Dr. Jonathan Chenoweth joined CES as a lecturer in September 2002 as a natural resources management specialist, focused upon the institutional and policy dimensions of water management. He researches on water policy research in developed and developing regions, including in the UK and elsewhere in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Current research foci include:

• Role of the public versus private sector in the management of water and sanitation services.
• Consumer attitudes to water supply services and the water industry.
• Institutional and policy dimensions of cross-boundary water management in developed and developing countries.
• Foresighting for natural resource management
• The development and use of indicators of sustainability; indicators of sustainable natural resources development, particularly sustainable water resources management

Dr. Chenoweth is the module leader of three CES modules:

- Environmental Science and Society

- Industrial Placement

Current funded research projects include:
· The establishment of legal frameworks for independent water providers:
This is a three year project funded by the Leverhulme Trust being jointly researched by CES, Robens Centre for Public and Environmental Health, and the University of Surrey School of Law.

· Technology enabled universal access to safe water – TECHNEAU:
This EU funded project seeks to find technological solutions for drinking water supply to cope with present and future global threats and opportunities. This is being initiated through rethinking of current water supply options and by providing researched and demonstrated new and improved technologies for the whole water supply chain.

CES together with the University of Surrey Department of Psychology are primary involved in Work Area 6. The overall goal of this Work Area is to identify how consumer acceptance and trust in water supply technologies can be improved. This research examines consumer expectations and behaviours around individual water consumption, as well as examining how water technologies and water management systems are accepted within communities.

Recent publications include:

Chenoweth, J. (2008) “Minimum water requirement for social and economic development”, Desalination, 229 (1-3), pp245-256.

Chenoweth, J., Wehrmeyer, W., Lipchin, C., Smith, J. & Gazit, T. (2007) “A comparison of environmental visions of university students in Israel and Palestine”, Futures, 39(6), pp685-703.

Wehrmeyer, W. and Chenoweth, J. (2006) “Maximising the effectiveness of continuing education training courses: improving understanding of environmental and sustainability issues through short workplace based courses”, International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 7 (2), 129-141.

Chenoweth, J. and Wehrmeyer, W. (2006) Scenario Development for 2050 for the Israeli/Palestinian Water Sector, Popul Environ, 27, pp.245-261.

Chenoweth, J. (2006) Setting Sustainable Goals for Environmental Remediation: The Case of River Remediation in Israel. Ecological Restoration, 24(3), pp. 158-164.

Chenoweth, J.L. & Feitelson, E. (2005) Neo-Malthusians and Cornucopians Put to the Test: Global 2000 and The Resourceful Earth Revisited. Futures, Issue No. 37:1, 51-72.

Pediaditi, K. Wehrmeyer, W. and Chenoweth, J. (2005) “Monitoring the Sustainability of Brownfield Redevelopment Projects. The Redevelopment Assessment Framework” Land Contamination and Reclamation, 13 (2), 173-183.

Chenoweth, J. & Feitelson, E. 2005 “Neo-Malthusians and Cornucopians put to the test: Global 2000 and The Resourceful Earth revisited”, Futures, 37:1, 51-72.

Chenoweth, JL. 2004 “Changing ownership structures in the water and sanitation sector” Water International, 29:2, 138-147.