A tide gage that measures water levels at 5-minute intervals installed in Academy Cove in 2021. Wickford, Rhode Island.
James Richard Degnan
James Degnan is a hydrologist in the New England Water Science Center.
He is currently finishing a 4 year detail with the Groundwater Status and Trends, National Water Quality Program and working on some new program opportunities with the New England Water Science Center. James has been on numerous project teams tasked with multi-disciplinary investigations of hydrogeology, water chemistry, groundwater recharge dates, and riverbed sediment to help answer questions about water supply and contamination issues. He began work for the USGS in 1994 as a student working on a bridge scour project. He also participated in an exchange program in Budapest, Hungary in 1995 and received his B.S. in Geology from the University of New Hampshire in 1997. After graduation, his first duties as a hydrologist with the NH Bedrock Aquifer Assessment project included remote sensing, GIS, geophysics, and water quality data analysis. James has been involved in applied science and research projects across the US, and in Honduras and Abu Dhabi.
Science and Products
Augmented Site Characterization of PFAS Manufacturing and Processing Facilities
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in assessing facilities nationwide that have historically produced per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or used them in chemical manufacturing processes. In collaboration with EPA subcontractors, USGS is providing subject-matter expertise in PFAS fate and transport in the vadose zone and...
Detailed Characterization of the Savage Superfund Site, New Hampshire
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, is conducting advanced site characterization activities at the Savage Municipal Water Supply Superfund site in Milford, New Hampshire, and implementing new remediation efforts based on USGS science and tools.
Assessment of Nutrient Transport and Discharge to Coastal Embayments, Wickford, Rhode Island
In 2020 the USGS began a partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 Southeast New England Program for Coastal Watershed Restoration (SNEP) and EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), Atlantic Coastal Sciences Division, Narragansett, RI in support of water-quality and ecological monitoring being conducted by ORD in the coastal waters around Wickford, RI. The USGS...
Preliminary Research into the Causes of Iron Fouling in Water at Roadway Construction Sites
The USGS and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation are conducting preliminary research into the causes of iron fouling in water at roadway construction sites where blasted bedrock is used as on-site fill material.
A tide gage, Wickford, Rhode Island
A tide gage that measures water levels at 5-minute intervals installed in Academy Cove in 2021. Wickford, Rhode Island.
Groundwater sampling, Wickford, Rhode Island
Groundwater sampling along the shoreline of Academy Cove, Wickford, Rhode Island, February 9, 2021
Groundwater sampling along the shoreline of Academy Cove, Wickford, Rhode Island, February 9, 2021
Real-time measurement of variability in groundwater properties
Real-time measurement of variability in groundwater propertiesInstrumentation for measuring real-time groundwater properties at the SGW-93 bedrock-aquifer public-supply well pump house in Seabrook, NH. Read the journal article.
Real-time measurement of variability in groundwater properties
Real-time measurement of variability in groundwater propertiesInstrumentation for measuring real-time groundwater properties at the SGW-93 bedrock-aquifer public-supply well pump house in Seabrook, NH. Read the journal article.
Science and Products
Augmented Site Characterization of PFAS Manufacturing and Processing Facilities
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in assessing facilities nationwide that have historically produced per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) or used them in chemical manufacturing processes. In collaboration with EPA subcontractors, USGS is providing subject-matter expertise in PFAS fate and transport in the vadose zone and...
Detailed Characterization of the Savage Superfund Site, New Hampshire
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, is conducting advanced site characterization activities at the Savage Municipal Water Supply Superfund site in Milford, New Hampshire, and implementing new remediation efforts based on USGS science and tools.
Assessment of Nutrient Transport and Discharge to Coastal Embayments, Wickford, Rhode Island
In 2020 the USGS began a partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 1 Southeast New England Program for Coastal Watershed Restoration (SNEP) and EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD), Atlantic Coastal Sciences Division, Narragansett, RI in support of water-quality and ecological monitoring being conducted by ORD in the coastal waters around Wickford, RI. The USGS...
Preliminary Research into the Causes of Iron Fouling in Water at Roadway Construction Sites
The USGS and the New Hampshire Department of Transportation are conducting preliminary research into the causes of iron fouling in water at roadway construction sites where blasted bedrock is used as on-site fill material.
A tide gage, Wickford, Rhode Island
A tide gage that measures water levels at 5-minute intervals installed in Academy Cove in 2021. Wickford, Rhode Island.
A tide gage that measures water levels at 5-minute intervals installed in Academy Cove in 2021. Wickford, Rhode Island.
Groundwater sampling, Wickford, Rhode Island
Groundwater sampling along the shoreline of Academy Cove, Wickford, Rhode Island, February 9, 2021
Groundwater sampling along the shoreline of Academy Cove, Wickford, Rhode Island, February 9, 2021
Real-time measurement of variability in groundwater properties
Real-time measurement of variability in groundwater propertiesInstrumentation for measuring real-time groundwater properties at the SGW-93 bedrock-aquifer public-supply well pump house in Seabrook, NH. Read the journal article.
Real-time measurement of variability in groundwater properties
Real-time measurement of variability in groundwater propertiesInstrumentation for measuring real-time groundwater properties at the SGW-93 bedrock-aquifer public-supply well pump house in Seabrook, NH. Read the journal article.