Julia G Prokopec
Biography
Julia Prokopec is a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey, Upper Midwest Water Science Center, in Mounds View, Minnesota. She began as a student in 2011 at the Michigan Water Science Center in Lansing, Michigan as a student hydrologic technician. She received her A.S. in Watershed Science from Vermilion Community College in 2012, and her B.S. in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in Geohydrology from Bemidji State in 2014. Julia has worked on projects studying groundwater and surface water interaction, persistence of pesticides in groundwater and surface water, and water quality monitoring. Her focus is hydraulic modeling and flood-inundation mapping where she has lead studies to be used by communities for hazard mitigation.
Work Experience
- Collect groundwater and surface water samples
- Measure discharge and groundwater levels
- Survey bathymetry using GNSS and Total Stations
- Compute precipitation, water level, and water quality data
Additional Training
- Field Water-Quality Methods for Groundwater and Surface Water
- Indirect Discharge Measurements
- Basic Hydraulic Principles
- Graphical Constituent Loading Analysis System (GCLAS)
- Advanced HEC-RAS, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Science and Products
Preliminary investigation of groundwater quality near a Michigan cemetery, 2016–17
The potential effect of cemetery leachate on groundwater quality in the United States has rarely been studied. Nutrients and other constituents associated with decomposition and burial processes (such as embalming) have the potential to reach shallow groundwater and could affect nearby drinking-water sources. The objective of this preliminary...
Brennan, Angela K.; Givens, Carrie E.; Prokopec, Julia G.; Hoard, Christopher J.
Hydraulic modeling and flood-inundation mapping for the Huron River and Ore Lake Tributary, Livingston County, Michigan
Digital flood-inundation maps for an 8-mile (mi) reach of the Huron River near Hamburg, Michigan (station number 04172000), from downstream of Rickett Road to Strawberry Lake, were created by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with Green Oak and Hamburg Townships, Michigan, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The flood-inundation...
Prokopec, Julia G.
Science center capabilities to monitor and investigate Michigan’s water resources, 2016
Michigan faces many challenges related to water resources, including flooding, drought, water-quality degradation and impairment, varying water availability, watershed-management issues, stormwater management, aquatic-ecosystem impairment, and invasive species. Michigan’s water resources include approximately 36,000 miles of streams, over 11,000...
Giesen, Julia A.; Givens, Carrie E.