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Hydrogeology Specialization

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Issues of water resources sustainability and ecology emerged as the primary concern of 21^st century. Extensive groundwater use leads to stream depletion in many parts of the world. Nebraska is currently the groundwater users #1 in the U.S.

We work with an array of various methods and models for water resources quantity and quality: geophysics (ground-penetrating radar, electrical resistivity tomography, electromagnetic surveys, thermal well logging), field hydraulic and pneumatic aquifer tests (slug, borehole flowmeter, a dipole flow), remote sensing (thermal infrared imagery), aquifer sampling (direct push), spatial GIS analysis, and computer modeling. Current research is focused on regional modeling of groundwater-surface water interactions in the Platte River and Republican River watersheds. In the Nebraska Sand Hills, the largest in the western Hemisphere vegetated dune field, groundwater-surface water interactions control dynamics, salinity, and number of shallow lakes. With climate changes, significant changes of lake ecology and dust emissions are expected. It is a great laboratory for studying world problems.

Graduates from our Hydrogeology specialization enjoy rewarding careers after the Nebraska experience