Are You Ready for a Webinar?

November 25, 2020

This November we launched our borehole bulletin series and with number five issued yesterday, now it's time to bring our series to life! Our webinar ‘How to Develop a Licensed Water Supply Borehole: Advice from The Experts’ launches tomorrow at 11 am, and if you haven’t signed up already, now’s the time!


Our experts, Dr Phil Ham, James Dodds and Penny Jenkinson are thrilled to be joined by our client Sam Walton from Associated British Ports. Together they will reflect on the key points for developing a licensed water supply, focussing on a recent project at Grimsby Port.


The webinar will cover:

• The benefits you gain from a feasibility study

• The regulatory process checklist 

• The good and bad practice of borehole construction

• How to successfully obtain a licence

• Why monitoring and maintenance is essential for long term, hassle free operations


If you have not yet registered your place, there’s still time to do so, as well as find out a bit more about our experts...

Meet The Hosts

James Dodds



Our Chairperson and Water Management Specialist, James, is a Chartered Geologist and has over 30 years of experience in consulting. He is a nationally recognised expert in water resources management, with a strong reputation for his regulatory tenacity and ability to negotiate abstraction licences.  

Dr Phil Ham


Our Managing Director, Phil, is a Principal Hydrogeologist with over 15 years’ professional experience working with natural water systems. Phil has a particular interest and expertise in the development, management, and regulation of independent water supplies.

Penny Jenkinson


Penny, one of our Principal Hydrogeologists, has over 13 years of consultancy experience. Specialising in water resource hydrogeology she has a wealth of knowledge and experience in developing private water supplies across a range of sectors. 

Sam Walton


Samantha Walton, FCCA, Humber Energy Manager, Associated British Ports. Sam has worked for ABP for 16 years, a qualified Accountant by trade. Sam’s main aim is to make the Humber ports as sustainable and self-sustaining as possible across all utilities and energy sources consumed on the Ports.

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