Jonathan Dillow
Biography
Jon Dillow is a Supervisory Hydrologist that oversees parts of the Studies Section in the Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Water Science Center and serves (half time) as the acting Data Chief for the Washington Water Science Center.
Research / Professional Focus / Current Projects
My duties encompass all aspects of USGS water-data collection, interpretation, and publication activities, but my particular areas of interest are workforce planning and staff development. Through these interests I work to maintain and support appropriate staffing levels and adequate skill sets to facilitate the effective and efficient performance of data analysis, interpretation and publishing tasks that are focused and aligned with the USGS mission and each Center’s water-science goals, and to ensure that each Center can meet its local and regional partners' water-resource data and analysis needs on a sustainable basis.
Education
MS: Civil Engineering, Drexel University, 1995
BS: Civil Engineering, Drexel University, 1989
Selected Bibliography
Magnitude and Frequency of Floods on Nontidal Streams in Delaware: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2006-5146, by Ries, K.G. III and Dillow, J.J.A., 2006, 59 p.
Adjustments to U.S. Geological Survey Peak-Flow Magnitude-Frequency Relations in Delaware and Maryland Following Hurricane Floyd, September, 1999: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-152-02, by Doheny, E.J. and Dillow, J.J.A., 2002, 8 p.
Groundwater quality and discharge to Chincoteague and Sinepuxent Bays adjacent to Assateague Island National Seashore, Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 02-4029, by Dillow, J.J.A., Banks, W.S.L., and Smigaj, M.J., 2002, 42 p.
Optimization of Groundwater Withdrawal at the Old O-Field Area, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4283 by Banks, W.S.L. and J.J.A. Dillow, 2001, 18 p.
Groundwater Discharge and Nitrate Loadings to the Coastal Bays of Maryland: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4167 by Dillow, J.J.A. and E.A. Greene, 1999, 8 p.
Science and Products
Next Generation Water Observing System: Delaware River Basin
The USGS Next Generation Water Observing System will provide high-fidelity, real-time data on water quantity and quality necessary to support modern water prediction and decision support systems for water emergencies and daily water operations. The Delaware River Basin pilot provides an opportunity to develop the NextGen observing system in a nationally important, complex interstate river...
Anacostia Water Quality Monitoring Project
The broad goal of the study is to significantly expand data collection at the Northeast Branch Anacostia and Northwest Branch Anacostia to include water-quality sampling and analysis for a wide suite of natural and anthropogenic constituents (nutrients, sediment, metals, bacteria, and organics such as PCB (Polychlorinated Biphenyls) and PAH (Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons).
MD-DE-DC WSC Water Use & Water Supply Capabilities
The MD-DE-DC WSC works with state and local agencies to collect, estimate, review, and compile water use information. Data are used in USGS groundwater and watershed models, and other USGS studies. The data are also compiled and incorporated into the USGS national estimates of water-use. WSC staff currently participate in various national water use projects focused on improving water use...
MD-DE-DC WSC Contaminant Fate and Transport Capabilities
The Contaminant Fate and Transport team conducts research on the transport and fate of contaminants in groundwater through the unsaturated and saturated zones using innovative and proven USGS methods. The team's research focuses on the often complex processes that affect contaminant fate and transport, and includes expertise in wetland environments. Performing both field and laboratory studies...
MD-DE-DC WSC GIS/Dataset Capabilities
Spatial analysts at the MD-DE-DC WSC use Geographic Information Systems to interpret data collected through field reconnaissance and downloaded from internal USGS, other federal, state, and local agencies, academic institutions, industry, and other professional contracting organizations. GIS is used to analyze the data using shapefiles and geodatabased information to help prove or disprove...
MD-DE-DC WSC Geomorphology and Sediment Studies Capabilities
Geomorphology is classified as the study of the origin and evolution of topographic and bathymetric features created by physical, chemical or biological processes operating at or near the Earth's surface. Adding water creates a whole new dynamic known as Fluvial Morphology. Rivers and streams act as conduits of water along with sediment. As water flows over the channel bed, it is able to...
MD-DE-DC WSC Laboratory Capabilities
The labs at the MD-DE-DC WSC are clean, well-stocked, and appointed with modern equipment and a highly talented staff. The three labs analyze samples, conduct controlled-environment chemical tests with GCMS in the Water Qualty lab. Scientists and technicians work with core samples and analyze soils in the Sediment Lab.
Our labs assure reliability, reproducibility, and high quality of...
MD-DE-DC WSC Seminar Series
Water Science Seminar Series
Please feel free to join us as water science professionals from the realms of federal, state, local governments, academia, and private practice meet to present this series of discussions about water-related topics in the region (Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C.).
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MD-DE-DC WSC Water Quality Capabilities
Water quality is a measure of the suitability of water for a particular use based on selected physical, chemical, and biological characteristics. Water-quality monitoring is used to help water-resource managers understand and avert potential negative effects of man-made and natural stresses on water resources, evaluate trends, and compare to water-quality criteria.
One of our primary...
Coastal Monitoring Tide Gage Sites in Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C.
Vital coastal storm-tide information needed to help guide storm response efforts following major storms affecting Maryland will be more accessible than ever due to a new monitoring network the U.S. Geological Survey is currently building.
A team from the USGS MD-DE-DC Water Science Center is surveying 63 locations in the state, determining their elevations and installing receiving...
Newly Installed Super Gauge Helps USGS Monitor Water Quality, Bacteria Levels in Lower Anacostia River
Washington - A newly installed U.S. Geological Survey “super gauge” will provide people in the Washington area near real time information on bacteria levels and other water quality information for a portion of the Lower Anacostia River.
MD-DE-DC WSC Capabilities Sites
There's a lot of talent at the Maryland, Delaware, Washington, DC Water Science Center!
We’ve created a series of websites, thematically named to characterize our work as our “Capabilities”, working interdependently with a diverse array of cooperative partners, the scientists, technicians, and support staff work tirelessly to produce the high-quality output for which...
A drought is rapidly developing across Maryland, stressing farmers at harvest time
Baltimore Sun — by Scott Dance — September 27, 2019