Research Themes

• Regional Groundwater Hydrology and Hydraulics
• Watershed Hydrology
• Surface and Subsurface Flow and Contaminant Transport
• Vadose Zone Hydrology
• Aquatic Biology / Chemistry
• Environmental Processes within Snow and Ice

Sponsored Research Projects

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PROJECTS SPONSORED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Truckee Canal Seepage Studies

Integrated Watershed Planning for the Lake Tahoe Watershed

Regional Groundwater Model Development and Integration

Trout Stream Restoration and Wildlife Habitat Enhancement Project

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PROJECTS SPONSORED BY STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Truckee River Water Quality Studies

Water Resources Management Plan for the Stead Training Site - Swan Lake Nature Study Area

Turbidity and Algal Surveys Along the Nevada Shore of Lake Tahoe

Performance Evaluation of Selected Water Quality Improvement Projects

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PROJECTS SPONSORED BY FEDERAL AGENCIES

Alternative Cover Assessment Program (ACAP) - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Rapid Migration of Radionuclides Leaked from High-Level Waste Tanks: A Study of Salinity Gradients, Wetted Path Geometry and Water Vapor Transport

Aquatic Mullusk Survey - San Bernardino National Forest

A Method to Determine the Effects of Fire, Restoration, and Invasive Species on Local and Regional Hydrology in the Great Basin by the Use of Environmental Tracers

Install and Monitor Roskey Wind Turbine

Carlin Trend Spring Snail Survey

Electrical and Optical Measurements on the Siple Dome Ice Core

Recovery and Science Coordination of an Ice Core at Siple Dome, Antarctica

Preliminary Work for the Walker River Environmental Impact Statement

Reactive Chemical Transport in Natural Media: Heterogeneity, Nonstationarity and Uncertainty

Development of High Resolution Environmental Tracers to Enhance Interpretation of Ice Core Chemical Records

Hydrogen Peroxide, Formaldehyde, and Sub-Annual Snow Accumulation in West Antarctica: Participation in West Antarctic Traverse

Nevada Test and Training Range Integrated Resource Management Plan

Assessment of the Fate and Transport of Perchlorate Contamination in the Las Vegas Valley

Semi-analytical Stochastic Study of Radionuclide Transport in the Saturated Zone Below Yucca Mountain

Investigation and Simulation of Streambank Erosion Processes in the Upper Jordan River, Utah

Analysis of Ice Cores for Estimating Annual Accumulation Patterns and Past Atmospheric Chemistry in Greenland

Record of Atmospheric Photochemistry in Firn at the South Pole

Transfer Function for Photochemically Produced Chemical Species in Greenland Snow, Firn, and Ice

Investigation of Fractional-Order, Non-Gaussian Solute Transport

Greenland Sonic Logging Project

The Feasibility of Water Harvesting for Storage in Shallow Aquifers in the Eastern Badia of Jordan

Watershed Modeling Work for the Truckee River WaRSMP

Influence of Snow Hydrology and Fire on Phosphorus Dynamics in a Sierra Nevada Watershed

Near Shore Turbidity at Lake Tahoe

Quantifying and Identifying Groundwater Recharge to Lake Tahoe

Great Basin Springsnail Paradox Database and Personal Collection Records

Collaborative Research: Deposition of the HFC Degradation Product Trifluoroacetate in Antarctic Snow and Ice

Integrating the Effects of Land Use and Global Climate Change on Hydrology and Vegetation of Northern Great Plains Wetlands

Development of Hydrologic Models for Creating Floodplain Maps in the
Western U.S. Using Geospatial Support

Compost Cover Monitoring Program Outer Loop RDF, Kentucky

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RESEARCH, ENGINEERING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FOR THE NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE, DOE

Hydrology of Nuclear Test Sites

Contaminants in Soil

Waste Management

Borehole Management Program

Science and Technology Development for DOE

Science Education

Community Environmental Monitoring Program

Containment Evaluation Panel and Offsite Radiological Safety