Newcastle University

Background

Studied for a PhD within the Hydrogeochemical Engineering Research and Outreach (HERO) Group in the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences at Newcastle and became a Research Associate within the same group in 2002. Her main research interests focus on mine water pollution, prinicpally the remediation of metal mine discharges, and the source, transport and fate of metals on a river catchment scale. She also has interests in hydrogeology, groundwater and hydrogeochemcial modelling, coupled groundwater flow and heat transport modelling, ground source heat and object-oriented programming.

Roles and Responsibilities

Module leader for SPG8002 Renewable Energy: Photovoltaics and Geothermal Energy (Reflex MSc)

Qualifications

PhD "Modelling pyrite oxidation and pollutant transport in mine wastes using an object-oriented particle tracking code" (Newcastle University, 2003)

MSc Water Resource Systems Engineering (Newcastle University, 1998)

BSc Geology (Durham University, 1997)

Industrial Experience

Undertaken a range of consultancy work for national and international organisations including Solid Energy New Zealand Ltd, UK Coal Ltd, Maltby Colliery Ltd, Sherburn Stone Co Ltd, EasiGeothermal Ltd, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT)

Gandy CJ, Younger PL (2005) Predictive modelling of dewatering and wetland creation at Low Harperley. Report to Sherburn Stone Co Ltd

Gandy, CJ, Kilsby CG, Valentine EM, Younger PL (2005) Investigation of proposed lake and fountain at Middleton Lodge. Report to Sherburn Stone Co Ltd 

Gandy CJ, Younger PL (2006) Groundwater rebound in the South Yorkshire Coalfield: application of GRAM. Report to UK Coal Ltd 

Gandy CJ, Younger PL (2007) Predictive modelling of waste rock leaching at Stockton Mine. Report to Solid Energy NZ Ltd

Gandy, CJ (2010) Desk study of geology around Washington Wetland Centre. Report to Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust 

Gandy CJ, Younger PL (2011) Groundwater rebound in the South Yorkshire Coalfield: update. Report to Maltby Colliery Ltd 

Research Interests

Mine water pollution, prinicpally the remediation of metal mine discharges, and the source, transport and fate of metals on a river catchment scale.

Hydrogeology, groundwater and hydrogeochemcial modelling, coupled groundwater flow and heat transport modelling, ground source heat and object-oriented programming.

Postgraduate Supervision

Second supervisor to PhD student studying hydraulic residence time in passive mine water treatment systems (completed 2011)

Esteem Indicators

Guest editor of a special issue of the Journal "Mine Water and the Environment" on mine water rebound

Funding 

Environment Agency - Mitigation of pollution from abandoned metal mines

Coal Authority - Costs, benefits and options for carbon dioxide degassing at coal mine water treatment systems

EPSRC - Bio-desalination: from cell to tap 

Postgraduate Teaching

SPG8002 'Renewable Energy: Photovoltaics and Geothermal Energy' (50% and module leader)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Gandy CJ, Clarke L, Banks D, Younger PL. Predictive modelling of groundwater abstraction and artificial recharge of cooling water. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2010, 43(3), 279-288.
• Banks D, Gandy CJ, Younger PL, Withers J, Underwood C. Anthropogenic thermogeological 'anomaly' in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, UK. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2009, 42(3), 307-312.
• Gandy CJ, Younger PL. Predicting long-term contamination potential of perched groundwater in a mine-waste heap using a random-walk method. Hydrogeology Journal 2008, 16(3), 447-459.
• Gandy CJ, Younger PL. An object-oriented particle tracking code for pyrite oxidation and pollutant transport in mine spoil heaps. Journal of Hydroinformatics 2007, 9(4), 293-304.
• 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.
• Gandy CJ, Younger PL. Predicting groundwater rebound in the South Yorkshire Coalfield, UK. Mine Water and the Environment 2007, 26(2), 70-78.
• Gandy CJ, Younger PL. Effect of a clay cap on oxidation of pyrite within mine spoil. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology 2003, 36(3), 207-215.
• Evans KA, Gandy CJ, Banwart SA. Mineralogical, numerical and analytical studies of the coupled oxidation of pyrite and coal. Mineralogical Magazine 2003, 67(2), 381-398.
• Gandy CJ, Evans KA. Laboratory and numerical modelling studies of iron release from a spoil heap in County Durham. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 2002, 198, 205-214.
• Younger PL, Gandy CJ. Perched groundwater in mine spoils: hydrogeology and remedial options. In: Geological Society of London, Hydrogeological Group, "Contaminated Land Meets Groundwater". 2002, Birmingham University.