Real-time flow meter installed on a center-pivot irrigation well in Mississippi County, Arkansas as part of a cooperative project conducted between USGS and the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission. The meter will measure water use for irrigation, providing data which will help improve water-use information in other locations as well.
Drew A Westerman
Drew Westerman is a hydrologist for the U.S. Geological Survey Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center at Little Rock.
He has worked in water resource investigations of groundwater and surface water that have included multiple states and six countries. Project responsibilities have included web-application design, Python programing, water resource computer modeling, and a full range of Geographic Information Systems endeavors. Drew graduated from University of Arkansas at Little Rock with a Bachelors of Science in Physics and a Masters in Earth Sciences and GIS. Outside of work, Drew actively contributes to the field of speleology through his caving adventures.
Drew A. Westerman
Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Lower Mississippi-Gulf Water Science Center
USGS 401 Hardin Road, Little Rock, Arkansas 72211
501- 228-3643
dawester@usgs.gov
Education:
M.S., Integrated Science and Mathematics, University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR), 2009
Graduate Certificate, in Geospatial Technology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2009
B.S., Physics with Geology minor, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2007
Professional Experience
November 2010 – Present: Hydrologist/ Geographic Information (GIS) Specialist
January 2009 – November 2010: Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey
o Principal investigator of hydrologic and unsteady-state hydraulic modeling project
o Development of a groundwater flow model of the Mississippi River Valley alluvial aquifer of southeastern Arkansas.
o Development of a preliminary watershed model of the Tigris-Euphrates River system in Iraq using GeoSFM.
o Development of surface-water and lake hydrodynamics models that include the simulation of suspended sediments and nutrients.
o Visualization of surface-water model inputs and results.
o Computer system administration, through software applications assistance and code/script development.
Science and Products
Arkansas Water-Use Data Program
Short Title: Water-Use Data Program Project Chief: Drew Westerman Cooperators: Arkansas Naural Resources Commission Project Time Frame: 1985 - present Every 5 years since 1950, the USGS has conducted an inventory of water use in the United States. In 1978, the USGS initiated the National Water-Use Information Program to establish a nationwide water-use database. In 1985, the Arkansas Natural...
Arkansas Well Log Archive Database
Short Title: Well Log Database Project Chief: Drew Westerman Cooperators: Arkansas Naural Resources Commission Project Time Frame: 2005 - present Arkansas water regulations require metering on ground-water withdrawals for all sustaining aquifers named by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC). Repercussions of these regulations have resulted in ground-water users contesting the aquifer...
Status of water resources within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
The MAP area constitutes the third largest area of irrigated cropland in the United States. The area is approximately 29,000 square miles (19 million acres) and includes the States of Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The MAP is primarily relied upon for agriculture with irrigation use increasing several-fold beginning from about 1965. Water-level declines began in parts...
Water Budget for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Water is a critical resource for the agricultural and industrial practices in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP). The heavy use of this water, however, is gradually depleting groundwater resources and altering the availability of water for future use. Accurate and ongoing assessments of water availability in the MAP region are critically important for making well-informed management decisions...
Enhanced Characterization of the MAP Groundwater System
The current characterization of the MAP groundwater system relies on information gained through various methods at individual well locations. To complete a full picture of the system, the information between these points are assumed to continue over large areas. As a result, a detailed characterization of the MAP groundwater system suitable to evaluate water sustainability at the scales now...
Arkansas Water Use Program
In 1977, the Congress of the United States recognized the need for uniform, current, and reliable information on water use and directed the U.S. Geological Survey to establish a National Water-Use Information Program (NWUIP) to complement the Survey's data on the availability and quality of the Nations water resources. Since 1985 site-specific water-use data for several categories have been...
Real-time flow meter on an Arkansas irrigation well
Real-time flow meter installed on a center-pivot irrigation well in Mississippi County, Arkansas as part of a cooperative project conducted between USGS and the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission. The meter will measure water use for irrigation, providing data which will help improve water-use information in other locations as well.
Science and Products
Arkansas Water-Use Data Program
Short Title: Water-Use Data Program Project Chief: Drew Westerman Cooperators: Arkansas Naural Resources Commission Project Time Frame: 1985 - present Every 5 years since 1950, the USGS has conducted an inventory of water use in the United States. In 1978, the USGS initiated the National Water-Use Information Program to establish a nationwide water-use database. In 1985, the Arkansas Natural...
Arkansas Well Log Archive Database
Short Title: Well Log Database Project Chief: Drew Westerman Cooperators: Arkansas Naural Resources Commission Project Time Frame: 2005 - present Arkansas water regulations require metering on ground-water withdrawals for all sustaining aquifers named by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC). Repercussions of these regulations have resulted in ground-water users contesting the aquifer...
Status of water resources within the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
The MAP area constitutes the third largest area of irrigated cropland in the United States. The area is approximately 29,000 square miles (19 million acres) and includes the States of Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The MAP is primarily relied upon for agriculture with irrigation use increasing several-fold beginning from about 1965. Water-level declines began in parts...
Water Budget for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Water is a critical resource for the agricultural and industrial practices in the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (MAP). The heavy use of this water, however, is gradually depleting groundwater resources and altering the availability of water for future use. Accurate and ongoing assessments of water availability in the MAP region are critically important for making well-informed management decisions...
Enhanced Characterization of the MAP Groundwater System
The current characterization of the MAP groundwater system relies on information gained through various methods at individual well locations. To complete a full picture of the system, the information between these points are assumed to continue over large areas. As a result, a detailed characterization of the MAP groundwater system suitable to evaluate water sustainability at the scales now...
Arkansas Water Use Program
In 1977, the Congress of the United States recognized the need for uniform, current, and reliable information on water use and directed the U.S. Geological Survey to establish a National Water-Use Information Program (NWUIP) to complement the Survey's data on the availability and quality of the Nations water resources. Since 1985 site-specific water-use data for several categories have been...
Real-time flow meter on an Arkansas irrigation well
Real-time flow meter installed on a center-pivot irrigation well in Mississippi County, Arkansas as part of a cooperative project conducted between USGS and the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission. The meter will measure water use for irrigation, providing data which will help improve water-use information in other locations as well.
Real-time flow meter installed on a center-pivot irrigation well in Mississippi County, Arkansas as part of a cooperative project conducted between USGS and the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission. The meter will measure water use for irrigation, providing data which will help improve water-use information in other locations as well.