Biography
Niladri completed a Bachelors Of Engineering in Civil Engineering at Jadavpur University, India, and completed a Master Of Technology (M.Tech) in Civil Engineering Department with specialization in Environmental Engineering from Indian Institute Of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati). His M.Tech project was about groundwater quality monitoring and modeling. Currently, he is a Ph.D. student in the Department Of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. The extent of microbiological contamination and transport of waterborne pathogens in aquifers is still not well understood and remains an ongoing, globally important, water quality and associated public health problem. Moreover, as a result of increasing numbers of point and non-point sources of faecal pollution in catchments, population growth, extreme weather events associated with climate change, and rapid land-use alterations, such water quality problems are likely to be exacerbated in the future. Groundwater from karst aquifers, through springs, boreholes and wells, is a major source of drinking water for approximately one quarter of the world’s population. Such karst aquifers are particularly vulnerable to contamination from a variety of different sources due to relatively fast recharge of water into the upper part of the karst system (epikarst), commonly thin soil coverage, and/or the rapid infiltration into the groundwater system directly through discrete flowpaths (i.e. swallow holes), which connect directly into the highly conductive network of conduits. This research project will develop enhanced understanding and novel models of the microbial contamination of karst aquifers from which more rigorous groundwater protection schemes can be developed for these specific groundwater resources.
Role
- Postgraduate Researcher
Institution
- TCD
Research Area
- Earth System Change
Expertise
- Connected Waters