Water Sciences Group

Drinking Water Quality

Principal Consultants

Meet some of our principal consultants specialising in drinking water quality.

Dr Christobel Ferguson – Principal Consultant

Dr Christobel Ferguson has more than 15 years' experience specialising in water microbiology and pathogen risk assessment and catchment management.  

Christobel's key capabilities include water quality assessments, particularly microbiological quality (marine, estuarine and freshwater systems) and identification and characterisation of sources of faecal contamination in rural and urban systems. 

She is also recognised for her expertise in catchment modelling and management planning, including hazard analysis and risk management. Christobel is well known throughout the water industry, and is a board member of AWA and actively involved with the American Water Works Association, IWA, the Water Environment Research Foundation and the WateReuse Association.