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Casey Root

Casey has primarily focused on basin-scale geospatial studies since joining the U.S. Geological Survey in 2016 to address water quality and availability studies associated with Great Salt Lake and the Upper Colorado River Basin.

Casey has worked at the USGS Utah Water Science since 2018 after interning at the USGS New York Water Science Center during graduate school. His work includes calculating the first update of elevation-area-capacity relationships in Lake Powell since 1986 and developing a new topobathymetric dataset of Great Salt Lake to provide updated estimates of volume and area. He is an active contributor with state and local cooperators in questions concerning Great Salt Lake, such as salinity and critical minerals, and the Upper Colorado River Basin, including studies on trends in salinity and sediment transport, and is a member of the Geospatial Analysis and Applications Core Technology Team, which is a group of scientists in the USGS focused on questions related to contaminants and environmental health across spatial scales.

Prior to joining the USGS, Casey’s academic and professional career focused on sedimentary geology in both the petroleum and mining industries. Casey transitioned to water-related studies during his internship with the USGS and assisted in developing geospatial models to identify large-scale closed depressions and focused-recharge features of karst aquifers in New York state.

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