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Overview

Michael O. Rivett is affiliated with the University of Strathclyde in the United Kingdom. Their research focuses primarily on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant concentration in Water Science and Technology, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Environmental Engineering.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics related to Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry, Fluoride Effects and Removal, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Groundwater and Watershed Analysis, Geophysical and Geoelectrical Methods, Groundwater Flow and Contamination Studies, and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Some of their recent publications include:

  • Acute health risks to community hand-pumped groundwater supplies following Cyclone Idai flooding, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Paleo-Geohydrology of Lake Chilwa, Malawi is the Source of Localised Groundwater Salinity and Rural Water Supply Challenges, 2020, Applied Sciences

Other frequently cited papers related to their co-authors and research community include:

  • Natural Source Zone Depletion (NSZD): from process understanding to effective implementation at LNAPL-impacted sites, 2022, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology
  • Identifying Groundwater Fluoride Source in a Weathered Basement Aquifer in Central Malawi: Human Health and Policy Implications, 2020, Applied Sciences
  • Seasonally Variant Stable Isotope Baseline Characterisation of Malawi's Shire River Basin to Support Integrated Water Resources Management, 2020, Water

Michael O. Rivett collaborates regularly with a network of researchers, including Robert M. Kalin, Marc J. Addison, Peaches Phiri, Prince Mleta, and Limbikani C. Banda. These collaborations help advance their work in environmental and water-related fields.

Their research outputs have been published in several venues, notably:

  • Water (4 publications)
  • Applied Sciences (3 publications)
  • Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology (1 publication)
  • The Science of The Total Environment (1 publication)
  • Sustainability (1 publication)

This body of work reflects concentrated efforts on understanding groundwater chemistry, water resource management, and the implications of environmental changes on water quality and human health. Their research contributes to both scientific understanding and policy considerations in water and environmental sciences.

Best Publications

  • Nitrate attenuation in groundwater: a review of biogeochemical controlling processes.

    Michael O. Rivett;Stephen R. Buss;Philip Morgan;Jonathan W.N. Smith;Jonathan W.N. Smith

  • Ecohydrological interfaces as hot spots of ecosystem processes

    Stefan Krause;Jörg Lewandowski;Nancy B. Grimm;David M. Hannah

  • Review of unsaturated-zone transport and attenuation of volatile organic compound (VOC) plumes leached from shallow source zones

    Michael O. Rivett;Gary P. Wealthall;Gary P. Wealthall;Rachel A. Dearden;Todd A. McAlary

  • Nitrogen processes in aquatic ecosystems

    P Durand;L Breuer;Penny J. Johnes;G Billen

  • An Illustrated Handbook of LNAPL Transport and Fate in the Subsurface

    Michael O. Rivett;Derek W. Tomlinson;Steven F. Thornton;Alan O. Thomas

  • Sustainable Groundwater Development

    K. M. Hiscock;M. O. Rivett;R. M. Davison

  • Nitrate occurrence and attenuation in the major aquifers of England and Wales

    M.O. Rivett;J.W.N. Smith;J.W.N. Smith;S.R. Buss;P. Morgan

  • A controlled field experiment on groundwater contamination by a multicomponent DNAPL: creation of the emplaced-source and overview of dissolved plume development.

    Michael O Rivett;Stanley Feenstra;John A Cherry

  • Organic contamination of the Birmingham aquifer, U.K.

    Michael O. Rivett;David N. Lerner;John W. Lloyd;Lewis Clark

  • Assessing the impact of VOC-contaminated groundwater on surface water at the city scale

    Paul A. Ellis;Michael O. Rivett

  • Natural attenuation of chlorinated ethenes in hyporheic zones: A review of key biogeochemical processes and in-situ transformation potential

    John J. Weatherill;Siavash Atashgahi;Uwe Schneidewind;Stefan Krause

  • Remediation of contaminated land and groundwater: experience in England and Wales.

    M.O. Rivett;J. Petts;B. Butler;I. Martin

  • Chlorinated Solvents in UK Aquifers

    M. O. Rivett;D. N. Lerner;J. W. Lloyd

  • Dissolution of an Emplaced Source of DNAPL in a Natural Aquifer Setting

    Michael O. Rivett;Stanley Feenstra

  • Soil-Gas Signatures from Volatile Chlorinated Solvents: Borden Field Experiments

    Michael O. Rivett

  • Integrated understanding of urban land, groundwater, baseflow and surface-water quality—The City of Birmingham, UK

    Kevin A. Shepherd;Paul A. Ellis;Michael O. Rivett

  • Highway deicing salt dynamic runoff to surface water and subsequent infiltration to groundwater during severe UK winters

    Michael O. Rivett;Mark O. Cuthbert;Richard Gamble;Lucy E. Connon

  • Pump-and-treat remediation of chlorinated solvent contamination at a controlled field-experiment site.

    Michael O Rivett;Steven W Chapman;Richelle M Allen-King;Stanley Feenstra

  • Urban groundwater baseflow influence upon inorganic river-water quality: The River Tame headwaters catchment in the City of Birmingham, UK

    Michael O. Rivett;Paul A. Ellis;Rae Mackay

  • Transport of a dissolved-phase plume from a residual solvent source in a sand aquifer

    M.O. Rivett;S. Feenstra;J.A. Cherry

  • Quantifying urban river-aquifer fluid exchange processes: a multi-scale problem.

    Paul A. Ellis;Rae Mackay;Michael O. Rivett

  • Risk assessment to groundwater of pit latrine rural sanitation policy in developing country settings.

    Jan O. Back;Michael O. Rivett;Laura B. Hinz;Nyree Mackay

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Kalin
Robert M. Kalin University of Strathclyde
John H. Tellam
John H. Tellam University of Birmingham
Stefan Krause
Stefan Krause University of Birmingham
Gilles Pinay
Gilles Pinay Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Mark O. Cuthbert
Mark O. Cuthbert Cardiff University
John A. Cherry
John A. Cherry University of Guelph
Josette Garnier
Josette Garnier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Patrick Durand
Patrick Durand Institut Agro, France
Lutz Breuer
Lutz Breuer University of Giessen
Penny J Johnes
Penny J Johnes University of Bristol

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