Howard W Reeves
Howard W. Reeves is the Center Science Officer and a Research Hydrologist with the Upper Midwest Water Science Center.
Professional Experience
2025 – present U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center Supervisory Hydrologist, Center Science Officer
2022 – 2025 U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center Supervisory Research Hydrologist, Groundwater and Watershed Modeling Team Lead
2018 – 2022 U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Upper Midwest Water Science Center Research Hydrologist, Groundwater and Watershed Modeling Team Lead
2011 – 2018 U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Michigan Water Science Center Research Hydrologist
2010 – 2014 Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan Ad Hoc Graduate Faculty, Department of Geological and Mining, Engineering and Sciences
2007 – 2020 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan Adjunct/Visiting Assistant Professor (intermittent appointments), Department of Civil Engineering
2003 – 2011 U.S. Geological Survey, USGS Michigan Water Science Center Research Hydrologist, Groundwater Specialist
2002 – 2003 U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Discipline, Michigan District Hydrologist
1994 – 2001 Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering
1996 – 1997 Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois, Faculty Appointment, Environmental Research Division
1991 – 1994 University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, Assistant Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
1991 – 1994 U.S. Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, South Carolina District Hydrologist, Faculty Appointment
Education and Certifications
University of Notre Dame, Chemical Engineering, B.S. 1983
University of Notre Dame, Environmental Engineering, M.S. 1985
The University of Michigan, Environmental Engineering, Ph.D. 1993
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 35
Maps and grids of hydrogeologic information created from standardized water-well drillers’ records of the glaciated United States Maps and grids of hydrogeologic information created from standardized water-well drillers’ records of the glaciated United States
As part of the National Water Availability and Use Program established by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2005, this study took advantage of about 14 million records from State-managed collections of water-well drillers’ records and created a database of hydrogeologic properties for the glaciated United States. The water-well drillers’ records were standardized to be relatively...
Authors
E. Randall Bayless, Leslie D. Arihood, Howard W. Reeves, Benjamin J.S. Sperl, Sharon L. Qi, Valerie E. Stipe, Aubrey R. Bunch
A semi-structured MODFLOW-USG model to evaluate local water sources to wells for decision support A semi-structured MODFLOW-USG model to evaluate local water sources to wells for decision support
In order to better represent the configuration of the stream network and simulate local groundwater-surface water interactions, a version of MODFLOW with refined spacing in the topmost layer was applied to a Lake Michigan Basin (LMB) regional groundwater-flow model developed by the U.S. Geological. Regional MODFLOW models commonly use coarse grids over large areas; this coarse spacing...
Authors
Daniel T. Feinstein, Michael N. Fienen, Howard W. Reeves, Christian D. Langevin
Estimation of monthly water yields and flows for 1951-2012 for the United States portion of the Great Lakes Basin with AFINCH Estimation of monthly water yields and flows for 1951-2012 for the United States portion of the Great Lakes Basin with AFINCH
Monthly water yields from 105,829 catchments and corresponding flows in 107,691 stream segments were estimated for water years 1951–2012 in the Great Lakes Basin in the United States. Both sets of estimates were computed by using the Analysis of Flows In Networks of CHannels (AFINCH) application within the NHDPlus geospatial data framework. AFINCH provides an environment to develop...
Authors
Carol L. Luukkonen, David J. Holtschlag, Howard W. Reeves, Christopher J. Hoard, Lori M. Fuller
Groundwater availability as constrained by hydrogeology and environmental flows Groundwater availability as constrained by hydrogeology and environmental flows
Groundwater pumping from aquifers in hydraulic connection with nearby streams has the potential to cause adverse impacts by decreasing flows to levels below those necessary to maintain aquatic ecosystems. The recent passage of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact has brought attention to this issue in the Great Lakes region. In particular, the legislation...
Authors
Katelyn A. Watson, Alex S. Mayer, Howard W. Reeves
U.S. Geological Survey water science strategy—Observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science to the Nation U.S. Geological Survey water science strategy—Observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science to the Nation
Executive Summary This report expands the Water Science Strategy that began with the USGS Science Strategy, “Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges—U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007–2017” (U.S. Geological Survey, 2007). This report looks at the relevant issues facing society and develops a strategy built around observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science for...
Authors
Eric J. Evenson, Randall C. Orndorff, Charles D. Blome, John Karl Böhlke, Paul K. Hershberger, Victoria E. Langenheim, Gregory J. McCabe, Scott E. Morlock, Howard W. Reeves, James P. Verdin, Holly S. Weyers, Tamara M. Wood
Strategic directions for U.S. Geological Survey water science, 2012-2022 - Observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science to the Nation Strategic directions for U.S. Geological Survey water science, 2012-2022 - Observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science to the Nation
Executive Summary This report expands the Water Science Strategy that was begun in the USGS Science Strategy, “Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges—U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007–2017” (U.S. Geological Survey, 2007). The report looks at the relevant issues facing society and develops a strategy built around observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science for...
Authors
Eric J. Evenson, Randall C. Orndorff, Charles D. Blome, John Karl Böhlke, Paul K. Hershberger, Victoria E. Langenheim, Gregory J. McCabe, Scott E. Morlock, Howard W. Reeves, James P. Verdin, Holly S. Weyers, Tamara M. Wood
Examining the contradiction in 'sustainable urban growth': an example of groundwater sustainability Examining the contradiction in 'sustainable urban growth': an example of groundwater sustainability
The environmental planning literature proposes a set of 'best management practices' for urban development that assumes improvement in environmental quality as a result of specific urban patterns. These best management practices, however, often do not recognise finite biophysical limits and social impacts that urban patterns alone cannot overcome. To shed light on this debate, we explore...
Authors
Moira L. Zellner, Howard W. Reeves
Using models for the optimization of hydrologic monitoring Using models for the optimization of hydrologic monitoring
Hydrologists are often asked what kind of monitoring network can most effectively support science-based water-resources management decisions. Currently (2011), hydrologic monitoring locations often are selected by addressing observation gaps in the existing network or non-science issues such as site access. A model might then be calibrated to available data and applied to a prediction of...
Authors
Michael N. Fienen, Randall J. Hunt, John E. Doherty, Howard W. Reeves
Water availability and use pilot: A multiscale assessment in the U.S. Great Lakes Basin Water availability and use pilot: A multiscale assessment in the U.S. Great Lakes Basin
Beginning in 2005, water availability and use were assessed for the U.S. part of the Great Lakes Basin through the Great Lakes Basin Pilot of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) national assessment of water availability and use. The goals of a national assessment of water availability and use are to clarify our understanding of water-availability status and trends and improve our ability to...
Authors
Howard W. Reeves
Internet-based interface for STRMDEPL08 Internet-based interface for STRMDEPL08
The core of the computer program STRMDEPL08 that estimates streamflow depletion by a pumping well with one of four analytical solutions was re-written in the Javascript software language and made available through an internet-based interface (web page). In the internet-based interface, the user enters data for one of the four analytical solutions, Glover and Balmer (1954), Hantush (1965)...
Authors
Howard W. Reeves, A. Jeremiah Asher
Regional groundwater-flow model of the Lake Michigan Basin in support of Great Lakes Basin water availability and use studies Regional groundwater-flow model of the Lake Michigan Basin in support of Great Lakes Basin water availability and use studies
A regional groundwater-flow model of the Lake Michigan Basin and surrounding areas has been developed in support of the Great Lakes Basin Pilot project under the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Availability and Use Program. The transient 2-million-cell model incorporates multiple aquifers and pumping centers that create water-level drawdown that extends into deep saline waters...
Authors
D. T. Feinstein, R. J. Hunt, H. W. Reeves
Using prediction uncertainty analysis to design hydrologic monitoring networks: Example applications from the Great Lakes water availability pilot project Using prediction uncertainty analysis to design hydrologic monitoring networks: Example applications from the Great Lakes water availability pilot project
The importance of monitoring networks for resource-management decisions is becoming more recognized, in both theory and application. Quantitative computer models provide a science-based framework to evaluate the efficacy and efficiency of existing and possible future monitoring networks. In the study described herein, two suites of tools were used to evaluate the worth of new data for...
Authors
Michael N. Fienen, John E. Doherty, Randall J. Hunt, Howard W. Reeves
Non-USGS Publications**
Lee, Jejung, Graettinger, A.J., Moylan, John, and Reeves, H.W., 2009, Directed site exploration for permeable reactive barrier design: Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 162, no. 1, p. 222–229.
Lee, Jejung, Reeves, H.W., and Dowding, C.H., 2008, The nodal failure index approach to ground-water remediation design (technical note): ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, v. 134, no. 10, p. 1554–1557.
Moran, Brian, Kulkarni, S.S., and Reeves, H.W., 2007, A path-independent integral for the characterization of solute concentration and flux at biofilm detachments: International Journal of Fracture, v. 143, no. 3, p. 291–300.
Graettinger, A.J., Lee, Jejung, Reeves, H.W., and Dethan, Deepu, 2006, Quantitative methods to direct exploration based on hydrogeologic information: Journal of Hydroinformatics, v. 8, no. 2, p. 77–90.
Graettinger, A.J., Reeves, H.W., Lee, Jejung, and Dethan, Deepu, 2003, Use of input uncertainty and model sensitivity to guide site exploration: Mishra, S., ed., Groundwater Quality Modeling and Management Under Uncertainty: Proceedings of the Probabilistic Approaches & Groundwater Modeling Symposium held during the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 24-26, 2003: Washington, D.C., American Society of Civil Engineers, p. 215–225.
Glasgow, H.S., Fortney, M.D., Lee, Jejung, Graettinger, A.J., and Reeves, H.W., 2003, MODFLOW-2000 head uncertainty, a first-order second-moment method: Ground Water, v. 41, no. 3, p. 342–350.
Kozak, J.A., Reeves, H.W., and Lewis, B.A., 2003, Modeling radium and radon transport through soil and vegetation: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 66, p. 179–200.
Schulenberg, J.W., and Reeves, H.W., 2002, Axisymmetric simulation of soil vapor extraction before and after fracturing: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 57, no. 3-4, p. 189–222.
Lee, Jejung, Reeves, H.W., and Dowding, C.H., 2002, Integrating site characterization with aquifer and soil remediation design in Lipnick, R.L., Mason, R.P., Phillips, M.L., and Pittman, C.U., Jr., eds., Fate and Transport of Chemicals in the Environment: Impacts, Monitoring, and Remediation, ACS Symposium Series 806: Washington, D.C., American Chemical Society, p. 384–396.
Graettinger, A.J., Lee, Jejung, and Reeves, H.W., 2002, Efficient conditional modeling for geotechnical uncertainty evaluation: International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, v. 26, no. 2, p. 163–179.
Gardner, L.R., and Reeves, H.W., 2002, Spatial patterns in soil water fluxes along a forest-marsh transect in the southeastern United States: Aquatic Sciences, v. 64, no. 2, p. 141–155.
Gardner, L.R., and Reeves, H.W., 2002, Seasonal patterns in the soil water balance of a Spartina marsh site at North Inlet, South Carolina, USA: Wetlands, v. 22, no. 3, p. 467–477.
Gardner, L.R., Reeves, H.W., and Thibodeau, P.M., 2002, Groundwater dynamics along forest-marsh transects in a southeastern salt marsh, USA— description, interpretation and challenges for numerical modeling: Wetlands Ecology and Management, v. 10, p. 145–159.
Reeves, H.W., and Moran, Brian, 2000, Meshless methods in contaminant hydrology: in Bentley, L.R., Sykes, J.F., Brebbia, C.A., Gray, W.G., and Pinder, G.F., eds., Proceedings of the XIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Volume 2: Computational Methods, Surface Water Systems and Hydrology: Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema, p. 713–718.
Reeves, H.W., Thibodeau, P.M., Underwood, R.G., and Gardner, L.R., 2000, Incorporation of total stress changes into the groundwater model SUTRA: Ground Water, v. 38, no. 1, p. 89–98.
Reeves, H.W., Lee, Jejung, Dowding, C.H., and Graettinger, A.J., 2000, Reliability-based evaluation of groundwater remediation strategies: in Stauffer, F., Kinzelbach, W., Kovar, K., and Hoehn, E., eds., Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling–Coping with Uncertainty, Proceedings of the ModelCARE ’99 Conference, Zürich, September, 1999: IAHS Publication no. 265, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, IAHS Press, p. 304–309.
Dowding, C.H., Reeves, H.W., Graettinger, A.J., and Lee, J., 2000, Inclusion of the performance model to direct and control site characterization: in Mayne, P.W., and Hyrciw, R.D., eds., Innovations and Applications in Geotechnical Site Characterization: Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Special Publication Number 97, Reston, Virginia, ASCE, p. 130–141.
Rittmann, B.E., Pettis, M., Reeves, H.W., and Stahl, D.A., 1999, How biofilm clusters affect substrate flux and ecological selection: Water Science Technology, v. 39, no. 7, p. 99–105.
Thibodeau, P.M., Gardner, L.R., and Reeves, H.W., 1998, The role of groundwater flow in controlling the spatial distribution of soil salinity and rooted macrophytes in a southeastern salt marsh, USA: Mangroves and Salt Marshes, v. 2, no. 1, p. 1–13.
Schulenberg, J.W., and Reeves, H.W., 1998, Modeling soil vapor extraction using preferential flow: in Inyang, H.I., and Ogunro, V.O., eds., Proceedings of the 4TH International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnics and Global Sustainable Development, August 9-13, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Lowell, MA, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, p. 946–955.
Abbasi, Samira, and Reeves, H.W., 1998, Modeling sequential electron accepting processes in groundwater bioremediation: in Inyang, H.I., and Ogunro, V.O., eds., Proceedings of the 4TH International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnics and Global Sustainable Development, August 9-13, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Lowell, MA, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, p. 905–914.
Widdowson, M.W., Haney, O.R., Reeves, H.W., Aelion, C.M., and Ray, R.P., 1997, A multi-level soil vapor extraction test for heterogeneous soils: ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, v. 123, no. 2, p. 160–168.
Reeves, H.W., and Fairborn, L.W., 1996, Application of an inverse model, SUTRAP, to a tidally-driven groundwater system: in Kovar, K., and van der Heijde, P., eds., Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling, ModelCARE ’96: IAHS Publication no. 237, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, IAHS Press, p. 115–124.
Reeves, H.W., Lough, K.A., and Goñi, M.A., 1996, An experimental investigation of organic solvent infiltration into a natural clay: in Reddy, K.R., ed., The Fourth Great Lakes Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental Conference: In-Situ Remediation of Contaminated Sites: Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, p. 95–106.
Keenan, R.S., Dickerson, J., Gardner, L.R., and Reeves, H.W., 1996, Inexpensive multi-channel electronic water level recorders for hydrologic studies: Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, v. 16, no. 2, p. 77–83.
Aelion, C.M., Shaw, J.N., Ray, R.P., Widdowson, M.A., and Reeves, H.W., 1996, Simplified methods for monitoring petroleum-contaminated ground water and soil vapor: Journal of Soil Contamination, v. 4, no. 3, p. 225–241.
Widdowson, M.W., Aelion, C.M., Ray, R.P., and Reeves, H.W., 1995, Soil vapor extraction pilot study at a piedmont UST site: in Hinchee, R.E., Miller, R.N., and Johnson, P.C., eds., In Situ Aeration: Air Sparging, Bioventing, and Related Remediation Processes: Columbus, OH, Battelle Press, p. 455–461.
Widdowson, M.A., Ray, R.P., Reeves, H.W., and Aelion, C.M., 1995, Integrated site characterization for SVE design: in Acar, Y.B., and Daniel, D.E., eds., Geoenvironment 2000, Volume 2: ASCE, Geotechnical Special Publication 48, New York, American Society of Civil Engineers, p. 1291–1305.
Widdowson, M.A., Ray, R.P., Aelion, C.M., Reeves, H.W., and Holbrooks, K.D., 1995, Investigation of soil-venting based remediation at a UST site in the Appalachian Piedmont in Schepart, B.S., ed., Bioremediation of Pollutants in Soil and Water, ASTM STP 1235: Philadelphia, American Society for Testing and Materials, p. 135–148.
Aelion, C.M., Widdowson, M.A., Ray, R.P., Reeves, H.W., and Shaw, J.N., 1995, Biodegradation, vapor extraction, and air sparging in low-permeability soils: in Hinchee, R.E., Miller, R.N., and Johnson, P.C., eds., In Situ Aeration: Air Sparging, Bioventing, and Related Remediation Processes: Columbus, OH, Battelle Press, p. 127–134.
Reeves, H.W., and Abriola, L.M., 1994, An iterative-compositional model for subsurface multiphase flow: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 15, no. 1, p. 249–276.
Abriola, L.M., Fen, C.-S., and Reeves, H.W., 1992, Numerical simulation of unsteady organic vapor transport in porous media using the dusty gas model: Weyer, K.U., ed., Proceedings of the International Conference on Subsurface Contamination by Immiscible Fluids, April 18-20, 1990, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema, p. 195–202
Kirkner, D.J., and Reeves, H.W., 1990, A penalty function method for computing chemical equilibria: Computers & Geosciences, v. 16, no. 1, p. 21–40.
Abriola, L.M., and Reeves, H.W., 1990, Slightly miscible organic chemical migration in porous media— present and future directions in modeling: in Murarka, I.P., and Cordle, S., eds., Proceedings: Environmental Research Conference on Groundwater Quality and Waste Disposal: Electric Power Research Institute Report EN-6749, Palo Alto, California, EPRI, section 15-1.
Reeves, H.W., and Abriola, L.M., 1988, A decoupled approach to the simulation of flow and transport of non-aqueous phase contaminants through porous media: in Celia, M.A., Ferrand, L.A., Brebbia, C.A., Gray, W.G., and Pinder, G.F., eds., Computational Methods in Water Resources, Vol. 1 Modeling Surface and Sub-surface Flows, Proceedings of the VII International Conference: Amsterdam: Elsevier, Co-published with Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, p. 147–152.
Reeves, Howard, and Kirkner, D.J., 1988, Multicomponent mass transport with homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactions— The effect of chemistry on the choice of numerical algorithm, Part II. Numerical results: Water Resources Research, v. 24, no. 10, p. 1730–1739.
Kirkner, D.J., and Reeves, Howard, 1988, Multicomponent mass transport with homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactions— The effect of chemistry on the choice of numerical algorithm, Part I. Theory: Water Resources Research, v. 24, no. 10, p. 1719–1729.
Kirkner, D.J., Reeves, H.W., and Jennings, A.A., 1984, Finite element analysis of multicomponent contaminant transport including precipitation-dissolution reactions: in Laible, J.P., Brebbia, C.A., Gray, W., and Pinder, G.F., eds., Finite Elements in Water Resources, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference, Burlington, Vermont, June, 1984: Berlin, Springer-Verlag, p. 309–318.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 35
Maps and grids of hydrogeologic information created from standardized water-well drillers’ records of the glaciated United States Maps and grids of hydrogeologic information created from standardized water-well drillers’ records of the glaciated United States
As part of the National Water Availability and Use Program established by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2005, this study took advantage of about 14 million records from State-managed collections of water-well drillers’ records and created a database of hydrogeologic properties for the glaciated United States. The water-well drillers’ records were standardized to be relatively...
Authors
E. Randall Bayless, Leslie D. Arihood, Howard W. Reeves, Benjamin J.S. Sperl, Sharon L. Qi, Valerie E. Stipe, Aubrey R. Bunch
A semi-structured MODFLOW-USG model to evaluate local water sources to wells for decision support A semi-structured MODFLOW-USG model to evaluate local water sources to wells for decision support
In order to better represent the configuration of the stream network and simulate local groundwater-surface water interactions, a version of MODFLOW with refined spacing in the topmost layer was applied to a Lake Michigan Basin (LMB) regional groundwater-flow model developed by the U.S. Geological. Regional MODFLOW models commonly use coarse grids over large areas; this coarse spacing...
Authors
Daniel T. Feinstein, Michael N. Fienen, Howard W. Reeves, Christian D. Langevin
Estimation of monthly water yields and flows for 1951-2012 for the United States portion of the Great Lakes Basin with AFINCH Estimation of monthly water yields and flows for 1951-2012 for the United States portion of the Great Lakes Basin with AFINCH
Monthly water yields from 105,829 catchments and corresponding flows in 107,691 stream segments were estimated for water years 1951–2012 in the Great Lakes Basin in the United States. Both sets of estimates were computed by using the Analysis of Flows In Networks of CHannels (AFINCH) application within the NHDPlus geospatial data framework. AFINCH provides an environment to develop...
Authors
Carol L. Luukkonen, David J. Holtschlag, Howard W. Reeves, Christopher J. Hoard, Lori M. Fuller
Groundwater availability as constrained by hydrogeology and environmental flows Groundwater availability as constrained by hydrogeology and environmental flows
Groundwater pumping from aquifers in hydraulic connection with nearby streams has the potential to cause adverse impacts by decreasing flows to levels below those necessary to maintain aquatic ecosystems. The recent passage of the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact has brought attention to this issue in the Great Lakes region. In particular, the legislation...
Authors
Katelyn A. Watson, Alex S. Mayer, Howard W. Reeves
U.S. Geological Survey water science strategy—Observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science to the Nation U.S. Geological Survey water science strategy—Observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science to the Nation
Executive Summary This report expands the Water Science Strategy that began with the USGS Science Strategy, “Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges—U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007–2017” (U.S. Geological Survey, 2007). This report looks at the relevant issues facing society and develops a strategy built around observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science for...
Authors
Eric J. Evenson, Randall C. Orndorff, Charles D. Blome, John Karl Böhlke, Paul K. Hershberger, Victoria E. Langenheim, Gregory J. McCabe, Scott E. Morlock, Howard W. Reeves, James P. Verdin, Holly S. Weyers, Tamara M. Wood
Strategic directions for U.S. Geological Survey water science, 2012-2022 - Observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science to the Nation Strategic directions for U.S. Geological Survey water science, 2012-2022 - Observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science to the Nation
Executive Summary This report expands the Water Science Strategy that was begun in the USGS Science Strategy, “Facing Tomorrow’s Challenges—U.S. Geological Survey Science in the Decade 2007–2017” (U.S. Geological Survey, 2007). The report looks at the relevant issues facing society and develops a strategy built around observing, understanding, predicting, and delivering water science for...
Authors
Eric J. Evenson, Randall C. Orndorff, Charles D. Blome, John Karl Böhlke, Paul K. Hershberger, Victoria E. Langenheim, Gregory J. McCabe, Scott E. Morlock, Howard W. Reeves, James P. Verdin, Holly S. Weyers, Tamara M. Wood
Examining the contradiction in 'sustainable urban growth': an example of groundwater sustainability Examining the contradiction in 'sustainable urban growth': an example of groundwater sustainability
The environmental planning literature proposes a set of 'best management practices' for urban development that assumes improvement in environmental quality as a result of specific urban patterns. These best management practices, however, often do not recognise finite biophysical limits and social impacts that urban patterns alone cannot overcome. To shed light on this debate, we explore...
Authors
Moira L. Zellner, Howard W. Reeves
Using models for the optimization of hydrologic monitoring Using models for the optimization of hydrologic monitoring
Hydrologists are often asked what kind of monitoring network can most effectively support science-based water-resources management decisions. Currently (2011), hydrologic monitoring locations often are selected by addressing observation gaps in the existing network or non-science issues such as site access. A model might then be calibrated to available data and applied to a prediction of...
Authors
Michael N. Fienen, Randall J. Hunt, John E. Doherty, Howard W. Reeves
Water availability and use pilot: A multiscale assessment in the U.S. Great Lakes Basin Water availability and use pilot: A multiscale assessment in the U.S. Great Lakes Basin
Beginning in 2005, water availability and use were assessed for the U.S. part of the Great Lakes Basin through the Great Lakes Basin Pilot of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) national assessment of water availability and use. The goals of a national assessment of water availability and use are to clarify our understanding of water-availability status and trends and improve our ability to...
Authors
Howard W. Reeves
Internet-based interface for STRMDEPL08 Internet-based interface for STRMDEPL08
The core of the computer program STRMDEPL08 that estimates streamflow depletion by a pumping well with one of four analytical solutions was re-written in the Javascript software language and made available through an internet-based interface (web page). In the internet-based interface, the user enters data for one of the four analytical solutions, Glover and Balmer (1954), Hantush (1965)...
Authors
Howard W. Reeves, A. Jeremiah Asher
Regional groundwater-flow model of the Lake Michigan Basin in support of Great Lakes Basin water availability and use studies Regional groundwater-flow model of the Lake Michigan Basin in support of Great Lakes Basin water availability and use studies
A regional groundwater-flow model of the Lake Michigan Basin and surrounding areas has been developed in support of the Great Lakes Basin Pilot project under the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Availability and Use Program. The transient 2-million-cell model incorporates multiple aquifers and pumping centers that create water-level drawdown that extends into deep saline waters...
Authors
D. T. Feinstein, R. J. Hunt, H. W. Reeves
Using prediction uncertainty analysis to design hydrologic monitoring networks: Example applications from the Great Lakes water availability pilot project Using prediction uncertainty analysis to design hydrologic monitoring networks: Example applications from the Great Lakes water availability pilot project
The importance of monitoring networks for resource-management decisions is becoming more recognized, in both theory and application. Quantitative computer models provide a science-based framework to evaluate the efficacy and efficiency of existing and possible future monitoring networks. In the study described herein, two suites of tools were used to evaluate the worth of new data for...
Authors
Michael N. Fienen, John E. Doherty, Randall J. Hunt, Howard W. Reeves
Non-USGS Publications**
Lee, Jejung, Graettinger, A.J., Moylan, John, and Reeves, H.W., 2009, Directed site exploration for permeable reactive barrier design: Journal of Hazardous Materials, v. 162, no. 1, p. 222–229.
Lee, Jejung, Reeves, H.W., and Dowding, C.H., 2008, The nodal failure index approach to ground-water remediation design (technical note): ASCE Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, v. 134, no. 10, p. 1554–1557.
Moran, Brian, Kulkarni, S.S., and Reeves, H.W., 2007, A path-independent integral for the characterization of solute concentration and flux at biofilm detachments: International Journal of Fracture, v. 143, no. 3, p. 291–300.
Graettinger, A.J., Lee, Jejung, Reeves, H.W., and Dethan, Deepu, 2006, Quantitative methods to direct exploration based on hydrogeologic information: Journal of Hydroinformatics, v. 8, no. 2, p. 77–90.
Graettinger, A.J., Reeves, H.W., Lee, Jejung, and Dethan, Deepu, 2003, Use of input uncertainty and model sensitivity to guide site exploration: Mishra, S., ed., Groundwater Quality Modeling and Management Under Uncertainty: Proceedings of the Probabilistic Approaches & Groundwater Modeling Symposium held during the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 24-26, 2003: Washington, D.C., American Society of Civil Engineers, p. 215–225.
Glasgow, H.S., Fortney, M.D., Lee, Jejung, Graettinger, A.J., and Reeves, H.W., 2003, MODFLOW-2000 head uncertainty, a first-order second-moment method: Ground Water, v. 41, no. 3, p. 342–350.
Kozak, J.A., Reeves, H.W., and Lewis, B.A., 2003, Modeling radium and radon transport through soil and vegetation: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 66, p. 179–200.
Schulenberg, J.W., and Reeves, H.W., 2002, Axisymmetric simulation of soil vapor extraction before and after fracturing: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 57, no. 3-4, p. 189–222.
Lee, Jejung, Reeves, H.W., and Dowding, C.H., 2002, Integrating site characterization with aquifer and soil remediation design in Lipnick, R.L., Mason, R.P., Phillips, M.L., and Pittman, C.U., Jr., eds., Fate and Transport of Chemicals in the Environment: Impacts, Monitoring, and Remediation, ACS Symposium Series 806: Washington, D.C., American Chemical Society, p. 384–396.
Graettinger, A.J., Lee, Jejung, and Reeves, H.W., 2002, Efficient conditional modeling for geotechnical uncertainty evaluation: International Journal for Numerical and Analytical Methods in Geomechanics, v. 26, no. 2, p. 163–179.
Gardner, L.R., and Reeves, H.W., 2002, Spatial patterns in soil water fluxes along a forest-marsh transect in the southeastern United States: Aquatic Sciences, v. 64, no. 2, p. 141–155.
Gardner, L.R., and Reeves, H.W., 2002, Seasonal patterns in the soil water balance of a Spartina marsh site at North Inlet, South Carolina, USA: Wetlands, v. 22, no. 3, p. 467–477.
Gardner, L.R., Reeves, H.W., and Thibodeau, P.M., 2002, Groundwater dynamics along forest-marsh transects in a southeastern salt marsh, USA— description, interpretation and challenges for numerical modeling: Wetlands Ecology and Management, v. 10, p. 145–159.
Reeves, H.W., and Moran, Brian, 2000, Meshless methods in contaminant hydrology: in Bentley, L.R., Sykes, J.F., Brebbia, C.A., Gray, W.G., and Pinder, G.F., eds., Proceedings of the XIII International Conference on Computational Methods in Water Resources, Volume 2: Computational Methods, Surface Water Systems and Hydrology: Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema, p. 713–718.
Reeves, H.W., Thibodeau, P.M., Underwood, R.G., and Gardner, L.R., 2000, Incorporation of total stress changes into the groundwater model SUTRA: Ground Water, v. 38, no. 1, p. 89–98.
Reeves, H.W., Lee, Jejung, Dowding, C.H., and Graettinger, A.J., 2000, Reliability-based evaluation of groundwater remediation strategies: in Stauffer, F., Kinzelbach, W., Kovar, K., and Hoehn, E., eds., Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling–Coping with Uncertainty, Proceedings of the ModelCARE ’99 Conference, Zürich, September, 1999: IAHS Publication no. 265, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, IAHS Press, p. 304–309.
Dowding, C.H., Reeves, H.W., Graettinger, A.J., and Lee, J., 2000, Inclusion of the performance model to direct and control site characterization: in Mayne, P.W., and Hyrciw, R.D., eds., Innovations and Applications in Geotechnical Site Characterization: Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Special Publication Number 97, Reston, Virginia, ASCE, p. 130–141.
Rittmann, B.E., Pettis, M., Reeves, H.W., and Stahl, D.A., 1999, How biofilm clusters affect substrate flux and ecological selection: Water Science Technology, v. 39, no. 7, p. 99–105.
Thibodeau, P.M., Gardner, L.R., and Reeves, H.W., 1998, The role of groundwater flow in controlling the spatial distribution of soil salinity and rooted macrophytes in a southeastern salt marsh, USA: Mangroves and Salt Marshes, v. 2, no. 1, p. 1–13.
Schulenberg, J.W., and Reeves, H.W., 1998, Modeling soil vapor extraction using preferential flow: in Inyang, H.I., and Ogunro, V.O., eds., Proceedings of the 4TH International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnics and Global Sustainable Development, August 9-13, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Lowell, MA, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, p. 946–955.
Abbasi, Samira, and Reeves, H.W., 1998, Modeling sequential electron accepting processes in groundwater bioremediation: in Inyang, H.I., and Ogunro, V.O., eds., Proceedings of the 4TH International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnics and Global Sustainable Development, August 9-13, 1998, Boston, Massachusetts, USA: Lowell, MA, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, p. 905–914.
Widdowson, M.W., Haney, O.R., Reeves, H.W., Aelion, C.M., and Ray, R.P., 1997, A multi-level soil vapor extraction test for heterogeneous soils: ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, v. 123, no. 2, p. 160–168.
Reeves, H.W., and Fairborn, L.W., 1996, Application of an inverse model, SUTRAP, to a tidally-driven groundwater system: in Kovar, K., and van der Heijde, P., eds., Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling, ModelCARE ’96: IAHS Publication no. 237, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, IAHS Press, p. 115–124.
Reeves, H.W., Lough, K.A., and Goñi, M.A., 1996, An experimental investigation of organic solvent infiltration into a natural clay: in Reddy, K.R., ed., The Fourth Great Lakes Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental Conference: In-Situ Remediation of Contaminated Sites: Chicago, University of Illinois at Chicago, p. 95–106.
Keenan, R.S., Dickerson, J., Gardner, L.R., and Reeves, H.W., 1996, Inexpensive multi-channel electronic water level recorders for hydrologic studies: Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation, v. 16, no. 2, p. 77–83.
Aelion, C.M., Shaw, J.N., Ray, R.P., Widdowson, M.A., and Reeves, H.W., 1996, Simplified methods for monitoring petroleum-contaminated ground water and soil vapor: Journal of Soil Contamination, v. 4, no. 3, p. 225–241.
Widdowson, M.W., Aelion, C.M., Ray, R.P., and Reeves, H.W., 1995, Soil vapor extraction pilot study at a piedmont UST site: in Hinchee, R.E., Miller, R.N., and Johnson, P.C., eds., In Situ Aeration: Air Sparging, Bioventing, and Related Remediation Processes: Columbus, OH, Battelle Press, p. 455–461.
Widdowson, M.A., Ray, R.P., Reeves, H.W., and Aelion, C.M., 1995, Integrated site characterization for SVE design: in Acar, Y.B., and Daniel, D.E., eds., Geoenvironment 2000, Volume 2: ASCE, Geotechnical Special Publication 48, New York, American Society of Civil Engineers, p. 1291–1305.
Widdowson, M.A., Ray, R.P., Aelion, C.M., Reeves, H.W., and Holbrooks, K.D., 1995, Investigation of soil-venting based remediation at a UST site in the Appalachian Piedmont in Schepart, B.S., ed., Bioremediation of Pollutants in Soil and Water, ASTM STP 1235: Philadelphia, American Society for Testing and Materials, p. 135–148.
Aelion, C.M., Widdowson, M.A., Ray, R.P., Reeves, H.W., and Shaw, J.N., 1995, Biodegradation, vapor extraction, and air sparging in low-permeability soils: in Hinchee, R.E., Miller, R.N., and Johnson, P.C., eds., In Situ Aeration: Air Sparging, Bioventing, and Related Remediation Processes: Columbus, OH, Battelle Press, p. 127–134.
Reeves, H.W., and Abriola, L.M., 1994, An iterative-compositional model for subsurface multiphase flow: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, v. 15, no. 1, p. 249–276.
Abriola, L.M., Fen, C.-S., and Reeves, H.W., 1992, Numerical simulation of unsteady organic vapor transport in porous media using the dusty gas model: Weyer, K.U., ed., Proceedings of the International Conference on Subsurface Contamination by Immiscible Fluids, April 18-20, 1990, Calgary, Alberta, Canada: Rotterdam, A.A. Balkema, p. 195–202
Kirkner, D.J., and Reeves, H.W., 1990, A penalty function method for computing chemical equilibria: Computers & Geosciences, v. 16, no. 1, p. 21–40.
Abriola, L.M., and Reeves, H.W., 1990, Slightly miscible organic chemical migration in porous media— present and future directions in modeling: in Murarka, I.P., and Cordle, S., eds., Proceedings: Environmental Research Conference on Groundwater Quality and Waste Disposal: Electric Power Research Institute Report EN-6749, Palo Alto, California, EPRI, section 15-1.
Reeves, H.W., and Abriola, L.M., 1988, A decoupled approach to the simulation of flow and transport of non-aqueous phase contaminants through porous media: in Celia, M.A., Ferrand, L.A., Brebbia, C.A., Gray, W.G., and Pinder, G.F., eds., Computational Methods in Water Resources, Vol. 1 Modeling Surface and Sub-surface Flows, Proceedings of the VII International Conference: Amsterdam: Elsevier, Co-published with Computational Mechanics Publications, Southampton, p. 147–152.
Reeves, Howard, and Kirkner, D.J., 1988, Multicomponent mass transport with homogeneous and heterogeneous chemical reactions— The effect of chemistry on the choice of numerical algorithm, Part II. Numerical results: Water Resources Research, v. 24, no. 10, p. 1730–1739.
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