Personal Details, Key Qualifications and Experience
Name: Van Enk, Dirk Christiaan
Year of birth: 1945
Profession: Hydrologist / Hydrogeologist
Nationality: Dutch
Relevant Experience: 35 years
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Mr. van Enk is a hydrologist/hydrogeologist with over 40 years of experience in all aspects of applied hydrology and hydrogeology, such as water resources assessment studies, computer interpretation techniques, hydrological studies, site studies for small dams, borehole drilling, completion and testing techniques, borehole design, well field design, aquifer testing, groundwater flow modeling, groundwater chemistry, data base management, rural water development planning, project planning and evaluation.
Mr. van Enk, who joined Groundwater Survey (Kenya) Ltd in 1992 as Managing Director, has worked in a large number of overseas projects, in Sudan, Indonesia, Spain, Yemen, Ethiopia, Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya.
Mr van Enk has worked with Mr. Dominic Mutinda (the principal consultant and Managing Director of Groundwater and Technical Services Limited GWTS) on numerous projects in East Africa region and beyond, before and after establishment of GWTS. Mr. Dominic Mutinda has been a long serving staff member of Groundwater Survey (Kenya) Ltd and later Groundwater Survey (EA) Ltd as a Senior Hydrogeologist/EIA and EA Lead Expert before he formed GWTS. Mr. Van Enk has been a key mentor/role model to Mr. Mutinda’s rich professional experience in several countries.
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