Joel M Galloway
Cooperative Matching Funds Program Manager and Tribal Relations Advisor for the Water Mission Area
Joel Galloway currently serves as the Cooperative Matching Funds Program Manager and Tribal Relations Advisor for the USGS Water Mission Area. He has worked for the USGS for 30 years in several Water Science Centers including North Dakota, Arkansas, South Dakota, Iowa, and Wyoming. Joel also has served as an instructor for the “Field Water-Quality Methods for Groundwater and Surface Water” course for the last 17 years. He has a Master of Science degree in environmental/civil engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from the University of North Dakota. Joel has authored or coauthored over 60 scientific reports and journal articles on water-quality, groundwater, and surface-water topics.
Education and Certifications
M.S., Civil Engineering, 2001 South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota
B.S., Geology, 1996 University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Science and Products
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Groundwater assessment for petroleum hydrocarbon compounds associated with Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, 2014–18
In 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the Defense Logistics Agency and the U.S. Air Force to estimate groundwater-flow direction, install groundwater monitoring wells, and collect soil and groundwater samples for petroleum hydrocarbon compounds to identify the presence of hydrocarbon contamination at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, specifically...
Authors
David A. Bender, Joel M. Galloway, Colton J. Medler
Characterization of historical and stochastically generated climate and streamflow conditions in the Souris River Basin, United States and Canada
The Souris River Basin is a 61,000-square-kilometer basin in the Provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada and the State of North Dakota in the United States. Greater than average snowpack during the winter of 2010–11, along with record-setting rains in May and June 2011, resulted in historically unprecedented flooding in the Souris River Basin. The severity of the 2011 flood led...
Authors
Angela Gregory, Joel M. Galloway
Streamflow, sediment transport, and geomorphic change during the 2011 flood on the Missouri River near Bismarck-Mandan, ND
Geomorphic change from extreme events in large managed rivers has implications for river management. A steady-state, quasi-three-dimensional hydrodynamic model was applied to a 29-km reach of the Missouri River using 2011 flood data. Model results for an extreme flow (500-year recurrence interval [RI]) and an elevated managed flow (75-year RI) were used to assess sediment mobility...
Authors
Rochelle A. Nustad, Adam J. Benthem, Katherine Skalak, Richard R. McDonald, Edward R. Schenk, Joel M. Galloway
Geochemistry and age of groundwater in the Williston Basin, USA: Assessing potential effects of shale-oil production on groundwater quality
Thirty water wells were sampled in 2018 to understand the geochemistry and age of groundwater in the Williston Basin and assess potential effects of shale-oil production from the Three Forks-Bakken petroleum system (TBPS) on groundwater quality. Two geochemical groups are identified using hierarchical cluster analysis. Group 1 represents the younger (median 4He = 21.49 × 10−8 cm3 STP/g)...
Authors
Peter B. McMahon, Joel M. Galloway, Andrew G. Hunt, Kenneth Belitz, Bryant Jurgens, Tyler Johnson
Stochastic model for simulating Souris River Basin regulated streamflow upstream from Minot, North Dakota
The Souris River Basin is a 24,000 square-mile basin in the Provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada, and the State of North Dakota in the United States. Above-average snowpack during the winter of 2010–11, along with record-setting rains in May and June of 2011, led to record flooding that caused extensive damage to Minot, North Dakota, and numerous smaller communities in...
Authors
Kelsey A. Kolars, Aldo V. Vecchia, Joel M. Galloway
Runoff and water-quality characteristics of three Discovery Farms in North Dakota, 2008–16
Agricultural producers in North Dakota are aware of concerns about degrading water quality, and many of the producers are interested in implementing conservation practices to reduce the export of nutrients from their farms. Producers often implement conservation practices without knowledge of the water quality of the runoff from their farm or if conservation practices they may implement...
Authors
Joel M. Galloway, Rochelle A. Nustad
Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 54
Groundwater assessment for petroleum hydrocarbon compounds associated with Fuels Area C, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, 2014–18
In 2013, the U.S. Geological Survey began a study in cooperation with the Defense Logistics Agency and the U.S. Air Force to estimate groundwater-flow direction, install groundwater monitoring wells, and collect soil and groundwater samples for petroleum hydrocarbon compounds to identify the presence of hydrocarbon contamination at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, specifically...
Authors
David A. Bender, Joel M. Galloway, Colton J. Medler
Characterization of historical and stochastically generated climate and streamflow conditions in the Souris River Basin, United States and Canada
The Souris River Basin is a 61,000-square-kilometer basin in the Provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada and the State of North Dakota in the United States. Greater than average snowpack during the winter of 2010–11, along with record-setting rains in May and June 2011, resulted in historically unprecedented flooding in the Souris River Basin. The severity of the 2011 flood led...
Authors
Angela Gregory, Joel M. Galloway
Streamflow, sediment transport, and geomorphic change during the 2011 flood on the Missouri River near Bismarck-Mandan, ND
Geomorphic change from extreme events in large managed rivers has implications for river management. A steady-state, quasi-three-dimensional hydrodynamic model was applied to a 29-km reach of the Missouri River using 2011 flood data. Model results for an extreme flow (500-year recurrence interval [RI]) and an elevated managed flow (75-year RI) were used to assess sediment mobility...
Authors
Rochelle A. Nustad, Adam J. Benthem, Katherine Skalak, Richard R. McDonald, Edward R. Schenk, Joel M. Galloway
Geochemistry and age of groundwater in the Williston Basin, USA: Assessing potential effects of shale-oil production on groundwater quality
Thirty water wells were sampled in 2018 to understand the geochemistry and age of groundwater in the Williston Basin and assess potential effects of shale-oil production from the Three Forks-Bakken petroleum system (TBPS) on groundwater quality. Two geochemical groups are identified using hierarchical cluster analysis. Group 1 represents the younger (median 4He = 21.49 × 10−8 cm3 STP/g)...
Authors
Peter B. McMahon, Joel M. Galloway, Andrew G. Hunt, Kenneth Belitz, Bryant Jurgens, Tyler Johnson
Stochastic model for simulating Souris River Basin regulated streamflow upstream from Minot, North Dakota
The Souris River Basin is a 24,000 square-mile basin in the Provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada, and the State of North Dakota in the United States. Above-average snowpack during the winter of 2010–11, along with record-setting rains in May and June of 2011, led to record flooding that caused extensive damage to Minot, North Dakota, and numerous smaller communities in...
Authors
Kelsey A. Kolars, Aldo V. Vecchia, Joel M. Galloway
Runoff and water-quality characteristics of three Discovery Farms in North Dakota, 2008–16
Agricultural producers in North Dakota are aware of concerns about degrading water quality, and many of the producers are interested in implementing conservation practices to reduce the export of nutrients from their farms. Producers often implement conservation practices without knowledge of the water quality of the runoff from their farm or if conservation practices they may implement...
Authors
Joel M. Galloway, Rochelle A. Nustad