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Ms Frances Charters

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Department: Civil and Natural Resources Engineering

Email: frances.charters@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694632

Office: Civil and Natural Resources Engineering E307

Language: English

About
Research / Creative works
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Fields of Research

  • Stormwater quality characterisation
  • Stormwater quality modelling
  • Stormwater treatment

Researcher Summary

Research interests include:
- Water quality monitoring and analysis (chemical/physical properties)
- Contaminant load modelling
- Ecological treatment systems for improving water quality
- Low impact/multi-value community infrastructure

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Engineering and Technology: Design; Hydrological and Ecological Engineering; Modelling; Resource/Environment Engineering

Prizes and Awards

  • 9Wire Environmental Innovation Programme ( 2019 - 2020)
  • National Stormwater Innovation Award ( 2019 - 2021)
  • Stormwater Superhero Award ( 2019 - 2021)
  • UC Sustainability Award ( 2019 - 2021)

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles
  • Charters FJ., Cochrane TA. and O’Sullivan AD. (2021) The influence of urban surface type and characteristics on runoff water quality. Science of The Total Environment 755: 142470-142478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142470.
  • Charters F., Cochrane T. and O'Sullivan A. (2020) Predicting Event-Based Sediment and Heavy Metal Loads in Untreated Urban Runoff from Impermeable Surfaces. Water 12(4) http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12040969.
  • Chakravarthy K., Charters F. and Cochrane T. (2019) The impact of urbanisation on New Zealand freshwater quality. Policy Quarterly 15(3): 17-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.26686/pq.v15i3.5683.
  • 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
  • Charters F., Cochrane T., Hall G. and Dele U.. (2020) Characterising untreated stormwater quality to guide stormwater management planning: A Timaru case study. In Proceedings of the 2020 Stormwater Conference, Water New Zealand, Tauranga, New Zealand, 26-28 August 2020..
  • O'Sullivan A., Hansen S., Maranan J., Cochrane T. and Charters F.. (2020) The Storminator™ - A Retrofittable, sustainable, stormwater solution for treating metal roof runoff. In Proceedings of the 2020 Stormwater Conference, Water New Zealand, Tauranga, New Zealand, August 26-28, 2020..
  • 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. In Proceedings of the 2019 Stormwater Conference, New Zealand Water Association, Auckland, New Zealand, May 1-3, 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. In : 10.
  • O'Sullivan A., Cochrane T. and Charters F.. (2019) The Storminator™ - a retrofit and sustainable stormwater treatment solution. In Proceedings of the 2019 Stormwater Conference, Water New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand, 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. In http://stormwaterconference.org.nz/: 11. Water New Zealand.
  • Charters FJ., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan AD.. (2016) Characterising urban zinc generation to identify surface pollutant hotspots in a low intensity rainfall climate. In.
  • Charters FJ., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan AD.. (2016) Predicting event-based stormwater contaminant loads from individual urban surfaces. In Proceedings of the 2016 Stormwater Conference, Water New Zealand, Nelson, New Zealand, 18-20 May 2016..
  • Charters F., Cochrane TA. and O'Sullivan A.. (2014) Modelling stormwater management options for enhancing water quality of urban streams. 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. In Proceedings: 10pp.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Charters F. (2021) Untreated runoff quality: a comparative study across catchments and impermeable surface types. Melbourne, Australia: International Conference on Urban Drainage 2021, 6-10 Sep 2021.
  • Bilek F., Cochrane T., Charters F., O'Sullivan A. and Hannah M. (2020) Treatment performance variability in two at-source stormwater treatment systems. University of Canterbury: 2020 Waterways Postgraduate Conference, 11 Nov 2020.
  • Skews R., Webster-Brown J., Charters F., Cochrane T. and O'Sullivan A. (2020) Get them outta here! How dissolved Cu and Zn are filtered out of stormwater by waste seashells. University of Canterbury: 2020 Waterways Postgraduate Conference, 11 Nov 2020.
  • Skews R., Webster-Brown J., Charters F., Cochrane T. and O'Sullivan A. (2019) What’s the attraction? The hold a mussel shell can have over a heavy metal. Christchurch, New Zealand: 2019 Canterbury Postgraduate Waterways Conference, 19 Nov 2019.
  • 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.
Intellectual Property
  • O'Sullivan A., Cochrane T. and Charters F. (2018) A Device for Treating Roof Runoff.Patent No. 740976, New Zealand Patent Application 740976.
Reports
  • Charters FJ. and Cochrane TA. (2017) Pollutant Load Scenarios for Stormwater Management in Addington Catchment. In Pollutant Load Scenarios for Stormwater Management in Addington Catchment, University of Canterbury. Commissioned by Environment Canterbury. 33.
  • O'Sullivan A., Charters F. and Cochrane T. (2017) Zinc removal from hardstand stormwater runoff at the CSP Coating Systems Plant (Christchurch). In Zinc removal from hardstand stormwater runoff at the CSP Coating Systems Plant (Christchurch), University of Canterbury. Commissioned by CSP. 23.
  • O'Sullivan AD., Cochrane TA. and Charters F. (2017) Stormwater Contaminant Load Monitoring (2016) and Modelling of the Heathcote Catchment and Six Representative Subcatchments. In Stormwater Contaminant Load Monitoring (2016) and Modelling of the Heathcote Catchment and Six Representative Subcatchments, University of Canterbury. Commissioned by Christchurch City Council. 44.
  • White I., Storey B., Owen S., Bell R., Charters F., Dickie B., Foster L., Harvey E., Hughes J. and Kerr S. (2017) Climate Change & Stormwater and Wastewater Systems. In Climate Change & Stormwater and Wastewater Systems, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research.
  • Charters F. (2016) Stormwater contaminant load monitoring and modelling of the Addington Brook catchment. In Stormwater contaminant load monitoring and modelling of the Addington Brook catchment, University of Canterbury. Commissioned by Environment Canterbury. 88.
  • O'Sullivan A. and Charters F. (2014) Haytons Stream 2013 Water Quality Investigation at Gerald Connolly Place.Commissioned by Environment Canterbury.
  • Charters F. (2013) Waterway barrier design for protection of native aquatic values.University of Canterbury. Commissioned by Department of Conservation. 62.
Theses / Dissertations
  • Charters F. (2016) Characterising and modelling urban runoff quality for improved stormwater management. Christchurch. University of Canterbury.

Review and Refereeing

  • New Zealand Stormwater Conference 2019 ( 2019 - 2021)
  • New Zealand Stormwater Conference 2020 ( 2020 - 2021)
  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research ( 2016 - 2021)
  • Journal of Environmental Management ( 2016 - 2021)
  • Science of the Total Environment ( 2016 - 2021)
  • Sustainability ( 2020 - 2021)
  • Water ( 2020 - 2021)

Affiliations

  • Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand (IPENZ) (Professional Organisation): Graduate
  • Water New Zealand - The New Zealand Water & Wastes Association (Professional Organisation): Member

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

Key Methodologies

  • Water quality: analytical lab methods
  • Water quality: contaminant load modelling
  • GIS (Geographic Information Systems)
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