Abstract
The 1999 Ineson Lecture 1999 was given by Stephen Foster, Assistant Director of the British Geological Survey with overall responsibility for various areas of geoscience including hydrogeology and engineering geology.⇓ Fig. 1. Stephen Foster graduated from Kings College in the University of London in 1965, starting his career in geotechnical engineering but moving into hydrogeology at an early stage when he joined the Institute of Geological Sciences (IGS). By 1974 he became Groundwater Pollution Research Leader at the IGS, shortly to be re-styled the British Geological Survey (BGS). During 1986–89 he was seconded to the World Health Organization/Pan-American Health Organization as Groundwater Advisor for the Latin American & Caribbean Region. On return to the BGS he became Chief Hydrogeologist and was promoted to Assistant Director in 1991. Dr Foster is the author of some 125 published papers, reports and manuals. His earlier work focused on the geological and hydraulic controls on …
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