My job involves working with, and extracting environmental parameters (i.e., river flow, rainfall, reservoir levels, groundwater levels) for our internal and external customers. The analysis and interpretation of this data feeds into numerous flow requests (estimating flows in the required location), technical assessments, and quality assuring river flow data, that I help complete. These tasks help quantify the impact of water abstractions on river flows across the West Midlands. I also work on several reporting tasks: one of these is the Water Situation Report, which is published live on the government website each month that presents monthly river flows, reservoir levels, groundwater levels, soil moisture levels and rainfall).

Furthermore, I undertake Surface Water Quality Assurance checks on river gauges throughout the West Midlands. This involves gaining an understanding of the gauge’s catchment, through identifying artificial influences (discharges, abstractions, and impoundments), and then quality-assessing the gauge’s flow record.