Herbicide and nitrate movement in a sandy soil aquaifer in the Lower Wisconsin River Valley
The purpose of this project was to investigate the fate and transport of pesticides and nitrate in a sandy soil-landscape along the Lower Wisconsin River Valley (LWRV). This project was a c...
Describing Connected Fracture Flow with Pressure Waves – Oscillating Flow Interference Testing
The state of Wisconsin is blessed with abundant groundwater resources resulting from the thick, high-porosity and high-permeability sedimentary aquifers that underlie the state, as well as t...
Using the New Rome Formation as a geologic weighing lysimeter for water management in Wisconsin’s sand plain
This project tested the concept of using geologic weighing lysimeters (GWLs) to estimate components of the water balance in parts of Wisconsin’s central sand plain where the New Rome Formati...
Subsurface fate and transport of cryptosporidium in soils of Wisconsin’s carbonate aquifer region
Cryptosporidium parvum is a waterborne pathogen that has been demonstrated to have a significant reservoir in cattle manure. As agriculture in Wisconsin is famous for its dairy industry, the...
Development and Validation of a PCR-based Quantification Method for Rhodococcus coprophilus
The need to protect watersheds from fecal contamination has led to an investigation of monitoring toolsto supplement coliform/E. coli measurements. A suite or toolbox of tests developed to s...