Dr. Andrew Barton is a Senior Water Resources Engineer at GWMWater and is responsible for providing leadership in and the strategic planning of the operation of the regulated water supply systems. Andrew oversees the day to day operation of the headworks systems, develops seasonal operating plans, conceptualises and implements systems to improve operational capability, manages the Wimmera Glenelg Bulk Entitlement, and develops and refines systems for the management of system data and modelling of system behaviour. Andrew also manages specific projects relating to the modification of the headworks systems, and selected research projects.

Andrew’s main areas of expertise are civil engineering hydraulics, experimental fluid mechanics, integrated water cycle management and general water resources engineering. Andrew finds interdisciplinary research particularly interesting and rewarding, especially the nexus between engineering hydraulics and biology/ecology.