ULUGURU

About ULUGURU

ULUGURU's mission is to share hydrological expertise to empower land owners and their project partners to develop successful, nature-based solutions that reduce flood risk, enhance biodiversity and create beautiful environments. Katherine founded Uluguru to develop a solution to monitoring Natural Flood Management - the Natural Flood Management App. Katherine is an expert Hydrologist with over sixteen years’ experience working on a variety of projects in the field of flooding and restoration of fluvial landscapes. She has a B.Sc. in Earth Sciences from Plymouth University and a M.Sc. in River Environmental Sciences from University of Birmingham. Katherine began her career working for large multi-disciplinary consultancies delivering a range of water management projects including large-scale river modelling for strategic planning and flood risk assessments for new developments. She went on to work for a small consultancy providing water management solutions in historic landscapes. She has extensive experience of working on site, validating data, assessing flood risk, and considering options for restoration and water management. Katherine Colby Hydrologists Ltd, the consultancy she founded in 2010, works with local government, community flood action groups, environmental charities, large landowners, architects and private developers.

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