Kevin Masarik,
Groundwater Education Specialist
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- Drinking
Water Quality. Advises people on
drinking water quality problems, refers them to
water testing labs such as the UWSP Water
& Environmental Analysis Lab, and helps them interpret
water test results.
- Groundwater Quality.
Assists communities in developing strategies to increase
groundwater education and water quality data through
community-wide private well testing programs.
- Groundwater
Basics. Presents educational programs for
citizen groups or educators about basics of
groundwater movement and occurrence, including
using the sand-tank groundwater flow model.
- Groundwater
Coordinating Council. Serves on
the Education Subcommittee of the Wisconsin Groundwater
Coordinating Council, which coordinates education
activities of the member state agencies.
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You can contact Kevin Masarik at
kmasarik@uwsp.edu or at (715) 346-4276.
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Dave Mechenich,
Data Management Specialist
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Data Management
and Analysis. Mechenich manages the
Center's Private Wells database which
contains records for over 47,000 samples
collected from Wisconsin's 750,000
private water supplies. From this
database he produces reports, summaries
and groundwater quality maps for
Wisconsin citizens and local governments. GIS is
used to visualize and apply information to understand and model
groundwater resources.
Groundwater Modeling. He maintains a collection of groundwater
models and support software and assists in their
application for research and community assistance
projects.
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You can contact
Dave Mechenich at dmecheni@uwsp.edu or at (715) 346-3731.
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Paul McGinley,
Research Scientist
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Understanding
of how water transport through land systems impacts water
quality. Specific
interests include:
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Fate
and transport of chemicals in the environment
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Impact
of land use on hydrology
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Increasing
our understanding of how land use impacts water quality
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Improving
predictive models for water quality
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Evaluating
water quality in lakes and rivers.
Current projects include:
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Lake
water quality studies
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Developing
estimates of phosphorus loading to water
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Simulating
the impact of land use on water quality
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Improving
drinking water quality. Ongoing
activities include:
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Developing
short courses in drinking water quality and treatment
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Studying
the removal of arsenic in water treatment plants
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Determining
the occurrence of chemicals in private and public wells
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Paul
McGinley is also an assistant professor of water resources in the
College of Natural Resources,
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
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You can contact Paul McGinley at pmcginle@uwsp.edu
or at (715) 346-4501.
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