The Water Science Center's Geohydrologic Investigations and Research Section does extensive data collection and interpretive work related to ground water resource assessment, management, and remediation. Examples include:

• Aquifer testing and assessment of potential yields
• Mapping of ground-water flow, water table, and potentiometric surfaces
• Computer modeling of ground-water flow and transport
• Determination of contributing areas to wells
• Optimization of ground-water management
• Ground-water sampling and geochemical analyses
• Characterization of ground-water and surface-water interactions
• Unsaturated zone studies
• Assessment and characterization of ground-water contamination
• Determination of the fate and transport of contaminants based on rates of biodegredation, sorption, diffusion, and ground-water flow
• Fracture-trace analysis by remote sensing
• Borehole geophysical logging
• Borehole video logging
• Surface geophysical surveys (e.g. seismic refraction, ground penetrating radar, etc.)