Gregory Granato is a hydrologist whose research focuses on developing hydrologic software to provide actionable information for environmental decisionmakers. Gregory has worked with the USGS on projects covering all aspects of hydrology since 1992. Before that time he was an aerospace engineer working on the design of the Space Station water and waste treatment systems.
Software (currently supported):
SELDM Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model
KTRLine Kendall-Theil Robust Line
Streamflow software
Highway-Runoff Database
Patents:
Automated Groundwater Monitoring System and Method U.S. Patent 6,021,664
Automated self-calibrating water quality monitoring sensor housing assembly U.S. Patent 6,936,156
Publications:
USGS NTCenter Class:
H1843 - Stormwater Runoff Quality Analysis with SELDM Developed and taught this class 2013-present
National Webinars:
NASEM TRB Approaches for Determining and Complying with TMDL Requirements Related to Roadway Stormwater Runoff
Water Research Foundation Integrated Stormwater Management for Highway and Transportation Sector (2017)
NASEM TRB Use and Implementation of the Federal Highway Administration Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model
Other research activities:
NASEM TRB Standing Committees
AKD50 Standing Committee on Hydrology, Hydraulics and Stormwater
NASEM National Cooperative Highway Research Program Research Panels
NCHRP 25-25 Enhancing the International Stormwater BMP Database
NCHRP 25-31 Improving Water Quality in Ultra-Urban Areas
NCHRP 25-32 Measuring and Removing Dissolved Metals from Storm Water
NCHRP 25-40 Long-Term Performance and Life-Cycle Costs of Stormwater BMPs
NCHRP 25-53 Approaches for Determining and Complying with TMDL Requirements
ASCE Outstanding Reviewer Prize: Reston, 2015
The Federal Highway Administration and State transportation agencies have the responsibility of determining and minimizing the effects of highway runoff on water quality; therefore, they have been conducting an extensive program of water-quality monitoring and research during the last 25 years. The objectives and monitoring goals of highway runoff...
Granato, Gregory E.; Bank, Fred G.; Cazenas, Patricia A.
Introduction The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has developed and tested an automated ground-water monitoring system that measures and records values of selected water-quality properties and constituents using protocols approved for manual sampling. Prototypes using the automated process have demonstrated the ability to increase the quantity and...
Smith, Kirk P.; Granato, Gregory E.
Introduction A new automated ground-water monitoring system developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) measures and records values of selected water-quality properties and constituents using protocols approved for manual sampling. Prototypes using the automated process have demonstrated the ability to increase the quantity and quality of...
Smith, Kirk P.; Granato, Gregory E.
The quality of water in unsaturated zones and groundwater is affected by the major ions in deicing chemicals applied to roads and highways. The assessment of the environmental effects of highway runoff requires investigations to determine whether other major and trace constituents are mobilized during deicing chemical migration through the...
Granato, Gregory E.; Church, Peter E.; Stone, Victoria J.