Serge Brouyère has always had a feeling for the environment. “That comes from my family,” he points out. It was natural that he became interested in geology quite early, in secondary school. For him, this was the discipline that literally touched the earth. He chose applied geology because the engineer has more chances to act to improve the natural environment. “Being an engineer-geologist allows you to master all the mathematical tools of the engineer, especially computer modeling, which in our line is essential.” He received his diploma from the University of Liège in 1993. “After that I was a research engineer working for Prof. Mountjoy’s service, and then I did a dissertation on tracing techniques and the exchange of water between the surface and the aquifer.” He earned his doctorate in 2001, and has worked since then for the hydrology and environmental geology service (ArGenCo department) directed by Prof. Alain Dessargues. Serge Brouyère also works part-time for the Aquapôle integration unit, as a project developer and fundraiser.

Publications

Brouyère S., Modeling tracer injection and well-aquifer interactions: a new mathematical and numerical approach, Water Resources Research, 39(3), doi:10.1029/2002WR001813, 2003

Brouyère S., A. Dassargues, V. Hallet, Migration of contaminants through the unsaturated zone overlying the Hesbaye chalky aquifer in Belgium: a field investigation, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, vol 72(1-4), pp. 135-164, doi:10.1016/j.conhyd.2003.10.009, 2004

Brouyère S., Modelling the migration of contaminants through variably saturated dual-porosity, dual-permeability chalk, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, vol 82(3-4), pp. 195-219, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2005.10.004, 2006

Batlle Aguilar, J., P.Orban, A.Dassargues, S.Brouyère, Identification of groundwater quality trends in a chalky aquifer threatened by intensive agriculture, Hydrogeology Journal, doi:10.1007/s10040-007-0204-y, 2007

Batlle-Aguilar J., S.Brouyère, Assessing groundwater-surface water interaction and groundwater discharge in a contaminated site in an industrial, sub-urbanized area, GQ07: Securing Groundwater Quality in Urban and Industrial Environments, Proc. 6th International Groundwater Quality Conference held in Fremantle, Western Australia, 2007

Brouyère, S., Batlle-Aguilar, J., Goderniaux, P., Dassargues, A., A new tracer technique for monitoring groundwater fluxes: The Finite Volume Point Dilution Method, Journal of Contaminant Hydrology., vol. 95, pp 121-140, doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2007.09.001, 2008