics such as:

  • The assessment of biological and chemical impacts of water pollution on receiving waters
  • Treatment of urban/airport surface runoff, agricultural runoff and domestic wastewater using constructed wetlands
  • Processes, performance, design, operation and maintenance of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS)
  • Environmental, ecological and landscape enhancement benefits of water management ecotechnology

Biography

Current work including administrative and professional duties/roles etc

Brian is a senior member of the Urban Pollution Research Centre (UPRC) and holds the post of Professor of Ecotechnology. He is an experienced Project Manager with extensive involvement in water and air pollution research and consultancy across Europe, Central and South East Asia and China. Brian is currently serving as Co-Chair of the International Water Association (IWA) Specialist Group on the use of Macrophytes for Water Pollution Control (1996 - present).

Brian co-organises and presents Constructed Wetland Training Courses in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Thailand, and is also actively engaged in supervising PhD research students within the UPRC. Brian is currently working on the 5-year EC funded SWITCH project (Sustainable Water management Improves the Cities Health) which commenced in February 2006.

Examples of recent research and consulting activities:

  • DayWater, an EC Framework 5 funded stormwater management project
  • Consultant to the World Bank Financed Georgian Agriculture Development Projects Coordination Centre regarding the protection of a Ramsar wetland from potential non-point sources of agricultural runoff (2005).
  • MAQHUE (Managing Air Quality and Health in the Urban Environment) (2002-2004)
  • Adviser to the EC funded Asia Europe Environmental Technology Centre (AEETC) in Bangkok (2000-2002)
  • Adviser for the Putrajaya City, Malaysia Lake and Constructed Wetlands project

Links to Current Projects

SWITCH (Sustainable Water management Improves the Cities Health); EU Framework 6

Selected Publications

  • Artificial wetlands and water quality improvement, Environment International, 26(5-6): 441-447, 2001. 
  • An assessment of the impact of motorway runoff on a pond, wetland and stream, Environment International, 26(5-6): 433-439, 2001, (with K Sriyaraj).
  • An experimental constructed wetland system for the treatment of highway runoff in the UK. Water Science and Technology, 44(11): 571-578, 2001, (with DM Revitt, LNL Scholes, M Forshaw and B Winter).
  • Hydrocarbon removal in an experimental gravel bed constructed wetland, Water Science and Technology, 48(5): 275-282, 2003, (with K Omari, M Revitt and H Garelick).
  • Nitrogen removal by two experimental combined constructed wetland systems in a tropical climate, Water Science and Technology, 48(5):199-206, 2003, (with S Kantawanichkul, S Somprasert and U Aekasin ).
  • The performance of vegetative treatment systems for highway runoff during dry and wet conditions, Science of the Total Environment, 334-335: 261-270, 2004, (with DM Revitt, RH Jones, M Forshaw and B Winter).
  • Constructed wetlands in UK urban surface drainage systems, Water Science and Technology, 51(9), 31-37, 2005, (with JB Ellis, DM Revitt and LNL Scholes).
  • Landfill leachate treatment by an experimental subsurface flow constructed wetland in tropical climate countries, Water Science and Technology, 52(12): 243-250, 2005, (with Z Ujang, E Soedjono and MR Salim).
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