Photo showing monitoring wells adjacent to Sailfish Drive, Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Marcel Belaval
Marcel Belaval is the Deputy Director of the New England Water Science Center.
In his role as Deputy Center Director, Marcel conducts strategic scientific program planning, helping to set the direction for the Center providing relevant, accessible, and innovative water science to New England and the Nation.
With a background in groundwater, contaminant hydrology, and hydrogeophysics, Marcel’s professional practice is rooted in applying hydrologic science to water resource management. In his former position as a hydrologist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England Regional Office, Marcel provided hydrology expertise to EPA’s water division. Marcel is a NH Licensed Professional Geologist and earned a BS in Geology from the University of Connecticut and an MS in Geophysics from Boston College.
Professional Experience
Deputy Director, U.S. Geological Survey, New England Water Science Center, 2022 to Present
Hydrologist, EPA Region 1 (Boston, MA), 2005 to 2022
Environmental Scientist, EPA Region 1 (Boston, MA), 2003 to 2005
Research Assistant, Boston College, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 2001 to 2003
Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey, Hydrogeophysics Branch, 2000 to 2003
Education and Certifications
M.S. Geophysics, Boston College
B.S. Geology, University of Connecticut
New Hampshire Licensed Professional Geologist
Science and Products
Evaluating the effects of replacing septic systems with municipal sewers on groundwater quality in a densely developed coastal neighborhood, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 2016–19
Hydrologic site assessment for passive treatment of groundwater nitrogen with permeable reactive barriers, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Geochemical conditions and nitrogen transport in nearshore groundwater and the subterranean estuary at a Cape Cod embayment, East Falmouth, Massachusetts, 2013–14
Arsenic, iron, lead, manganese, and uranium concentrations in private bedrock wells in southeastern New Hampshire, 2012-2013
Factors affecting temporal variability of arsenic in groundwater used for drinking water supply in the United States
Heterogeneous redox conditions, arsenic mobility, and groundwater flow in a fractured-rock aquifer near a waste repository site in New Hampshire, USA
Geophysical and flow-weighted natural-contaminant characterization of three water-supply wells in New Hampshire
Continuous resistivity profiling to delineate submarine groundwater discharge - Examples and limitations
Continuous-resistivity profiling for coastal ground-water investigations: Three case studies
Integrated geophysical characterization of the Winthrop Landfill Southern Flow Path, Winthrop, Maine
An integrated surface-geophysical investigation of the University of Connecticut landfill, Storrs, Connecticut: 2000
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Water Cycle Center
Transportation-Related Water Projects in New England
New England Drought Information
Development of a Water Quality Monitoring Strategy for Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River Estuary, Massachusetts
Water Quality Data Collection to Support Aluminum Criteria Development in Massachusetts
Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM) Transportation Research Board Presentation
National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis (NDAMS)
FHWA 1990 "Driscoll" Model Pollutant Loadings and Impacts from Highway Stormwater Runoff
Photo showing monitoring wells adjacent to Sailfish Drive, Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Science and Products
Evaluating the effects of replacing septic systems with municipal sewers on groundwater quality in a densely developed coastal neighborhood, Falmouth, Massachusetts, 2016–19
Hydrologic site assessment for passive treatment of groundwater nitrogen with permeable reactive barriers, Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Geochemical conditions and nitrogen transport in nearshore groundwater and the subterranean estuary at a Cape Cod embayment, East Falmouth, Massachusetts, 2013–14
Arsenic, iron, lead, manganese, and uranium concentrations in private bedrock wells in southeastern New Hampshire, 2012-2013
Factors affecting temporal variability of arsenic in groundwater used for drinking water supply in the United States
Heterogeneous redox conditions, arsenic mobility, and groundwater flow in a fractured-rock aquifer near a waste repository site in New Hampshire, USA
Geophysical and flow-weighted natural-contaminant characterization of three water-supply wells in New Hampshire
Continuous resistivity profiling to delineate submarine groundwater discharge - Examples and limitations
Continuous-resistivity profiling for coastal ground-water investigations: Three case studies
Integrated geophysical characterization of the Winthrop Landfill Southern Flow Path, Winthrop, Maine
An integrated surface-geophysical investigation of the University of Connecticut landfill, Storrs, Connecticut: 2000
Non-USGS Publications**
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
Water Cycle Center
Transportation-Related Water Projects in New England
New England Drought Information
Development of a Water Quality Monitoring Strategy for Mount Hope Bay and the Taunton River Estuary, Massachusetts
Water Quality Data Collection to Support Aluminum Criteria Development in Massachusetts
Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM) Transportation Research Board Presentation
National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis (NDAMS)
FHWA 1990 "Driscoll" Model Pollutant Loadings and Impacts from Highway Stormwater Runoff
Photo showing monitoring wells adjacent to Sailfish Drive, Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Photo showing monitoring wells adjacent to Sailfish Drive, Falmouth, Massachusetts.