Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• Charters F., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan AD. (2017) Characterising urban zinc generation to identify surface pollutant hotspots in a low intensity rainfall climate. Water Science and Technology 76(6) WST-EM161777R1: 1370-1377. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2017.306.

• Charters FJ., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan AD. (2016) Untreated runoff quality from roof and road surfaces in a low intensity rainfall climate. Science of the Total Environment 550: 265-272. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.01.093.

• Fraga I., Charters FJ., O'Sullivan AD. and Cochrane TA. (2016) A novel modelling framework to prioritize estimation of non-point source pollution parameters for quantifying pollutant origin and discharge in urban catchments. Journal of Environmental Management 167: 75-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2015.11.003.

• Charters FJ., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan AD. (2015) Particle Size Distribution Variance in Untreated Urban Runoff and its Implication on Treatment Selection. Water Research 85: 337-345. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2015.08.029.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Bilek F., Cochrane T., Charters F., O'Sullivan A. and Hannah M. (2019) Characterising load, treatment and monitoring as sources of variability in stormwater treatment devices. Auckland, NZ: 2019 Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference, 1-3 May 2019.

• Chakravarthy K., Kumar H., Watters J., Stevenson M., Charters F. and Cochrane T. (2019) Identification, prioritization and mitigation - A three step process for stormwater quality management. Auckland: 2019 New Zealand Stormwater Conference, 1-3 May 2019.

• Charters F., O'Sullivan AD. and Cochrane T. (2017) Inline pond treatment performance and longitudinal instream monitoring in a stormwater-affected urban waterway. Auckland, New Zealand: 12th South Pacific Stormwater Conference, 3-5 May 2017. In http://stormwaterconference.org.nz/: 11.

• Charters FJ., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan AD. (2016) Characterising urban zinc generation to identify surface pollutant hotspots in a low intensity rainfall climate. Brisbane, Australia: World Water Congress and Exibition, 9-14 Oct 2016.

• Charters FJ., Cochrane TA. and O'SullivAn AD. (2016) Predicting event-based stormwater contaminant loads from individual urban surfaces. Nelson, New Zealand: Water New Zealand Stormwater Conference, 18-20 May 2016.

• Charters F., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan A. (2014) Modelling stormwater management options for enhancing water quality of urban streams. Christchurch, New Zealand: 9th South Pacific Stormwater Conference 2014, 14-16 May 2014. In Proceedings: 10pp.

• Charters F., O'Sullivan A. and Cochrane T. (2014) Modelling Stormwater Contaminant Loads in Older Urban Catchments: Effects of Climate Influences on Selecting Management Options. Sarawak, Malaysia: 13th International Conference on Urban Drainage, 7-12 Sep 2014. In Proceedings: 10pp.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Charters F., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan AD. (2017) Temporal Variations in Surface-Specific Stormwater Pollutant Loads. Prague, Czech Republic: 4th IWA/IAHR Congress on Urban Drainage, 10-15 Sep 2017.

• Charters F., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan A. (2016) Modelling Sediment and Heavy Metals Loads in Stormwater from Different Impermeable Urban Surfaces. Wellington, New Zealand: WaterNZ Modelling Symposium, 16-17 Mar 2016.

• Cochrane TA., Charters FJ. and O'Sullivan AD. (2015) Characterizing urban runoff particle size distributions and the implications for stormwater treatment. Austin, TX, US: World Environmental and Water Resources Congress 2015, 17-22 May 2015.

• Charters F., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan AD. (2014) Particle size analysis of runoff from impermeable surfaces. Blenheim, New Zealand: 2014 Water Symposium, 24-28 Nov 2014.

• Charters F., Bowie S., West D. and O'Sullivan AD. (2013) Building barriers: Saving our natives. Wellington, New Zealand: National Fish Passage Management Symposium, 26-27 Nov 2013.

• Charters F., Bowie S., West D. and O'Sullivan AD. (2013) Water barrier design for protection of New Zealand native fish. Palmerston North, New Zealand: New Zealand Hydrological Society Annual Conference, 19-22 Nov 2013.

Theses / Dissertations

• Charters F. (2016) Characterising and modelling urban runoff quality for improved stormwater management. Christchurch. University of Canterbury.

Future Research

• Stormwater contaminant transformation from source to receiving environment
• Climate influences on stormwater contaminant load generation
• Modelling of treatment effects on reducing stormwater contaminant loads