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Master Water Conservator

About me

Location	London
Introduction	My career was spent in the Civil Service. I started in the Ministry of Works, where I gained experience of wages, job costing, contracts and general clerical duties. When civil and defence works services were amalgamated I was appointed to a branch concerned with financial control of major defence construction works. This led to a 3 year appointment on similar work in Gibraltar. I then took up a post as Deputy Finance Officer in the Social Science Research Council. Following this I worked on legislation for the Standard Business Rate. My involvement with the water industry was in the Department of the Environment, where one of my earliest tasks was to produce “Using Water Wisely”, the Government’s first consultation paper on water conservation. This was followed by the establishment of the Water Regulations Advisory Committee which made proposals for the transfer of Water Company Byelaws into Government Regulations. I was also responsible for water industry specific trade missions led by Environment Ministers. Following my retirement from full time employment I went on to lecture at home and abroad on water privatisation, regulation, conservation and water quality regulations.

Location

London

Introduction

My career was spent in the Civil Service. I started in the Ministry of Works, where I gained experience of wages, job costing, contracts and general clerical duties. When civil and defence works services were amalgamated I was appointed to a branch concerned with financial control of major defence construction works. This led to a 3 year appointment on similar work in Gibraltar. I then took up a post as Deputy Finance Officer in the Social Science Research Council. Following this I worked on legislation for the Standard Business Rate. My involvement with the water industry was in the Department of the Environment, where one of my earliest tasks was to produce “Using Water Wisely”, the Government’s first consultation paper on water conservation. This was followed by the establishment of the Water Regulations Advisory Committee which made proposals for the transfer of Water Company Byelaws into Government Regulations. I was also responsible for water industry specific trade missions led by Environment Ministers. Following my retirement from full time employment I went on to lecture at home and abroad on water privatisation, regulation, conservation and water quality regulations.