Design of a Field-scale Approach for Evaluating Nitrogen Management Practices Impacts to Groundwater
While nitrogen fertilizers and other nutrient sources (e.g., manure, bio-solids, and legume credits) are valued for their ability to increase crop yields, a portion of nitrogen applied throu...
Assessing the Potential of Hormones from Agricultural Waste to Contaminate Groundwater
Concern has recently emerged about a group of trace organic compounds identified in the aquatic environment which might affect reproduction and development of wildlife species and humans due...
Reducing Human Health Risks from Groundwater : Estimating Private Well Testing Behaviors and Barriers Among Private Well Owners in Wisconsin, 2015
Private well testing is an evidence-based strategy to reduce risks from exposure to harmful contaminants. It is a primary way contaminants can be detected, potential for health risks can be ...
Drawdown in the Northeast Groundwater Management Area (Brown, Outagamie, and Calumet Counties, WI)
In Eastern Wisconsin, water levels over large regions have decreased due to many wells pumping from beneath a confining layer. This combination of geology and cumulative pumping from the wel...
Meeting the Source Assessment Requirement under the RTCR: A Wisconsin Pilot Project
The goal of this project was to develop a sampling and testing algorithm to support the new site assessment requirements under the Revised Total Coliform Rule (RTCR) consistent with the “fin...
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...