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David Butler is Professor of Water Engineering at the University of Exeter and formerly professor and head of the Urban Water Research Group (UWRG) at Imperial College London. He has a degree in civil & structural engineering from University College Cardiff, and a masters and doctorate in public health engineering from Imperial College. He is a chartered civil engineer and a chartered environmentalist, and a Fellow of both ICE and CIWEM. He has some 25 years experience in the water industry.

Research Interests

He specialises in sustainable urban water management, water conservation and recycling, integrated modelling of urban water systems, spatial water management, operational management of stormwater runoff and flooding, in-sewer processes and decision support tool development.

Teaching Interests

Teaching interests include:

• environmental engineering,
• hydraulics,
• urban drainage,
• water and wastewater treatment,
• urban water management.

He was Director of EPSRC's Sustainable Urban Environment Programme Water Cycle Management for New Developments (WaND) consortium, Director of the WATERSAVE network, a member of EPSRC's Peer Review College, CIRIA's Water Engineering Advisory Panel and FWR's Wastewater Research and Industry Support Forum and is editor-in-chief of the Water & Environment Journal (CIWEM) and the Urban Water Journal.  He currently sits on the Built Environment Panel of the Hong Kong Research Assessment Exercise.

Qualifications          : BSc MSc DIC PhD CEng CEnv FICE FCIWEM FHEA

David has authored/co-authored over 150 technical papers, in addition to 12 books, published reports and edited conference proceedings. Recent publications include:

Projects

• KTP - Hydro International
• Platform Renewable: Urban Water Research Group Platform Grant
• WaND - Water Cycle Management for New Developments
• On-site water treatment options for new developments
• Wastewater Collection in New Developments
• Decision Support for Sewer Flooding Mitigation
• Decision Support Tools For Urban Water Management in New Developments
• A Spatial Decision Support System for Urban Water Management
• WATERSAVE Network
• DelPHE - Capacity Building for Water Demand Management
• Sustainable Regeneration - from evidence-based urban futures to implementation
• Ashford's Integrated Alternatives
• CORFU - Collaborative research on flood resilience in urban areas

Publications

In Press
• Butler, D., Memon, F.A., Makropoulos, C.K., Andrew, S. and Louise, C. (0): Guidance on Water Cycle Management for New Developments, CIRIA, RP777
• Memon, F.A. and Butler, D. (0): Domestic water management, Vairavamoorthy, K., Thygesen, N. and Bregnhoj (eds), International Hydrological Programme - UNESCO
• Butler, D., Memon, F.A. and Makropoulos, C.K. (0): Urban Water system planning and design for new developments, Integrated Urban Water Management in Temperate Climates, Maksimovic, C.(ed.), UNESCO, pp Chapter 4
• Butler, D., McEntee, B., Onof, C., & Hagger, A. (0): Sewer storage tank performance under climate change, Water Science and Technology

Submitted
• Fu, G., Butler, D., Khu, S.T., and Sun, S.A. (0): Imprecise probabilistic evaluation of sewer flooding in urban drainage systems using random set theory, Water Resources Research (Submitted)
• Ward, S., Memon, F.A. and Butler, D. (0): Rainwater harvesting: model-based design evaluation, Water Science and Technology (Manuscript number: WST-WSTWS-EM08976

2010
• Fu, G., Khu, S.-T. and Butler, D. (2010): Optimal distribution and control of storage tank to mitigate the impact of new developments on receiving water quality , ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, 136(3), pp 335-342
• Fu, G., Makropoulos, C. and Butler, D. (2010): Simulation of urban wastewater systems using artificial neural networks: embedding urban areas in integrated catchment modelling, Journal of Hydroinformatics, 12, pp 140-149

2009
• Fu, G., Khu, S.-T. and Butler D. (2009): Use of surrogate modelling for multiobjective optimisation of urban wastewater systems, Water Science and Technology, 60, pp 1641-1647
• Ward, S., Butler, D., Barr, S. and Memon, F.A. (2009): A framework for supporting rainwater harvesting in the UK, 10th IWA UK National Young Water Professionals Conference, London, UK, 22-23 April 2009
• Ward, S., Memon, F.A. and Butler, D. (2009): Harvested rainwater qulaity - the importance of building design, 2nd International Conference on Rainwater Harvesting and Management, Tokyo, Japan, 7-11 September 2009
• Memon, F.A., Fidar, A., Lobban, A., Djordjevic, S., Butler, D. (2009): Effectiveness of Rainwater Harvesting as stormwater management options, 33rd IAHR Congress - Water Engineering for Sustainable Environment, Vancouver, Canada, 9 - 14 August 2009
• Fu, G., Butler, D. and Khu, S.-T. (2009): The impact of new developments on river water quality from an integrated system modelling perspective, Science of the total environment, 407, pp 1257-1267

2008
• Ward, S., Memon, F.A., Butler, D. (2008): Rainwater harvesting: model-based design evaluation, 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 31 August - 5 September 2008
• Ward, S., Butler, D. and Memon, F.A. (2008): A pilot study into attitudes towards and perceptions of rainwater harvesting in the UK, BHS 2008 - Sustainable Hydrology for the 21st Century, 10th Symposium of the British Hydrological Society, Exeter, UK, 15-17 September 2008, pp 366-372
• Fewtrell, L., Butler, D., Memon, F.A., Ashley, R. and Saul, A. (2008): An overview of UK-based HIA research on water management and flooding, In Health Impact Assessment for Sustainable Water Management, Fewtrell, L. and Kay, D.(Eds), IWA Publishing London, pp 29-43
• Memon, F.A., Ton-That, L. and Butler, D. (2008): An investigation of domestic water consumption through taps and its interaction with urban water flows, Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 7,, pp 5-6, 69-76
• Makropoulos, C.K., Natsis, K., Liu, S., Mittas, K., and Butler, D. (2008): Decision support for sustainable option selection in integrated urban water management, Environmental Modelling and Software, 23,12, pp 1448-1460
• Fu, G., Butler, D. and Khu, S.-T. (2008): Multiobjective optimisation of urban wastewater systems using ParEGO: a comparison with NSGA II, Proceedings from 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Edinburgh, UK
• Butler, D., Fu, G. and Khu, S.-T. (2008): The relationship between sewer flood volume and receiving water quality in an integrated urban wastewater system, Proceedings from BHS 2008, Exeter, UK
• Fu, G., Butler, D., and Khu, S.-T. (2008): Comparison of control strategies for multi-objective control of urban wastewater systems, Proceedings from iEMSs 2008: International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software, Barcelona, Spain
• Makropoulos, C., Memon, F.A., Shirley-Smith, C., & Butler, D. (2008): Futures: an exploration of scenarios for sustainable urban water management, Water Policy, 4, pp 345-375
• Shirley-Smith, C., Cheeseman, C., & Butler, D (2008): Sustainability of water management in Zaragoza City, CIWEM Water & Environment Journal
• Shirley-Smith, C., & Butler, D. (2008): Water management at Bedzed – Some lessons., ICE Engineering Sustainability, 161, ES2,, pp 113-122
• Ashley R M., Blackwood D., Butler D., Jowitt P., Davies J., Smith H., Gilmour D. & Oltean-dumbrava C. (2008): Making asset investment decisions for wastewater systems that include sustainability, ASCE Journal of Environmental Planning and Management. Winner, IWA Prize for Research Excellence in Support of Sustainable Urban Water Management (2008), 134,3,, pp 200-209
• Fu, G., Butler, D. & Khu, S-T. (2008): Multiple objective optimal control of integrated urban wastewater systems, Environmental Modelling and Software, 23, pp 225-234

2007
• Fu, G., Makropoulos, C. and Butler, D. (2007): Use of artificial neural networks to simulate urban wastewater systems: with an objective to integration with broad scale catchment models, Proceedings of IUGG XXIV General Assembly Perugia, Italy 2007, Ubertini L. , P. Manciola, and S. Casadei (Eds.) ISBN: 978-88-95852-25-4.
• Wheater, H., Beven, K., Hall, J., Pender, G., Butler, D., Calver, A., Djordjevic, S., Evans, E., Makropoulos, C., O’Connell, E., Penning-Rowsell, E., Saul, A., Surendran, S., Towend, I., Watkinson, A. (2007): Broad Scale Modelling for Planning and Policy, R&D Technical Report FD2118, Defra, London, pp 47pp. Appendix, 141 pp.
• Liu, S., Butler, D., Brazier, R., Heathwaite, L. & Khu, S-t. (2007): Using genetic algorithms to calibrate a diffuse pollution model, Science of the Total Environment, 374, 2-3, 260-272,
• Makropoulos C.K., Argyrou, E., Memon, F.A. & Butler, D. (2007): A suitability evaluation tool for siting wastewater treatment facilities in new developments, Urban Water Journal, 4, 2, 61-78
• Memon, F.a , Zheng, Z., Butler, D, Shirley-smith, C, Liu, S. Makropoulos, C & Avery, L. (2007): Life cycle impact assessment of greywater treatment technologies for new developments, Journal of Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 129, 27-35
• Jankovic-nisic, B., Maksimovic, C., Graham, N.J.D., & Butler, D. (2007): Cost-effective leakage reduction through district metering, ICE Water Management, 160, WM3, 181-187
• Memon, F.A., Ton-That, L. and Butler, D. (2007): An investigation of domestic water consumption through taps and its interaction with urban water flows, Proceedings of the 4TH IWA Specialist Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Urban Water Supply (Efficient 2007), Jeju Island, Korea, 20-23 May 2007, Vol.1, 315-322
• Millan, A.M. Littlewood, K., Memon, F.A. and D. Butler (2007): Innovative WC’s: users’ perception. Water Management Challenges in Global Change, CCWI2007 and SUWM2007 Conference, Leicester, UK 3-5 September 2007
• Memon, F. A., Makropoulos, C. K., Liu, S., Fewtrell, L., Hurley, L., Mounce, S., Morley, M. S. and Butler, D (2007): Decision support tools for the delivery of sustainable urban water management in new developments, Water Management Challenges in Global Change. , CCWI2007 and SUWM2007 Conference, Leicester, UK 3-5 September 2007
• Liu, S. Makropoulos, C. Memon, F.A. and Butler, D. (2007): A storage tank sizing tool for grey water recycling systems. Water Management Challenges in Global Change, CCWI2007 and SUWM2007 Conference, Leicester, UK 3-5 September 2007
• Liu, S., Butler, D., Memon, F.A. and Makropoulos, C. K. (2007): Exploring the water saving potential of domestic greywater reuse systems, 4TH IWA Specialist Conference on Efficient Use and Management of Urban Water Supply (Efficient 2007), Jeju Island, Korea, 20-23 May 2007, Vol.1, 115-121
• Memon, F. A., Butler, D., Liu, S., Sim, P., Parsons, J., Kellagher, R, Boonya-Aroonnet, S. and Millan, A. M. (2007): Sustainability investigation tools for water management in new developments, International Conference on Whole Life Urban Sustainability and its Assessment, Sue-Mot Conference, 27-29 June, Glasgow, UK
• Ashley, R.M., Butler, D. Hurley, L. and Memon, F. A. (2007): Criteria and indicators in delivering sustainable water systems: From Sustainable Water Asset Resource Decisions (SWARD) to Water cycle management for New Developments (WaND), DayWater: An adaptive Decision Support system for Urban Water Management, Thevenot, D.R.(Ed.), IWA Publishing, pp 275-288
• Ulanicki, B., Vairavamoorthy,K., Butler, D. Bounds, P., Memon, F. A. (2007): Water Management Challenges in Global Change, CCWI2007 and SUWM2007 conference proceedings, Balkema, 800 pages
• Liu S., Makropoulos, C., Butler D., Memon F. A. and Fidar, A. (2007): An object based household water cycle model: concept and construction, Water Practice and Technology, IWA online journal, 2 (2),
• Makropoulos, C., Liu, S. Memon, F.A. and Butler, D. (2007): Supporting the choice, siting and evaluation of sustainable urban drainage schemes in new urban developments, Water Practice and Technology, IWA online journal, 2 (2),
• Littlewood, K., Memon, F.A. and Butler, D. (2007): Downstream implications of ultra-low flush WCs, Water Practice and Technology, IWA online journal, 2 (2),
• Hurley, L., Mounce, S.R., Ashley, R.M., Memon, F. A. and Butler, D. (2007): Flexible process frameworks for the evaluation of relative sustainability in water management decisions, The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 2 (7), pp.57-68
• Memon, F.A., Fidar, K., Littlewood, K., Butler, D., Makropoulos, C. and Liu, S. (2007): A performance investigation of small-bore sewers, Water Science & Technology, 55 (4), pp 85-91
• Liu S. M., Butler D., Brazier R., Heathwaite L. and Khu S-T (2007): Using genetic algorithm to calibrate a diffuse pollution model, Science of Total Environment Journal, 374(2-3), pp 260-272

2006
• Ashley, R.M., Butler, D., Hurley, L., Memon, F.A. and Mounce, S.R. (2006): The development of criteria and indicators for the inclusion of sustainability imperatives in increasingly complex and transdisciplinary decision making. , Proceedings of the IWA World Water Congress and Exhibition, 10 - 14 September 2006, Beijing, China
• Makropoulos, C., Morley, M., Memon, F.A. and Butler, D. (2006): A decision support framework for sustainable urban water planning and management in new urban areas, Water Science & Technology, 54 (6-7), pp 451-458
• Hurley, L., Mounce, S.R., Ashley, R.M., Butler, D. & Memon, F.A. (2006): Flexible process frameworks for the evaluation of relative sustainability in water management decisions, International Journal of Technology Knowledge and Society, 2, 7, 57-68
• Balmforth, D., Digman, D., Butler, D. & Shaffer, P. (2006): Integrated Urban Drainage Pilots. Scoping Study, Defra, London, pp 212 pp
• Natsis, K., Makropoulos, C., Liu, S., Butler, D. and Memon, F.A. (2006): Fuzzy logic multi criteria assessment in urban water management decision support, Proceedings from 7th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Nice, September, 2006.
• Memon, F. A. and Butler, D. (2006): Water consumption trends and demand forecasting techniques, Water Demand Management. IWA, 1-26
• Vlasopoulos, N, Memon F. A., Butler, D. and Murphy, R. (2006): Life cycle assessment of wastewater treatment technologies treating petroleum process waters, The Science of the Total Environment, 367 (1), pp 58-70
• Makropoulos, C. & Butler, D. (2006): Spatial Ordered Weighted Averaging: Incorporating spatially variable attitude towards risk in spatial multicriteria decision-making, Environmental Modelling & Software, 21 (1), pp 69-84
• Makropoulos, C., Memon, F.A., Shirley-Smith, C. & Butler, D. (2006): Futures: an exploration of scenarios for sustainable urban water management, Water Policy
• Memon, F.A., Zheng, Z., Butler, D., Shirley-Smith, C., Liu, S., Makropoulos, C. & Avery, L. (2006): Life cycle impact assessment of greywater treatment technologies for new developments, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
• Makropoulos C., Butler, D. and Maksimovic, C. (2006): Building Decision Support Systems based on Fuzzy Inference, D. Solomatine R. Abrahart and L. See (eds), Hydroinformatics in practice: computational intelligence and technological developments in water applications
• Butler, D., Kokkalidou, A. & Makropoulos, C.K. (2006): Supporting the siting of new urban developments for integrated urban water resource management., P. Hlavinek et al, Integrated Urban Water Resource Management, Springer, pp 19-34
• Butler, D. & Memon, F.A. (2006): Water Demand Management, IWA Publishing
• Balmforth, D., Digman, D., Butler, D. & Kellagher, K. (2006): Designing for exceedance in urban drainage – good practice, CIRIA Report C635

2005
• Ashley R., Blackwood D., Souter, N., Hendry, S. Moir, J., Dunkerley, J., Davies J., Butler D., Cook, A., Conlin, J., Squibbs, M., Britton, A. & Goldie, P. (2005): Sustainable disposal of domestic sanitary waste, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, February, 206-215, pp 206-215
• Parkinson, J., Schuetze, M. & Butler, D. (2005): Modelling the impacts of domestic water conservation on the sustainability of the urban wastewater system, CIWEM Water & Environment Journal, 19, 1, 49-56
• Butler, D., Littlewood, K. and Orman, N. (2005): A model for the movement of large solids in small sewers, Water Science & Technology, 52, 5, 69-76
• Makropoulos, C.K., Morley, M., Memon, F.A., Butler, D., Savic, D. and Ashley,R.A (2005): A Decision Support Framework for Sustainable Urban Water Planning and Management in New Urban Areas, 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage, Copenhagen/Denmark, 21-26, August 2005
• Liu, S., Butler, D., Makropoulos, C., Memon F. A. (2005): A excel-matlab based decision making framework and its application in urban water management, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry. CCWI2005 Conference, Exeter, 5-7, Sept, 2005
• Memon, F.A. and Butler, D (2005): Fat, Oil and Grease: User Behaviour. A technical report for Water Research Centre (WRc).
• Memon F. A. and Butler D. (2005): Greywater reuse in households, Edited by Lehr, J., Keeley, J. Lehr, Jt. and. Kingery III, T.B, , Encyclopaedia of Water, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
• Sakellari, I., Makropoulos, C., Butler, D. and Memon, F.A. (2005): Modelling sustainable urban water management options, Proceedings of ICE, Engineering Sustainability, 158 (3), pp 143-153
• Memon, F.A., Butler, D., Makropoulos, C., Lui, S. and Avery, L. (2005): Decision support for the sustainable urban environment: Modelling the economic viability of greywater systems, Proceedings of ICE, Engineering Sustainability, 158 (3), pp 155-161
• Makropoulos, C.K. & Butler D. (2005): A neurofuzzy spatial decision support system for pipe replacement prioritisation, Urban Water Journal, 2 (3), pp 141-150
• Butler, D., Kokkalidou, A. & Makropoulos, C.K. (2005): Supporting the siting of new urban developments for Integrated Urban Water Resource Management, P. Hlavinek and T. Kukharchyk., (eds), Integrated Urban Water Resources Management, NATO Scientific Series, Springer Publishers, pp 19-34
• Memon, F.A., Butler, D. (2005): Characterisation of pollutants washed off from road surfaces during wet weather, Urban Water Journal, 2,3, pp 171-182
• Memon, F.A., Butler, D.,Han, W., Shuming, L., Makropoulos, C,. Avery, L. & Pidou, M. (2005): Economic assessment tool for greywater recycling systems, Proc Institution of Civil Engineers, Engineering Sustainability, 158, ES3, pp 155-161
• Makropoulos, C. & Butler, D. (2005): A multi-objective evolutionary programming approach to the "object location" spatial analysis and optimisation problem within the urban water management domain, Civil and Environmental Systems, 22(2), pp 85-107
• Butler, D. & Schutze, M. (2005): Integrating simulation models with a view to optimal control of urban wastewater systems, Environmental Modelling and Software, 20,4, pp 415-426

2004
• Jankovic-nisic, B.; Maksimovic, C; Butler, D. & Graham, N.J.D. (2004): Use of flow meters for managing water supply networks, ASCE Journal of Water Resources, Planning & Management, March/April, 171-179, 2004 & Discussion Nov,2005
• Makropoulos C. & Butler, D. (2004): Planning site-specific water demand management strategies, CIWEM Water & Environment Journal, 18, 1,, pp 29-36
• Zacharof, A.I., Butler, D. & Schuetze, M. & Beck, M.B. (2004): Screening for real time control potential of urban waste water systems, Journal of Hydrology, 299, pp 349-362
• Covas, D., Stoianov, I., Ramos, H., Graham, N., Maksimovic, C; and Butler, D. (2004): Water hammer in pressurized polyethylene pipes: conceptual model and experimental analysis, Urban Water Journal, 1, 2, , pp 177-197
• Bertrand-Krajewski, J.-L., Butler, D. et al. (2004): Origins, Solids in Sewers: Characteristics, effects and control of sewer solids and associated pollutants (Eds. R.M.Ashley, J.-L. Bertrand-Krajewski, T.Hvitved-Jacobsen, M.Verbanck.), Scientific and Technical Report No. 14, IWA Publishing, pp 7-54
• Pitt, R., Butler, D. et al. (2004): Solids control at sources and at inputs to sewerage systems, In: Solids in Sewers: Characteristics, effects and control of sewer solids and associated pollutants (Eds. R.M.Ashley, J.-L. Bertrand-Krajewski, T.Hvitved-Jacobsen, M.Verbanck.), Scientific and Technical Report No. 14, IWA Publishing, 210-251.
• Ashley, R., Blackwood, D., Butler, D. & Jowitt, P. (2004): Sustainable Water Services: A Procedural Guide, IWA Publishing, pp 228 pp.
• Morley, M.S., Makropoulos, C.K., Savic, D.A. and Butler, D. (2004): Decision-Support System Workbench for Sustainable Water Management Problems, In Pahl-Wostl, C., Schmidt, S., Rizzoli, A.E. and Jakeman, A.J. (eds), Complexity and Integrated Resources Management, Transactions of the 2nd Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, iEMSs: Manno, Switzerland
• Makropoulos, C. and Butler, D. (2004): Spatial Decisions under Uncertainty: Fuzzy Inference in Urban Water Management., Journal of Hydroinformatics, IWA Publishing, 6 (1), pp 3-18
• Makropoulos, C. & Butler, D. (2004): Planning site-specific Water Demand Management Strategies, Journal of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM), 18, No.1, pp 29-35
• Butler, D. & Davies, J.W. (2004): Urban Drainage, (1st edition 2000, ISBN 0 419 22340 1, 489 pp), E & FN Spon, London

2003
• Butler, D., Davies, J.W., Jefferies, C & Schuetze, M. (2003): Gross solids transport in sewers, Proceedings of the Institute of Civil Engineers - Water Management, 156 (2), pp 175-183
• Makropoulos, C., Butler, D. & Maksimovic, C. (2003): Fuzzy logic spatial decision support system for urban water management, ASCE Journal of Water Resources Planning & Management, 129 (1), pp 69-77
• Butler, D., May, R.W.P. & Ackers, J. (2003): Self-cleansing sewer design based on sediment transport principles, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, 129 (4), pp 276-282
• Littlewood, K & Butler, D. (2003): Movement mechanisms of gross solids in intermittent flow, Water Science & Technology, 47, 4, 45-50,
• Zacharof, A.I., Butler, D. & Schuetze, M. A. (2003): A methodology for assessing the operational potential of the urban wastewater system using integrated modelling, Water Science & Technology: Water Supply, 1-2, 3,
• Ashley, R.A., Blackwood, D., D. Butler, Davies, J.W., Jowitt, P. & Smith, H. (2003): Sustainable decision making for the UK water industry, ICE Engineering Sustainability, 156, ES1, 41-49,
• Butler D., Jowitt P., Mcilkenny G., Cavill S., Ashley R., Smith H., Gouda H., Blackwood, D., Gilmour D, Davies J., Oltean-dumbrava C., Foxon T., Leach M., Pearson P., Samson W., Souter N., Hendry S., Moir J. & Bouchart F. Sward. (2003): Decision support processes for the UK water industry, Management of Environmental Quality: An International Journal, 14, 4, 444-459,
• Memon, F. A. & Butler, D. (2003): The role of privatisation in the water sector, Water Perspectives. International Journal on Water Policy and Practice, 1, March
• Butler, D. & Lau, K.T. (2003): Optimal Wastewater System Storage Tank Volume to meet Receiving Water Quality Standards, Advances in Urban Water Management: Science, Technology & Service Delivery (Eds. R.Arsov et al.), NATO Science Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, IV 25 , pp 203-214
• Memon, F.A. and Butler, D. (2003): Developing a decision support tool for cost effective optimum in-house water consumption, Proceedings of the International Conference on Computing and Control for the Water Industry. 15-17 September 2003. London. Balkema Publishers
• Memon, F. A. and Butler, D. (2003): Guidelines for composting toilets for inclusion in Part G (Building Regulations).
• Memon, F. A. and Butler, D. (2003): Country report on the UK water industry. Aqualibrium: European Water Management Between Regulation and Competition, European Commission, pp pp 289-305
• Maksimovic, C., Butler, D. and Memon, F. A. (2003): Advances in Water Supply Management. , Proceedings of the International Conference on Computing and Controls for Water Industry. London. Balkema Publishers. 732 pages
• Memon, F. A., and Butler, D. (2003): The role of privatisation in the water sector, International Journal on Water Policy and Practice: Water Perspectives. World Water Institute. 1(1).
• Makropoulos C., Butler, D. and Maksimovic, C. (2003): Fuzzy Logic Spatial Decision Support System for Urban Water Management, J. of Wat. Res. Planning and Management, 129, No.1, pp 69-78

2002
• Dumbrava, C., Souter, N., Ashley, R., Butler, D., Pearson, P., Jowitt, P. & Moir, J. (2002): Sustainability Criteria for Decision Support in the UK Water Industry, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 45, 2, 285-301,
• Schuetze, M., Butler, D., Beck, M.b. and Verworn H.-R. (2002): Criteria for assessment of the operational potential of the urban wastewater system, Water Science & Technology , 45, 3, 141–148,
• Kolsky, P.J. & Butler, D. (2002): Performance indicators for urban storm drainage in developing countries, Urban Water, 4, 2, 137- 144,
• Lau, K.T., Butler, D. & Schuetze, M. (2002): Is combined sewer overflow spill frequency/volume a good indicator of receiving water quality impact?, Urban Water, 4, 2, 181-189,
• Almeida, M. & Butler, D. (2002): In-sewer wastewater characterisation and model parameter determination using respirometry, Water & Environment Research, 70, 3, 295-305,
• Jeffrey, P. Seaton, R.A.F., Parsons, S. A., Judd, S. J., Stephenson, T., Fewkes, A., Butler, D. & Dixon, A. (2002): An interdisciplinary approach to the assessment of water recycling technology options, International Journal of Water, 1, 1, 102-107,
• Saladin, M., Butler, D. & Parkinson, J. (2002): Applications of geographic information systems for municipal planning and management in India, Journal of Environment & Development, 11,4, 430-440,
• Butler, D. & Smith, S.R. (2002): Wastewater Treatment – Septic Tank Systems, In: Encyclopaedia of Environmental Microbiology (Ed. G. Bitton), John Wiley & Sons, New York
• Schütze, M.R., Butler, D. & Beck, M.B. (2002): Modelling, Simulation and Control of Urban Wastewater Systems, ISBN 1 85233 553 X, 362 pp., Springer, London
• Memon, F.A. and Butler, D. (2002): Assessment of gully pot management strategies for runoff quality control using a dynamic model, The Science of the Total Environment, 295, pp 115-129
• Memon, F.A. and Butler, D. (2002): Identification and modelling of dry weather processes in gully pots, Water Research, 36 (5), pp 1351-1359
• Makropoulos, C. & Butler, D. (2002): A user-friendly tool for analysing spatial information for the Water Industry, Water Intelligence Online, July 2002, IWA Publishing

2001
• Schuetze, M., Butler, D., Beck, M.B. (2001): Parameter optimisation of real-time control strategies for urban wastewater systems, Water Science & Technology, 43, 7, 139 – 146
• Diaper, C., Dixon, A., Butler, D., Fewkes, A., Parsons, S.A., Strathern, M., Stephenson, T. & Strutt, J. (2001): Small scale water recycling systems - risk assessment and modelling, Water Science & Technology, 43, 10, 83-90,
• Kallis, G. & Butler, D. (2001): Implications of the EU Water Framework Directive, Water Policy, 3, 125-142
• Butler, D. & Maksimovic, C. (2001): Interactions with the environment, Frontiers in Urban Water Management: Deadlock or hope? (Eds. C. Maksimovic & A. Guibert-Tejaddah), Chap.3, IWA Publishing, London, pp 84-142
• Makropoulos, C., Butler, D. & Maksimovic, C. (2001): GIS- supported stormwater source control implementation and urban flood risk mitigation, J. Marsalek et al., (eds), Advances in Urban Stormwater and Agricultural Runoff Source Controls, NATO Scientific Series, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp 95-105

1999
• Butler, D. and Memon, F.A. (1999): Dynamic modelling of roadside gully pots during web weather, Water Researach, 33 (15), pp 3364-3372

1998
• Osborne, M., Butler, D., Clarke, P. and Memon, F.A. (1998): Management of Gully Pots for Improved Runoff Qulaity, CIRIA, pp R-183