USGS hydrologic technician collecting field parameters during the 2019 well inventory at a farm and ranch in the north central portion of the Fort Peck reservation.
Meryl B Storb , PhD
Meryl is a hydrologist with the WY-MT Water Science Center.
Meryl's research interests are focused on water quality and building understanding of biogeochemical processes and mechanisms surrounding fate and transport for solutes in both surface water and groundwater. This includes studies surrounding sources of solutes, biogeochemical transformations, and solute relationships with flow using both concentration and load perspectives. Meryl’s past studies have focused primarily on nutrients and metals/metalloids originating in mining influenced landscapes, but also landscapes affected by residential development, and agriculture. Meryl has also focused on changes to flow regimes as a result of different mechanisms influencing runoff generation associated with climate change.
Professional Experience
Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center, Helena and Bozeman, MT: 2016 – present
Research and Teaching Assistant, Payn Watershed Hydrology Lab, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT: 2014 – 2024
Consulting Hydrogeologist, Geomatrix/AMEC/Newfields, Missoula, MT: 2008-2014
Research Assistant, Geosciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT: 2005-2008
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Ecology and Environmental Science (Watershed Hydrology), Montana State University, 2024
B.S. Environmental Geology, University of Montana, 2008
Affiliations and Memberships*
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Geophysical Union
Society for Freshwater Science
Science and Products
Evidence of long-range transport of selenium downstream of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley, Canada
Growth of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley (Canada) linked to increasing solute transport of Se, NO3-, and SO42- into the transboundary Koocanusa Reservoir (USA-Canada)
Evidence of selenium transport from Elk River Valley, Canada to the Columbia River
Growth of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley linked to increasing transport of selenium, nitrate, and sulfate into Lake Koocanusa
Assessing the impacts of mining on the Transboundary Koocanusa Reservoir
Flaxville Aquifer
Input Files and WRTDS Model Output for the two major tributaries of Lake Koocanusa
USGS hydrologic technician collecting field parameters during the 2019 well inventory at a farm and ranch in the north central portion of the Fort Peck reservation.
Abandoned Farm on the Northwest Corner of the Fort Peck Reservation
Abandoned Farm on the Northwest Corner of the Fort Peck Reservation
Fallow field on the left and dryland wheat on the right, northwestern corner of the Fort Peck Reservation (near Larslan, MT)
Fallow field on the left and dryland wheat on the right, northwestern corner of the Fort Peck Reservation (near Larslan, MT)
Science and Products
Evidence of long-range transport of selenium downstream of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley, Canada
Growth of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley (Canada) linked to increasing solute transport of Se, NO3-, and SO42- into the transboundary Koocanusa Reservoir (USA-Canada)
Evidence of selenium transport from Elk River Valley, Canada to the Columbia River
Growth of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley linked to increasing transport of selenium, nitrate, and sulfate into Lake Koocanusa
Assessing the impacts of mining on the Transboundary Koocanusa Reservoir
Flaxville Aquifer
Input Files and WRTDS Model Output for the two major tributaries of Lake Koocanusa
USGS hydrologic technician collecting field parameters during the 2019 well inventory at a farm and ranch in the north central portion of the Fort Peck reservation.
USGS hydrologic technician collecting field parameters during the 2019 well inventory at a farm and ranch in the north central portion of the Fort Peck reservation.
Abandoned Farm on the Northwest Corner of the Fort Peck Reservation
Abandoned Farm on the Northwest Corner of the Fort Peck Reservation
Fallow field on the left and dryland wheat on the right, northwestern corner of the Fort Peck Reservation (near Larslan, MT)
Fallow field on the left and dryland wheat on the right, northwestern corner of the Fort Peck Reservation (near Larslan, MT)
*Disclaimer: Listing outside positions with professional scientific organizations on this Staff Profile are for informational purposes only and do not constitute an endorsement of those professional scientific organizations or their activities by the USGS, Department of the Interior, or U.S. Government