Water
In addition to aquatic ecosystems research, research related to water resources is quite diverse including many different aspects of water contamination (quality) and budgeting (quantity). Biological, chemical, and physical studies are conducted in multidisciplinary projects. Some examples of water related research conducted in SES are: speciation and adsorption of toxic elements; water and wastewater microbiology; measuring and modeling of water flow in the unsaturated soil zone; scale of analysis and the influence of submerged macrophytes on lake processes; and assessment of water and sediment quality.
- Emmanuelle Arnaud (Subsurface geology and source water protection)
- Gary Parkin (groundwater recharge)
Faculty in other academic units/departments working on Water are:
- Andrea Bradford (stormwater management, water resources and ecosystem protection policy)
- Bahram Gharabaghi (source water quality protection)
- Khosrow Farahbakhsh (water and wasterwater treatment, rainwater harvesting)
- John Lindsay (hydrology and environmental contamination)
- Ed McBean (water supply security)
- Beth Parker (groundwater)
- Ramesh Rudra (source water protection, water quality)
- Hongde Zhou (wastewater treatment and reuse)
- Jaclyn Coburn (physical limnology)