USGS Hydrologic Technician Brian Engle preparing to collect groundwater samples at EAFB FAC MW14_06 Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
David Bender
Hydrologist for the Dakota Water Science Center
Education and Certifications
MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology 1997
BS Civil Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 1992
Science and Products
Water Resources of the Energy Development Area of the Williston Basin in Eastern Montana, Western North Dakota, and Northwest South Dakota
Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) Data Collected Within and Near Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, from 2014 to 2019
Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in selected urban streams in the United States, 1995-2003
Potential effects of energy development on environmental resources of the Williston Basin in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota—Water resources
Groundwater assessment for petroleum hydrocarbon compounds associated with Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, 2014–18
Soil- and groundwater-quality data for petroleum hydrocarbon compounds within Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, 2014
Anthropogenic organic compounds in source water of select community water systems in the United States, 2002-10
The atmosphere can be a source of certain water soluble volatile organic compounds in urban streams
Annual exceedance probabilities and trends for peak streamflows and annual runoff volumes for the Central United States during the 2011 floods
Quality of volatile organic compound data from groundwater and surface water for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, October 1996–December 2008
Percent recoveries of anthropogenic organic compounds with and without the addition of ascorbic acid to preserve finished-water samples containing free chlorine, 2004-10
Design and evaluation of a field study on the contamination of selected volatile organic compounds and wastewater-indicator compounds in blanks and groundwater samples
Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in selected urban streams in the United States, 1995-2003
StreamVOC - A deterministic source-apportionment model to estimate volatile organic compound concentrations in rivers and streams
Volatile organic compound matrix spike recoveries for ground- and surface-water samples, 1997-2001
USGS Hydrologic Technician Brian Engle preparing to collect groundwater samples at EAFB FAC MW14_06 Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
USGS Hydrologic Technician Brian Engle taking field measurments during groundwater sampling at EAFB FAC MW14_02 Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
USGS Hydrologic Technician Brian Engle taking field measurments during groundwater sampling at EAFB FAC MW14_02 Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
USGS Hydrologist, John Stamm, describing the split soil core for 20 to 25 feet from well EAFB FAC MW14_07, Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
USGS Hydrologist, John Stamm, describing the split soil core for 20 to 25 feet from well EAFB FAC MW14_07, Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
Science and Products
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Water Resources of the Energy Development Area of the Williston Basin in Eastern Montana, Western North Dakota, and Northwest South Dakota
A set of comma-separated value tables containing data for streamflow, water quality, surface-water features, and produced waters in the energy development area of the Williston Basin in eastern Montana, western North Dakota, and northwest South Dakota.Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) and Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) Data Collected Within and Near Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, from 2014 to 2019
This data release contains geophysical data from electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and passive seismic surveys within and near Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, collected June 2014?September 2019. The data accompanies a USGS scientific invesgations map from Medler and Anderson (2021; LINK HERE) and a USGS scientific investigations report by Bender and others (2021; LINK HERE). The U.S - Maps
Occurrence of volatile organic compounds in selected urban streams in the United States, 1995-2003
The U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program sampled 37 urban streams throughout the United States for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from 1995 to 2003. These urban streams were selected to (1) characterize stream water quality from areas draining predominantly residential and commercial land uses and (2) determine which natural and human factors affect stream - Publications
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Potential effects of energy development on environmental resources of the Williston Basin in Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota—Water resources
The Williston Basin has been a leading oil and gas producing area for more than 50 years. While oil production initially peaked within the Williston Basin in the mid-1980s, production rapidly increased in the mid-2000s, largely because of improved horizontal (directional) drilling and hydraulic fracturing methods. In 2012, energy development associated with the Bakken Formation was identified as aAuthorsTimothy T. Bartos, Steven K. Sando, Todd M. Preston, Gregory C. Delzer, Robert F. Lundgren, Rochelle A. Nustad, Rodney R. Caldwell, Zell E. Peterman, Bruce D. Smith, Kathleen M. Macek-Rowland, David A. Bender, Jill D. Frankforter, Joel M. GallowayGroundwater assessment for petroleum hydrocarbon compounds associated with Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, 2014–18
In 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the Defense Logistics Agency and the U.S. Air Force to estimate groundwater-flow direction, install groundwater monitoring wells, and collect soil and groundwater samples for petroleum hydrocarbon compounds to identify the presence of hydrocarbon contamination at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, specifically around FuelsAuthorsDavid A. Bender, Joel M. Galloway, Colton J. MedlerSoil- and groundwater-quality data for petroleum hydrocarbon compounds within Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, 2014
Ellsworth Air Force Base is an Air Combat Command located approximately 10 miles northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota. Ellsworth Air Force Base occupies about 6,000 acres within Meade and Pennington Counties, and includes runways, airfield operations, industrial areas, housing, and recreational facilities. Fuels Area C within Ellsworth Air Force Base is a fuels storage area that is used to supporAuthorsDavid A. Bender, Barbara L. RoweAnthropogenic organic compounds in source water of select community water systems in the United States, 2002-10
Drinking water delivered by community water systems (CWSs) comes from one or both of two sources: surface water and groundwater. Source water is raw, untreated water used by CWSs and is usually treated before distribution to consumers. Beginning in 2002, the U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment Program initiated Source Water-Quality Assessments (SWQAs) at select CWSs aAuthorsJoshua F. Valder, Gregory C. Delzer, James A. Kingsbury, Jessica A. Hopple, Curtis V. Price, David A. BenderThe atmosphere can be a source of certain water soluble volatile organic compounds in urban streams
Surface water and air volatile organic compound (VOC) data from 10 U.S. Geological Survey monitoring sites were used to evaluate the potential for direct transport of VOCs from the atmosphere to urban streams. Analytical results of 87 VOC compounds were screened by evaluating the occurrence and detection levels in both water and air, and equilibrium concentrations in water (Cws) based on the measuAuthorsScott J. Kenner, David A. Bender, John S. Zogorski, James F. PankowAnnual exceedance probabilities and trends for peak streamflows and annual runoff volumes for the Central United States during the 2011 floods
During 2011, excess precipitation resulted in widespread flooding in the Central United States with 33 fatalities and approximately $4.2 billion in damages reported in the Red River of the North, Souris, and Mississippi River Basins. At different times from late February 2011 through September 2011, various rivers in these basins had major flooding, with some locations having multiple rounds of flAuthorsDaniel G. Driscoll, Rodney E. Southard, Todd A. Koenig, David A. Bender, Robert R. HolmesQuality of volatile organic compound data from groundwater and surface water for the National Water-Quality Assessment Program, October 1996–December 2008
This report describes the quality of volatile organic compound (VOC) data collected from October 1996 to December 2008 from groundwater and surface-water sites for the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The VOC data described were collected for three NAWQA site types: (1) domestic and public-supply wells, (2) monitoring wells, and (3) surface-water sites. CAuthorsDavid A. Bender, John S. Zogorski, David K. Mueller, Donna L. Rose, Jeffrey D. Martin, Cassandra K. BrennerPercent recoveries of anthropogenic organic compounds with and without the addition of ascorbic acid to preserve finished-water samples containing free chlorine, 2004-10
This report presents finished-water matrix-spike recoveries of 270 anthropogenic organic compounds with and without the addition of ascorbic acid to preserve water samples containing free chlorine. Percent recoveries were calculated using analytical results from a study conducted during 2004-10 for the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The studAuthorsJoshua F. Valder, Gregory C. Delzer, David A. Bender, Curtis V. PriceDesign and evaluation of a field study on the contamination of selected volatile organic compounds and wastewater-indicator compounds in blanks and groundwater samples
The Field Contamination Study (FCS) was designed to determine the field processes that tend to result in clean field blanks and to identify potential sources of contamination to blanks collected in the field from selected volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and wastewater-indicator compounds (WICs). The VOCs and WICs analyzed in the FCS were detected in blanks collected by the U.S. Geological SurveyAuthorsSusan A. Thiros, David A. Bender, David K. Mueller, Donna L. Rose, Lisa D. Olsen, Jeffrey D. Martin, Bruce Bernard, John S. ZogorskiOccurrence of volatile organic compounds in selected urban streams in the United States, 1995-2003
As part of the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program, urban indicator sites were monitored to (1) characterize the stream quality from drainage basins with predominantly residential and commercial land use, and (2) determine which selected natural and anthropogenic factors affect stream quality. A total of 869 water samples were collected from 37 urban sAuthorsDavid A. Bender, Gregory C. Delzer, Curtis V. Price, John S. ZogorskiStreamVOC - A deterministic source-apportionment model to estimate volatile organic compound concentrations in rivers and streams
This report documents the construction and verification of the model, StreamVOC, that estimates (1) the time- and position-dependent concentrations of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in rivers and streams as well as (2) the source apportionment (SA) of those concentrations. The model considers how different types of sources and loss processes can act together to yield a given observed VOC concenAuthorsWilliam E. Asher, David A. Bender, John S. Zogorski, Roy C. BartholomayVolatile organic compound matrix spike recoveries for ground- and surface-water samples, 1997-2001
The U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program used field matrix spikes (FMSs), field matrix spike replicates (FMSRs), laboratory matrix spikes (LMSs), and laboratory reagent spikes (LRSs), in part, to assess the quality of volatile organic compound (VOC) data from water samples collected and analyzed in more than 50 of the Nation's largest river basins and aquifersAuthorsBarbara L. Rowe, Gregory C. Delzer, David A. Bender, John S. Zogorski - Multimedia
Soil and Groundwater Sampling
USGS Hydrologic Technician Brian Engle preparing to collect groundwater samples at EAFB FAC MW14_06 Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
USGS Hydrologic Technician Brian Engle preparing to collect groundwater samples at EAFB FAC MW14_06 Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
Soil and Groundwater SamplingUSGS Hydrologic Technician Brian Engle taking field measurments during groundwater sampling at EAFB FAC MW14_02 Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
USGS Hydrologic Technician Brian Engle taking field measurments during groundwater sampling at EAFB FAC MW14_02 Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
Soil and Groundwater Sampling, Ellsworth Air Force Base, SDSoil and Groundwater Sampling, Ellsworth Air Force Base, SDUSGS Hydrologist, John Stamm, describing the split soil core for 20 to 25 feet from well EAFB FAC MW14_07, Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.
USGS Hydrologist, John Stamm, describing the split soil core for 20 to 25 feet from well EAFB FAC MW14_07, Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. In fall of 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the U.S.