Major research on nutrient and pesticide leaching from cultivated soils, including first European paper in 1974 on the dynamics of groundwater nitrate pollution from ‘post-war agricultural land-use practices’, and subsequently on the management of diffuse pollution and groundwater use for irrigated agriculture.
| 1974 | FOSTER S S D & Crease R I. J Inst Water Engrs 28 : 178-194 | Nitrate pollution of Chalk groundwater in East Yorkshire – a hydrogeological appraisal | F-1 |
| 1976 | FOSTER S S D. MAFF Tech Bulletin 32 : 68-91 |
The vulnerability of British groundwater resources to pollution by agricultural leachates | F-2 |
| 1981 | FOSTER S S D & Young C P. Royal Society of London : 47-59 | Effects of agricultural land-use on groundwater quality with special reference to nitrate | F-3 |
| 1982 | FOSTER S S D, Cripps A C & Smith-Carington A K. Phil Trans Royal Soc 296 : 477-489 | Nitrate leaching to groundwater | F-4 |
| 1983 | Lawrence A R, FOSTER S S D & Izzard P W. J Instn Water Engrs & Sci 37 : 410-419 | Nitrate pollution of Chalk groundwater in East Yorkshire – a decade on. | F-5 |
| 1987 | Parker J M, Booth S K & FOSTER S S D. P Instn Civil Engrs : 83 : 15-32 | Penetration of nitrate from agricultural soils into the groundwater of the Norfolk Chalk. | |
| 1989 | Geake A K & FOSTER S S D. Hydrol Sciences J : 34 : 79-95 | Sequential reprofiling of the isotopes and solutes in the unsaturated zone of the British Chalk. | |
| 1992 | Chilton P J & FOSTER S S D. NATO-ASI Series G: 30 : 333-347 | Control of groundwater nitrate pollution in Britain by land-use change. | |
| 1993 | FOSTER S S D, Chilton P J & Stuart M E.J Inst Water Envir Mgmt 5 : 186-193 | Mechanisms of groundwater pollution by pesticides. | F-6 |
| 2000 | FOSTER S S D. Q J Eng Geology & Hydrogeology 33 : 263-280. | The 9th Ineson Lecture : Assessing and controlling the impacts of agriculture on groundwater – from barley barons to beef bans | F-7 |
| 2008 | FOSTER S & Candela L. Royal Soc Chemistry Publn : 454–470 | Diffuse groundwater quality impacts from agricultural land-use: management and policy implications of scientific realities | F-8 |
| 2010 | Garduño H & FOSTER S. GW-MATe Strategic Overview Series 4 : World Bank | Sustainable groundwater irrigation – approaches to reconciling demand with resources | F-9 |
| 2010 | FOSTER SSD & Perry CJ. Hydrogeology J 18: 291-294. |
Improving groundwater resource accounting in irrigated areas: a prerequisite for promoting sustainable use | F-10 |
| 2012 | FOSTER S & Shah T. GWP Perspectives Paper |
Groundwater resources and irrigated agriculture – making a beneficial relation more sustainable | F-11 |
| 2013 | Fraters D & FOSTER S. IAH News & Info Aug 2013: 10–11. |
Can the land produce more food and harvest acceptable groundwater? |
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