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Level of Study
Country Tenable
Renewable
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Application deadline: Â 25th March 2013
Supervisor: Â Dr Pete Jarvis
Duration of award: 1 year
Award type: MSc by Research
Funded by Anglian Water, Affinity Water and Lonza, Cranfield University offers a studentship of up to £17,000 p.a. for 1 year plus UK/EU fees* is available
Some pesticide chemicals seem to find their way into drinking water from many unusual sources. This exciting project, working with two water companies, will investigate and monitor how some specific pesticide chemicals can enter ground water sources.
Selecting two sites for investigation (one each within Anglian Water and Affinity Water operational areas), a pesticide sampling campaign will be carried out. Here we will measure concentrations at strategic points in the groundwater catchment area. The first part of the work will be to identify the appropriate sampling points for the catchment once a clearer understanding of the local area has been established. Sampling will be carried out over a range of climatic and hydrological conditions. Specific weather events (storms, droughts, extremes of temperature) will be sampled more intensively. These occurrences can then be linked to prevailing metaldehyde concentrations in groundwater.
The second aspect of the work will concentrate on a laboratory based experimental programme of pesticide synthesis to understand whether pesticide-like chemicals can be produced in the environment under specific environmental conditions.
Anticipated Start date: April 2013
Entry Requirements
Applicants should have a First or Second Class UK honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant discipline such as Chemistry, Environmental sciences, Hydrology or Water sciences.
Funding
The studentships will cover the tuition fees at the UK/EU rate only and provide a bursary of up to £17,000 p.a. for one year.
To be eligible for this funding, applicants must have:
- no restrictions on how long you can stay in the UK, i.e. no visa restrictions or have âsettled statusâ, and
- have been âordinarily residentâ in the UK for 3 years prior to the start of the grant and
- not been residing in the UK wholly or mainly for the purpose of full-time education. (This does not apply to UK or EU nationals).
All EU nationals are eligible to receive a fees-only award if they do not have âsettled statusâ in the UK.
All non-EU nationals are very unlikely to be eligible for this funding under the Education (Fees and Awards) Regulations 1997.
The application deadline is 25th March 2013
How to apply
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Keywords: water, pesticides, applied science, hydrology, drinking water, environment
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