Groundwater & Hazardous Wastes

Associated Faculty

Example Research Projects

• Hydraulics of Glaciated Bedrock River Valley Deposits in New England (David W. Ostendorf (PI), Erich S. Hinlein, Don J. DeGroot (CoPI), and Aaron I. Judge) Massachusetts DOT Interagency Service Agreement 56565 (2008-2012)

• Natural Attenuation of ethylene dibromide (1,2-Dibromoethane [EDB]) at MA Military Reservation Chul Park, Sarina Ergas(Univ. South Florida), Klaus Nüsslein(Microbiology, UMass Amherst)

• Perchlorate Remediation Using a Novel Autotrophic Perchlorate-Reducing Microbial Community, National Science Foundation, Sarina Ergas.

• Biogeochemistry of Fe(III) and Sulfate in Extreme Acidic Environments, NSF Biocomplexity in the Environment Program, (Richard Yuretich, David Ahlfeld, Sarina Ergas, Allan Feldman, Klaus Nüsslein, Jonathan R. Lloyd (Univ Manchester UK).

• Groundwater Management Models for Sustainable Water Use, US Geological Survey, David Ahlfeld.

• Salt Remediation Program, MassHighway Department Interagency Service Agreement, David Ostendorf and Don DeGroot.