Serene spot on Lake Powell creates a sacred space at the Cathedral in the Desert, where the sun's light streams through the cliff tops above.
Destry DiViesti
Destry is a hydrologist with expertise in surface water, groundwater, and environmental geochemistry, with a focus on the Great Salt Lake, Lake Powell, regional aquifers, and legacy mining impacts. His work supports sustainable water resource management through field sampling, geochemical analysis, and groundwater age-dating techniques.
Destry conducts routine and event-based sampling of the Great Salt Lake, analyzing salinity, density, nutrients, and trace elements to monitor ecological health and hydrologic trends. He also specializes in groundwater sampling and age-dating using environmental tracers such as tritium/helium, carbon-14, and noble gases to determine groundwater residence times and recharge characteristics.
In addition, Destry performs sediment sampling at abandoned mine waste piles to assess contaminant mobility and potential impacts on surrounding ecosystems and water quality. His work contributes to environmental assessments and remediation planning in historically mined areas.
With a strong background in hydrogeologic mapping, geochemical modeling, and scientific communication, Destry contributes to interdisciplinary projects that inform water policy and conservation efforts across Utah and the western U.S.
Science and Products
Lake Powell Coring
In response to the August 5, 2015, Gold King Mine Spill from the Bonita Peak Mining District that resulted in the release of three-million gallons of mine-impacted waters, the Utah Water Science Center, in partnership with the Utah Division of Water Quality, National Park Service, and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, cored the San Juan and Colorado River deltas in multiple locations in Lake Powell...
Lake Powell Cathedral in the Desert
Serene spot on Lake Powell creates a sacred space at the Cathedral in the Desert, where the sun's light streams through the cliff tops above.
Science and Products
Lake Powell Coring
In response to the August 5, 2015, Gold King Mine Spill from the Bonita Peak Mining District that resulted in the release of three-million gallons of mine-impacted waters, the Utah Water Science Center, in partnership with the Utah Division of Water Quality, National Park Service, and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, cored the San Juan and Colorado River deltas in multiple locations in Lake Powell...
Lake Powell Cathedral in the Desert
Serene spot on Lake Powell creates a sacred space at the Cathedral in the Desert, where the sun's light streams through the cliff tops above.
Serene spot on Lake Powell creates a sacred space at the Cathedral in the Desert, where the sun's light streams through the cliff tops above.