Agricultural Management Practices and Impacts on Groundwater
Tuesday, December 6, 2016: 4:50 p.m.
N201/N202 (Las Vegas Convention Center)
Tess Russo, Ph.D.
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Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
This presentation will cover field experiments and modeling projects used to measure agricultural impacts on groundwater quantity and quality. We will assess issues regarding nutrient loading, metal mobilization, and groundwater overdraft. Methods discussed will include numerical models of physical flow, and statistical and machine learning based models. We will finish the presentation by reviewing current areas of research and concern.
Tess Russo, Ph.D., Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Tess Russo is a hydrologist who researches hydrologic system responses to environmental change with the objective of informing restoration and management decisions. She is currently the RL Slingerland Early Career Professor in the Department of Geosciences at Penn State. Her work includes quantifying components of the groundwater budget, modeling vadose zone infiltration rates, and assessing impacts of agricultural intensification on water resources. Tess is primarily a physical hydrologist who uses numerical and statistical models to characterize and project hydrologic system flows; however she also works on several geochemical projects measuring and modeling the fate and transport of nutrients and trace metals. Tess has research projects in east Africa, India, Papua New Guinea, Colombia, and the United States.
