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Study Team

Participants from the USGS Water Science Centers in Nevada (NWSC) and Utah (UWSC), and the Geology Science Centers (GSC) in Denver and Menlo Park; Desert Research Institute (DRI) in Reno and Las Vegas; and the Utah State Engineers Office (SEO) will work cooperatively on separate but coordinated tasks.

Project Coordination

Name

Phone Number

Organization

Email

Alan Welch
(775) 887-7609

NWSC

Jim Thomas

(775) 673-7305

DRI Reno

Boyd Clayton

(801) 538-7390

SEO

 

Task 1— Geology

Name

Task
Phone Number

Organization

Email

Don Sweetkind

TASK CO-LEADER

(303) 236-1828

GSC Denver

Steve Mizell

TASK CO-LEADER
(702) 862-5482

DRI Las Vegas

Russ Plume

Oil and gas wells

(775) 887-7612

NWSC

Dave Ponce

Geophysics

(650) 329-5314

GSC Menlo Park

Chris Potter

Geologic Influences

(303) 236-1735

GSC Denver

Alan Wallace

Geologic Influences

(775) 784-5789

GSC Reno

Task 2 — Recharge and Discharge

Name

Task
Phone Number
Organization

Email

Randy Laczniak

TASK CO-LEADER

(702) 564-4603

NWSC

Michael Young

TASK CO-LEADER

(702) 862-5489

DRI Las Vegas

Jay Arnone

Evapotranspiration

(775) 673-7445

DRI Reno

Mike Moreo

Evapotranspiration

(702) 564-4625

NWSC

Mike Pavelko

Regional Springs

(702) 564-4604

NWSC

Mary Cablk

Remote Sensing

(775) 673-7371

DRI Reno

LaRue Smith

Remote Sensing

(775) 887-7630

NWSC

Jianting (Julian) Zhu

Remote Sensing

(702) 862-8416

DRI Las Vegas

 

Ron Veley

Water Use

(702) 564-4542

NWSC

Task 3 — Ground-Water Flow

Name

Task
Phone Number
Organization

Email

Jon Wilson

TASK CO-LEADER

(702) 564-4540

NWSC

Steve Mizell

TASK CO-LEADER

(702) 862-5482

DRI Las Vegas

Task 4 — Geochemistry

Name

Task
Phone Number
Organization

Email

Leigh Justet

TASK CO-LEADER

(702) 564-4628

NWSC

Ron Hershey

TASK CO-LEADER

 

DRI

Vic Heilweil

Dissolved Gases

(801) 908-5042

UWSC

Carl Thodal

Sampling

(775) 887-7685

NWSC

Task 5 — Data Integration

Name

Task
Phone Number
Organization

Email

Eva Bauer

TASK CO-LEADER

(775) 887-7666

NWSC

Mary Cablk

TASK CO-LEADER

(775) 673-7371

DRI-Reno

Sue Buto

GIS Database

(801) 908-5044

NWSC

Sonya Vasquez

Data Base (NWIS)

(775) 887-7718

NWSC

Shannon Watermolen

Webmaster

(775) 887-7608

NWSC

Task 6 — Data Synthesis and Evaluation

Name

Task
Phone Number
Organization

Email

Alan Welch

TASK CO-LEADER

(702) 564-4544

NWSC

Greg Pohll

TASK CO-LEADER

(775) 674-7523

DRI Reno

Wayne Belcher

Water Budgets/ Conceptual Model

(702) 564-4609

NWSC

For more information on this study, please contact:
Lari Knochenmus
Deputy Director
USGS Nevada Water Science Center
(775) 887-7613
Email:

USGS Desert Research Institute