Starting with work in London relating to construction of a tidal-surge barrier, significant applied research on the impacts of urbanisation on groundwater and of groundwater on the urban infrastructure in cities worldwide over a 40-year period.
| 1972 | Gray D A & FOSTER S S D. Phil Trans Royal Soc A 272 : 245-257 |
Urban influences on groundwater conditions in the Thames Flood Plain Deposits of Central London | E-1 |
| 1980 | Lewis W J, Farr J L & FOSTER S S D. P Instn Civil Engr 69 : 281-293 | The pollution hazard to village water supplies in eastern Botswana. | E-2 |
| 1985 | FOSTER S S D UN Natural Resources Forum 9 : 125-132 |
Potable groundwater supplies and low cost sanitary engineering – how compatible? | |
| 1986 | Thomson J A M & FOSTER S S D. J Instn Water Engr & Sci 40 : 527-540 | Effect of urbanisation on groundwater of limestone islands: an analysis of the Bermuda case. | |
| 1994 | FOSTER S S D, Gale I N & Hespanhol I. WHO-PAHO-CEPIS Publn | Impacts of wastewater use and disposal on groundwater. | |
| 1990 | FOSTER S S D IAHS Publn 198 : 187-207 |
Impacts of urbanisation on groundwater. | |
| 1999 | FOSTER S S D, Morris B L & Chilton P J. IAHS Publn 259 : 3-12 |
Groundwater in urban development: a review of linkages and concerns. | E-3 |
| 2001 | FOSTER S S D Urban Water 3 : 185-192 |
The interdependence of groundwater and urbanisation in rapidly-developing cities. | |
| 2004 | FOSTER S S D & Chilton P J. Hydrogeology J 12 : 115-120 | Downstream of downtown – urban wastewater as groundwater recharge. | E-4 |
| 2008 | Buapeng S & FOSTER S. GW-MATE Case Profile Collection 20 : World Bank |
Controlling groundwater abstraction and related environmental degradation in Metropolitan Bangkok–Thailand | E-5 |
| 2009 | FOSTER S IAHS Publn 12 (Groundwater & Climate in Africa) 115-120. |
Urban water-supply security – making the best use of groundwater to meet demands of expanding population under climate change. | E-6 |
| 2010 | FOSTER S, Hirata R & Garduno H. GW-MATE Strategic Overview Series 3 : World Bank | Urban groundwater use policy – balancing the benefits and risks in developing nations | E-7 |
| 2011 | FOSTER S, Hirata R & Howard K. Hydrogeology J 19 : 271-274. | Groundwater use in developing cities – policy issues arising from current trends | E-8 |
| 2011 | FOSTER S & Hirata R. SIWI On the Water Front 21-29. |
Groundwater use for urban development : enhancing benefits and reducing risks | E-9 |
| 2012 | FOSTER S & Hirata R. Water 21: 44–48. |
Sustainable groundwater use for developing country urban populations – lessons from Brazil | E-10 |
| 2013 | FOSTER S & Vairavaimoorthy K. GWP Perspectives Paper |
Urban groundwater – policies and institutions for integrated management | E-11 |
