Jason Bellino
Biography
I'm currently the project chief of the Floridan Aquifer System Groundwater Availability Study (https://fl.water.usgs.gov/floridan) and my interests are in groundwater flow modeling. I have extensive experience with ArcGIS and enjoy developing python code for data analysis.
Education:
Master's in Geology, Univ. of South Florida, 2009.
—thesis: Effects of geomorphic setting on shallow-groundwater exchange and water temperature of salmon-bearing headwater streams of the Lower Kenai Peninsula, Alaska
Bachelor's in Environmental Science and Policy, Univ. of South Florida, 2005, with a minor in Geology.
Other Publications
Bellino, J.C., 2018. Soil-Water-Balance model datasets used to estimate mean groundwater recharge in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, 1995–2010: U.S. Geological Survey data release, available online at https://doi.org/10.5066/F7CJ8BMS.
Bellino, J.C., 2017. Groundwater Withdrawals in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina, 1995–2010: U.S. Geological Survey data release, available online at http://doi.org/10.5066/F78K7749.
Callahan, M.K., Rains, M.C., Bellino, J.C., Walker, C.M., Baird, S.J., Whigham, D.F., and King, R.S., 2014. Controls on Temperature in Salmonid-Bearing Headwater Streams in Two Common Hydrogeologic Settings, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, J Am Water Resour Assoc [Link]
Williams, L.J., Dausman, A.D., and Bellino, J.C., 2011. Relation of aquifer confinement and long-term groundwater-level decline in the Floridan aquifer system: Proceedings of the 2011 Georgia Water Resources Conference, April 11-13, 2011, Athens, Georgia, 2 pages. [Link]
Williams, L.J., Dausman, A.D., and Bellino, J.C., 2011. The rate and magnitude of regional groundwater-level decline in the Floridan Aquifer System and its relation to ground-water pumpage and relative confinement of the system to recharge: 2011 NGWA Ground Water Summit and 2011 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting, Baltimore MD, May 2, 2011. [Link]
Science and Products
Actual Evapotranspiration for Florida
Evapotranspiration is a large component of the Florida water budget – generally second only to rainfall, but exceeding rainfall and all other components during droughts. The prominence of evapotranspiration highlights the need to accurately quantify this hydrologic component in quantitative analyses of watershed hydrology. Spatio-temporal estimates of evapotranspiration throughout Florida are...
Reference and Potential Evapotranspiration
Evapotranspiration can be computed as reference, potential, or actual evapotranspiration. Reference evapotranspiration is that from a grass surface that is well-watered. Potential evapotranspiration is that from a surface that has unlimited water (such as a lake).
Reference and potential evapotranspiration are computed at a 2-kilometer spatial resolution and daily timestep for the...
Floridan Aquifer System (FAS) Groundwater Availability Study
The Floridan Aquifer System (FAS) Groundwater Availability Study (https://fl.water.usgs.gov/floridan/) provides numerous benefits, including an updated hydrogeologic framework, regional and subregional water budgets, and a modern, system-wide, groundwater flow model that may be used to quantitatively assess the effects of human and...
Hydrogeologic setting, conceptual groundwater flow system, and hydrologic conditions 1995–2010 in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina
The hydrogeologic setting and groundwater flow system in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina is dominated by the highly transmissive Floridan aquifer system. This principal aquifer is a vital source of freshwater for public and domestic supply, as well as for industrial and agricultural uses throughout the southeastern United...
Bellino, Jason C.; Kuniansky, Eve L.; O'Reilly, Andrew M.; Dixon, Joann F.
Tabulated Transmissivity and Storage Properties of the Floridan Aquifer System in Florida and Parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama
A goal of the U.S. Geological Survey Groundwater Resources Program is to assess the availability of fresh water within each of the principal aquifers in the United States with the greatest groundwater withdrawals. The Floridan aquifer system (FAS), which covers an area of approximately 100,000 square miles in Florida and parts of Georgia, Alabama...
Kuniansky, Eve L.; Bellino, Jason C.
Potential effects of deepening the St. Johns River navigation channel on saltwater intrusion in the surficial aquifer system, Jacksonville, Florida
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has proposed dredging a 13-mile reach of the St. Johns River navigation channel in Jacksonville, Florida, deepening it to depths between 50 and 54 feet below North American Vertical Datum of 1988. The dredging operation will remove about 10 feet of sediments from the surficial aquifer system, including...
Bellino, Jason C.; Spechler, Rick M.
Transmissivity of the Upper Floridan aquifer in Florida and parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama
The Floridan aquifer system (FAS) covers an area of approximately 100,000 square miles in Florida and parts of Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi. Groundwater wells for water supply were first drilled in the late 1800s and by the year 2000, the FAS was the primary source of drinking water for about 10 million people. One of the...
Kuniansky, Eve L.; Bellino, Jason C.; Dixon, Joann F.
Digital surfaces and hydrogeologic data for the Mesozoic through early Tertiary rocks in the Southeastern Coastal Plain in parts of Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida
A digital dataset of hydrogeologic data for Mesozoic through early Tertiary rocks in the Southeastern Coastal Plain was developed using data from five U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reports published between 1951 and 1996. These reports contain maps and data depicting the extent and elevation of the Southeast Coastal Plain stratigraphic and...
Cannon, Debra M.; Bellino, Jason C.; Williams, Lester J.
Hydrology, water budget, and water chemistry of Lake Panasoffkee, west-central Florida
McBride, W. Scott; Bellino, Jason C.; Swancar, Amy
Digital surfaces and hydrogeologic data for the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and in parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina
A digital dataset for the Floridan aquifer system in Florida and in parts of Georgia, Alabama, and South Carolina was developed from selected reports published as part of the Regional Aquifer-System Analysis (RASA) Program of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in the 1980s. These reports contain maps and data depicting the extent and elevation of...
Bellino, Jason C.
Bathymetry of Lake Manatee, Manatee County, Florida, 2009
Lake Manatee, located in central Manatee County, Florida, is the principal drinking-water source for Manatee and Sarasota Counties. The drainage basin of Lake Manatee encompasses about 120 square miles, and the reservoir covers a surface area of about 1,450 acres at an elevation of 38.8 feet above NAVD 88 or 39.7 feet above NGVD 29. The full pool...
Bellino, Jason C.; Pfeiffer, William R.