Patrick Durney
MSc, PGDip Eng Geol, BSc
Patrick Durney is a Research Scientist in Lincoln Agritech’s Environmental Research Group, specialising in hydrogeology and modelling for integrated water resource management. His work combines numerical modelling with statistical and machine learning approaches to support groundwater and surface water management, including coupled surface water and groundwater and nitrate transport modelling, and machine learning methods for mapping shallow coastal groundwater.
With degrees in geology and water resource management from the University of Canterbury, Patrick has contributed to major programmes including Braided Rivers, Critical Pathways, NIWA’s Future Coasts Aotearoa, and Lincoln Agritech’s Emerging Climatic Pressures. He has shown research leadership through national scale machine learning model development, leading modelling for the Hinds managed aquifer recharge trial, and supporting groundwater allocation limit setting in Canterbury.
Focus areas
- Groundwater modelling and hydrogeology
- Machine learning and statistical water science
- Managed aquifer recharge and sustainable water management
Publications
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Transmission losses and groundwater recharge from ephemeral rivers in the Canterbury Plains (New Zealand): Historical reconstruction and environmental implications, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, June 2025
Di Ciacca A, Knight LG, Brand M, Durney P, Wilson S, Wöhling T
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrh.2025.102317
Multi-Purpose Data Worth Assessment of a Surface Water-Groundwater and Nitrogen Transport Model, NGWA, May 2025
Durney P, Di Ciacca A, Wilson S, Wöhling T
https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13490
Model simplification to simulate groundwater recharge from a perched gravel-bed river, Journal of Hydrology, November 2024
Di Ciacca A, Wilson S, Durney P, Stecca G, Wöhling T
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.132016
Impact of river management on groundwater recharge from braided rivers, EGU General Assembly 2024
Wilson S, Measures R, Hoyle J, Stecca G, Durney P, Di Ciacca A, Wöhling T
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-6843
Groundwater recharge from ephemeral rivers of the Canterbury Plains (New-Zealand): historical reconstruction using satellite imagery and environmental implications, EGU General Assembly 2024
Di Ciacca A, Brand M, Knight LG, Durney P
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-4767
