Integrated decision support for wellhead protection
This report describes a Geographic Information System application named WELLHEAD. It integrates geographic data on highways, townships and hydrography on flowing and standing water and wetl...
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...
Human viruses as tracers of wastewater pathways into deep municipal wells
Enteric viruses, because of their small size, have a high potential to move deeply through the subsurface environment, penetrate aquitards, and reach confined aquifers. Until recently, few w...