Linda Debrewer, Hydrologist

Education

MSES

Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 1996 (Concentration: Hydrogeology)

MPA

Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs, 1996

B.A.

Bryn Mawr College, 1991 (Geology)

Experience

National Program Management
Assistant to the NAWQA Groundwater Status and Trends (GW S&T) Coordinator, April 2006 to present

• Provide technical support for the management and coordination of activities associated with the GW S&T component of the NAWQA Program;
• Organize and maintain long-term strategic and operational plans and budgets for NAWQA groundwater activities and reports;
• Develop annual work plan guidance and budgets for data collection in 42 study units nationwide in coordination with the GW S&T Coordinator;
• Schedule and participate in conference calls and/or meetings to review study unit budgets and status of hydrologic data collection and report activities within each Principal Aquifer; coordinate these meetings with Principal Aquifer Lead Scientists and the NAWQA National Leadership Team; organize the agenda and record/track action items;
• Maintain up-to-date technical and GW S&T component support information on the web for use by study unit personnel as well as National Synthesis Teams, Principal Aquifer Lead Scientists, and others as appropriate;
• Serve as member of NAWQA Data Synthesis team charged with providing technical guidance for consistent approaches to data management, aggregation, and quality assurance for study units, National Synthesis Teams, and external data users; provide guidance for storing data in NWIS and NAWQA Data Warehouse.

Hydrologic Investigations
Groundwater Specialist for Potomac River Basin and Delmarva Peninsula NAWQA, December 2000 to April 2006

• Design and coordinate groundwater data collection networks following National program guidelines;
• Perform data and database management activities for regional groundwater studies to include sample logging and data verification, regularly checking laboratory results for accuracy and completeness; and ensuring valid data correctly stored in appropriate project and USGS databases;
• Collaborate with project staff in management, budgeting, data collection, and scientific data interpretation and presentation;
• Analyze and interpret water quality and other data to understand significant factors and processes controlling spatial and temporal trends.

Associations/ Memberships

Licensed Professional Geologist, Indiana
National Groundwater Association, Member

Research or professional focus / current projects:

Natural and anthropogenic affects on water quality and spatial/temporal trends in groundwater quality.

Selected Bibliography

Debrewer, L.M., Ator, S.W., and Denver, J.M., 2008, Temporal Trends in Nitrate and Selected Pesticides in Mid-Atlantic Groundwater: Journal of Environmental Quality, 37 (5), p. S296-S308. doi: 10.2134/jeq2007.0664 http://jeq.scijournals.org/cgi/reprint/37/5_Supplement/S-296

Debrewer, L.M., Ator, S.W., and Denver, J.M., 2007, Factors affecting spatial and temporal variability in nutrient and pesticide concentrations in the surficial aquifer on the Delmarva Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2005-5257, 44 p. http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2005/5257/pdf/sir-2005-5257.pdf

Denver, J.M., Ator, S.W., Debrewer, L.M., Ferrari, M.J., Barbaro, J.R., Hancock, T.C., Brayton, M.J., and Nardi, M.R., 2004, Water quality in the Delmarva Peninsula, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, 1999-2001: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1228, 36 p. http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/circ/2004/1228/pdf/circular1228.pdf

Debrewer, L.M., Rowe, G.L., Reutter, D.C., Moore, R.C., Hambrook, J.A., and Baker, N.T., 2000, Environmental setting and effects on water quality in the Great and Little Miami River Basins, Ohio and Indiana: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4201, 98 p. http://in.water.usgs.gov/newreports/miami/miami.pdf