Staff Profile

Background

I joined School of Engineering in 2004 following 3.5 years working as a consulting engineer.  Between 2004 and 2007 I held the post of Environment Agency National R&D Fellow in mine waste and mine water pollution, conducting applied research in the general field of metal pollution of freshwater systems.  I am now Professor of Hydrogeochemical Engineering, , in the Environmental Engineering group at Newcastle, in which role I continue to pursue research interests in the source, transport and fate of metals in freshwaters, and in the development of sustainable systems for the treatment of metal-contaminated waters.  In recent years I have led major research projects funded by Defra and the Environment Agency investigating the provenance and impacts of pollution from abandoned metal mines, and the application of novel 'passive' treatment systems to remediate such discharges.  I led the process design of the UK's first ever large scale passive mine water treatment system, at the abandoned Force Crag mine, Cumbria.

I currently lead (2020 - 2024) a major research project on the impacts of legacy waste sites on the coastal zone, funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)   I have also led a number of research investigations of the dynamics of metal flux in river systems under varying hydrological conditions.  Most recently this is through an ongoing collaborative project with the British Geological Survey (BGS) and Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH), investigating the role and remediation of diffuse pollution in abandoned mine catchments.

Qualifications

PhD Water Resources Engineering (Newcastle University, 2000)

MSc Environmental Engineering (Newcastle University, 1994)

BSc (Hons) Geography (Manchester University, 1992)

Roles and responsibilities

Head of mine water research team in the School of Engineering

Degree Programme Director, MSc Environmental Engineering

Module leader for taught classes on MSc Environmental Engineering programme 

Industrial experience

Worked for 3.5 years for International Mining Consultants Ltd (2000-2004), designing full-scale mine water treatment systems for the UK Coal Authority, and conducting environmental audit and due diligence work at mining and metallurgical facitilities internationally (e.g. Ireland, Portugal, Macedonia, Kazakhstan).  As Environment Agency Research Fellow (2004 - 2007) had a remit to provide technical guidance to the Agency on all matters relating to abandoned mines and the environment, particularly in relation to meeting requirements of the EU Water Framework Directive.  I have authored numerous technical reports for industry and government in the field of metal pollution of freshwaters, including Environment Agency and Defra publications.  I regularly work with engineering consultants, primarily assisting with investigations of pollution characterisation and treatment. 

Memberships

Vice President of the International Mine Water Association (IMWA) (2014 - 2018)

Research Interests

Assessing the extent and severity of post-industrial and metal pollution; design and engineering of novel treatment methods for mining-related pollution; assessing the relative importance of diffuse and point source pollution; catchment-scale water pollution management in the context of hydrological extremes.

Research Funding

Legacy wastes in the coastal zone: Environmental risks and management futures, NERC, 2020-2024

Role and remediation of diffuse pollution sources in abandoned metal mine catchments, Coal Authority, 2018-2021

Long term testing of short HRT passive water treatment systems, Coal Authority, 2017-2020

Impact of an extreme rainfall event on solute and sediment dynamics in a mineralised river system, NERC, 2016-2017

Monitoring and optimisation of the Force Crag mine water treatment system, Defra / Coal Authority, 2015-2019

Abandoned non-coal mine programme, Coal Authority, 2013-2015

Characterisation and targeting of measures for (non-coal) polluted mine waters, Defra, 2013-2015

Mitigation of pollution from abandoned metal mines Phase II, Environment Agency, 2011-2012

Carbon dioxide degassing in coal mine waters, Coal Authority, 2011-2012

Mitigation of pollution from abandoned metal mines Phase I, Environment Agency, 2009-2011

River Tyne sediment study, multiple funders, 2009-2011

Esteem Indicators 

Member of the International Steering Committee for the INAP Global Acid Rock Drainage (GARD) Guide

Executive Council member of the International Mine Water Association (IMWA), 2007 - 2014

Vice President of the International Mine Water Association (2014 - 2017)

Chairman of the Partnership for Acid Drainage Remediation in Europe (PADRE), 2009 - 2015

Council member of the North East Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (NEIMME), 2007-2011  

Postgraduate supervision 

Ongoing PhD project supervision:

Quantifying the importance of different sources of diffuse pollution in mining-impacted rivers (2018-present).

PhD projects supervised to completion (completion year):

Rare earth element (REE) source, transport and fate in UK mining districts (2019)

Recovering value from water industry by-products and waste streams (2019)

A technical and economic evaluation of the resource potential of abandoned mine sites and mine water discharges (2016).

Source, fate and transport of metal contaminants in the River Tyne basin: A technical and economic evaluation of aqueous metal dynamics and options for river basin scale remediation (2012).

Coupled hydraulic and geochemical performance assessment of passive mine water treatment systems in the UK (2011).

Stable isotopes and trace elements as indicators of mine water remediation processes in passive treatment systems and mine water pollution in streams and catchments (2010).

Mine water management at the catchment scale: A case study from Northumberland (2008).

Potential uses of basic oxygen steel furnace slag for the remediation of contaminated wastewaters and solid waste (2006).

Teaching

Design of Sustainable Engineering Systems 2 (Contributor)

Postgraduate:

Pollution control engineering for groundwaters and surface waters (Module Leader)

Environmental Engineering Design and Project Management (Module Leader)

Project Skills and Professional Development in Environmental Engineering (Contributor)

Continuing Professional Development (CPD):

Mine Water Pollution short course, for Environment Agency and Coal Authority (Course Leader) (2010-2011)

Groundwater Chemistry, for Environment Agency (Contributor) (2008-2011)

Groundwater Contamination, for Environment Agency (Course Leader) (2008-2011)

Source apportionment in abandoned mine catchments: Principles and practice, for Environment Agency and Coal Authority (Course Leader) (2014)

• Articles

  • Riley AL, Cameron J, Burke IT, Onnis P, MacDonald JM, Gandy CJ, Crane RA, Byrne P, Comber S, Jarvis AP, Hudson-Edwards KA, Mayes WM. Environmental behaviour of iron and steel slags in coastal settings. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2024, 31, 42428–42444.
  • Gandy CJ, Gray ND, Mejeha OK, Sherry A, Jarvis AP. Use of propionic acid additions to enhance zinc removal from mine drainage in short residence time, flow-through sulfate-reducing bioreactors. Journal of Environmental Management 2023, 327, 116862.
  • Hashemi Monfared SA, Walsh CL, Curtis TP, Jarvis AP, Dehghani Darmian M, Khodabandeh F. New coefficient for water quality modelling in meandering rivers: Fatigue Factor. Ecological Informatics 2023, 75, 101999.
  • Jarvis AP, Gandy CJ, Webb JA. Controls on the generation and geochemistry of neutral mine drainage: Evidence from Force Crag Mine, Cumbria, UK. Minerals 2023, 13(5), 592.
  • Riley AL, Amezaga J, Burke IT, Byrne P, Cooper N, Crane RA, Comber SDW, Gandy CJ, Hudson-Edwards KA, Jennings E, Lewis E, Lofts S, MacDonald JM, Malcolm H, Mayes WM, Onnis P, Olszewska J, Spears B, Jarvis AP. Incorporating conceptual site models into national-scale environmental risk assessments for legacy waste in the coastal zone. Frontiers in Environmental Science 2022, 10, 1045482.
  • Mayes WM, Perks MT, Large ARG, Davis JE, Gandy CJ, Orme PAH, Jarvis AP. Effect of an extreme flood event on solute transport and resilience of a mine water treatment system in a mineralised catchment. Science of the Total Environment 2021, 750, 141693.
  • Riley AL, MacDonald JM, Burke IT, Renforth P, Jarvis AP, Hudson-Edwards KA, McKie J, Mayes WM. Legacy iron and steel wastes in the UK: Extent, resource potential, and management futures. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 2020, 219, 106630.
  • Jarvis AP, Davis JE, Orme PHA, Potter HAB, Gandy CJ. Predicting the benefits of mine water treatment under varying hydrological conditions using a synoptic mass balance approach. Environmental Science & Technology 2019, 53(2), 702-709.
  • Dai Z, Heidrich ES, Dolfing J, Jarvis AP. Determination of the Relationship between the Energy Content of Municipal Wastewater and Its Chemical Oxygen Demand. Environmental Science and Technology Letters 2019, 6(7), 396-400.
  • Gomes HI, Mayes WM, Baxter HA, Jarvis AP, Burke IT, Stewart DI, Rogerson M. Options for managing alkaline steel slag leachate: A life cycle assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production 2018, 202, 401-412.
  • Gandy CJ, Davis JE, Orme PHA, Potter HAB, Jarvis AP. Metal removal mechanisms in a short hydraulic residence time subsurface flow compost wetland for mine drainage treatment. Ecological Engineering 2016, 97, 179-185.
  • Bailey MT, Gandy CJ, Watson IA, Wyatt LM, Jarvis AP. Heat recovery potential of mine water treatment systems in Great Britain. International Journal of Coal Geology 2016, 164, 77-84.
  • Lockwood CL, Stewart DI, Mortimer RJG, Mayes WM, Jarvis AP, Gruiz K, Burke IT. Leaching of copper and nickel in soil-water systems contaminated by bauxite residue (red mud) from Ajka, Hungary: the importance of soil organic matter. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 2015, 22(14), 10800-10810.
  • Jarvis AP, Davis JE, Gray ND, Orme PHA, Gandy CJ. Mitigation of pollution from abandoned metal mines: Investigation of passive compost bioreactor systems for treatment of abandoned metal mine discharges. Environment Agency Science Report SC090024/R3 2014, 1-98.
  • Kusin F, Jarvis A, Gandy C. Hydraulic Performance and Iron Removal in Wetlands and Lagoons Treating Ferruginous Coal Mine Waters. Wetlands 2014, 34(3), 555-564.
  • Anton AD, Klebercz O, Magyar A, Burke IT, Jarvis AP, Gruiz K, Mayer WM. Geochemical recovery of the Torna-Marcal river system after the Ajka red mud spill, Hungary. Environmental Science: Processes & Impacts 2014, 16(12), 2677-2685.
  • Mayes WM, Potter HAB, Jarvis AP. Riverine flux of metals from historically mined orefields in England and Wales. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 2013, 224(1425), 1-14.
  • Gandy CJ, Jarvis AP. The influence of engineering scale and environmental conditions on the performance of compost bioreactors for the remediation of zinc in mine water discharges. Mine Water and the Environment 2012, 31(2), 82-91.
  • Burke IT, Mayes W, Peacock C, Brown A, Jarvis AP, Gruiz K. Speciation of arsenic, chromium and vanadium in red mud samples from the Ajka spill site, Hungary. Environmental Science & Technology 2012, 46(6), 3085-3092.
  • Kusin FM, Jarvis AP, Gandy CJ. Hydraulic performance assessment of passive coal mine water treatment systems in the UK. Ecological Engineering 2012, 49, 233-243.
  • Matthies R, Aplin AC, Boyce AJ, Jarvis AP. Geochemical and stable isotopic constraints on the generation and passive treatment of acidic, Fe-SO4 rich waters. Science of the Total Environment 2012, 420, 238-249.
  • Klebercz O, Mayes WM, Anton AD, Feigl V, Jarvis AP, Gruiz K. Ecotoxicity of fluvial sediments downstream of the Ajka red mud spill, Hungary. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 2012, 14(8), 2063-2071.
  • Rudall S, Jarvis AP. Diurnal fluctuation of zinc concentration in metal polluted rivers and its potential impact on water quality and flux estimates. Water Science and Technology 2012, 65(1), 164-170.
  • Renforth P, Mayes WM, Jarvis AP, Burke IT, Manning DAC, Gruiz K. Contaminant mobility and carbon sequestration downstream of the Ajka (Hungary) red mud spill: The effects of gypsum dosing. Science of the Total Environment 2012, 421-422, 253-259.
  • Mayes WM, Davis J, Silva V, Jarvis AP. Treatment of zinc-rich acid mine water in low residence time bioreactors incorporating waste shells and methanol dosing. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2011, 193, 279-287.
  • Gozzard E, Mayes WM, Potter HAB, Jarvis AP. Seasonal and spatial variation of diffuse (non-point) source zinc pollution in a historically metal mined river catchment, UK. Environmental Pollution 2011, 159(10), 3113-3122.
  • Mayes WM, Jarvis AP, Burke IT, Walton M, Feigl V, Klebercz O, Gruiz K. Dispersal and attenuation of trace contaminants downstream of the Ajka Bauxite Residue (Red mud) depository failure, Hungary. Environmental Science & Technology 2011, 45(12), 5147-5155.
  • Matthies R, Aplin AC, Jarvis AP. Performance of a passive treatment system for net-acidic coal mine drainage over five years of operation. Science of the Total Environment 2010, 408(20), 4877–4885.
  • Caraballo MA, Santofimia E, Jarvis AP. Metal retention, mineralogy, and design considerations of a mature permeable reactive barrier (PRB) for acidic mine water drainage in Northumberland, U.K. American Mineralogist 2010, 95(11-12), 1642-1649.
  • Mayes WM, Potter HAB, Jarvis AP. Inventory of Aquatic Contaminant flux arising from historical metal mining in England and Wales. Science of the Total Environment 2010, 408(17), 3576-3583.
  • Kusin FM, Jarvis AP, Gandy CJ. Hydraulic residence time and iron removal in a wetland receiving ferruginous mine water over a 4 year period from commissioning. Water Science and Technology 2010, 62(8), 1937-1946.
  • Mayes WM, Batty LC, Younger PL, Jarvis AP, Kõiv M, Vohla C, Mander U. Wetland treatment at extremes of pH: a review. Science of the Total Environment 2009, 407(13), 3944-3957.
  • Bowden LI, Jarvis AP, Younger PL, Johnson KL. Phosphorus Removal from Waste Waters Using Basic Oxygen Steel Slag. Environmental Science & Technology 2009, 43(7), 2476-2481.
  • Mayes WM, Potter HAB, Jarvis AP. Novel approach to zinc removal from circum-neutral mine waters using pelletised recovered hydrous ferric oxide. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2009, 162(1), 512-520.
  • Kruse NA, Gozzard E, Jarvis AP. Determination of hydraulic residence times in several UK mine water treatment systems and their relationship to iron removal. Mine Water and the Environment 2009, 28(2), 115-123.
  • Mayes WM, Johnston D, Potter HAB, Jarvis AP. A national strategy for identification, prioritisation and management of pollution from abandoned non-coal mine sites in England and Wales. I. Methodology development and initial results. Science of the Total Environment 2009, 407(21), 5435-5447.
  • Mayes WM, Gozzard E, Potter HAB, Jarvis AP. Quantifying the importance of diffuse minewater pollution in a historically heavily coal mined catchment. Environmental Pollution 2008, 151(1), 165-175.
  • Jarvis AP, Moustafa M, Orme PHA, Younger PL. Effective remediation of grossly polluted acidic, and metal-rich, spoil heap drainage using a novel, low-cost, permeable reactive barrier in Northumberland, UK. Environmental Pollution 2006, 143(2), 261-268.
  • Jarvis AP, Younger PL. Passive treatment of ferruginous mine waters using high surface area media. Water Research 2001, 35(15), 3643-3648.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Gandy CJ, Jarvis AP, Cox N, Lofts S, Malley J, Moorhouse-Parry AML, Neate KS, Palumbo-Roe B, Potter HAB. Challenges of watershed mine drainage characterisation and remediation at scale: Force Crag base metal mine, Cumbria, UK. In: International Mine Water Association Congress. 2021, Cardiff, UK.
  • Riley AL, Onnis P, Jennings E, Crane RA, Hudson-Edwards KA, Comber SDW, Burke IT, Byrne P, Gandy CJ, Jarvis AP, Mayes WM. A GIS-based prioritisation of coastal legacy mine spoil deposits in England and Wales for effective future management. In: International Mine Water Association Congress. 2021, Virtual.
  • Jarvis AP, Davis JE, Orme PHA, Potter HAB, Gandy CJ. Evaluating metal behaviour and mine water treatment benefits in abandoned mine catchments with variable pollutant load inputs. In: International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage; 11th ICARD | IMWA | WISA MWD 2018 Conference – Risk to Opportunity. 2018, Pretoria, South Africa: International Mine Water Association.
  • Mayes WM, Anton AD, Thomas C, Potter HAB, Rudall S, Amezaga JM, Gandy CJ, Jarvis AP. National assessment of diffuse mining pollution in England and Wales. In: 10th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage & IMWA Annual Conference. 2015, Santiago, Chile.
  • Jarvis AP, Gandy CJ, Bailey MT, Davis JE, Orme PHA, Malley J, Potter HAB, Moorhouse AML. Metal removal and secondary contamination in a passive metal mine drainage treatment system. In: 10th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage & IMWA Annual Conference. 2015, Santiago, Chile.
  • Bailey M, Jarvis A, Gandy C. Characterization of passive treatment system substrates and potential for zinc recovery. In: 10th International Conference on Acid Rock Drainage & IMWA Annual Conference. 2015, Santiago, Chile.
  • Gandy CJ, Jarvis AP. The influence of engineering scale on the performance of compost bioreactors for the remediation of divalent metals. In: IMWA Congress 2011: Mine Water - Managing the Challenges. 2011, Aachen, Germany.
  • Matthies R, Aplin AC, Boyce AJ, Jarvis AP. Tracking dominant Alkalinity Sources in a Passive Mine Water Treatment System with stable Carbon Isotopes. In: IMWA Mine Water & Innovative Thinking. 2010, Nova Scotia, Canada: International Mine Water Association.
  • Jarvis AP, Gandy CJ. A case study of long-term geochemical evolution of coal waste rock drainage and its remediation. In: Mine water & innovative thinking : proceedings of the International Mine Water Association Symposium, 2010, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. 2010, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada: Cape Breton University Press.
  • Burke S, Banwart S, Jarvis A, England A, Younger PL. Up-scaling of oxidation and accretion reactors: engineering and economic considerations. In: Mine Water Treatment: A Decade of Progress. 2002, Newcastle upon Tyne: HERO.

• Note

  • Wolkersdorfer C, Bowell R, Amezaga JM, Kroll A, Jarvis AP, Rees B, Puura E, Misere WMH, Wings RWMG, Bajtos P, Weber L, Sarvaryne-Szentkatolnay B, Garzonio CA, Younger PL. Erratum to: Contemporary Reviews of Mine Water Studies in Europe, Part 1 (vol 23, pg 162, 2004). Mine Water and the Environment 2012, 31(3), 236-236.

• Reports

  • Gray ND, Gandy CJ, Jarvis AP. Mitigation of pollution from abandoned metal mines Part 2: Review of resource recovery options from the passive remediation of metal-rich mine waters. Bristol: Environment Agency, 2012. Environment Agency Science Report SC090024/R2.
  • Jarvis AP, Gandy CJ, Gray ND. Mitigation of pollution from abandoned metal mines Part 1: Review of passive treatment technologies for metal mine drainage remediation. Bristol: Environment Agency, 2012. Environment Agency Science Report SC090024/R1.

• Review

  • Gandy CJ, Smith JWN, Jarvis AP. Attenuation of mining-derived pollutants in the hyporheic zone: A review. Science of the Total Environment 2007, 373(2-3), 435-446.