NWC awarded U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) 104b project funds to six Nebraska research teams in 2021:
- Examining Surface and Groundwater Contamination from Use of Byproducts Derived from Ethanol Processing of Pesticide-Treated Crop Seeds and the Potential Impacts on Biological Indicator Organisms; PI: Judy Wu-Smart, UNL, Department of Entomology; Co-PIs: Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Department of Civil Engineering; Dan Snow, Nebraska Water Center; $20,000
- Advancing Groundwater/Surface Water Models using Geophysics-Derived Hydrostratigraphy; PI: Jesse Korus, UNL, School of Natural Resources; Co-PI: Sorab Panday, Biological Systems Engineering; $20,000
- A Data-Led Approach to Visualizing and Assessing Nitrate Contamination in Northeastern Nebraska; PI: Erin Haacker, UNL, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Co-PI: Sorab Panday, Biological Systems Engineering; $19,000
- Image-Based Streamflow and Water Quality Modeling; PI: Troy Gilmore, UNL, School of Natural Resources; Co-PIs: Michael Forsberg, School of Natural Resources; Andrew Harms, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Mary Harner, UNK, Biology; $11,655
- Evaluation of Nitrogen-based Redox Processes in the Vadose Zone; PI: Michael Kaiser, UNL, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture; Co-PIs: Dan Snow and Arindam Malakar, Nebraska Water Center; Daniel Miller, USDA-ARS; Matteo D’Alessio, University of Mississippi, Civil Engineering; $9,982
- Know Your Well – Northwest; PI: Michael Leite, Chadron State College, Mathematical and Natural Sciences; Co-PIs: Tawny Tibbits, Chadron State College, Mathematical and Natural Sciences; Dan Snow, Nebraska Water Center; $3,120