Meryl Storb is hydrologist with the USGS WY-MT Water Science Center.
Meryl is also a PhD candidate in the Payn Watershed Hydrology Lab at Montana State University. She has a B.S. in Environmental Geology from the University of Montana and experience as an environmental consultant. Her past work focused on groundwater studies and Environmental Impact Assessments related to mining, and oil and gas development for a range of clients in the United States, Canada, and West Africa. Meryl's current projects 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.
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Growth of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley linked to increasing transport of selenium, nitrate, and sulfate into Koocanusa Reservoir
The Koocanusa Reservoir (also called Lake Koocanusa) is a transboundary reservoir that's located in northwestern Montana and southwestern British Columbia, Canada (BC) and encompasses the headwaters of the Kootenai watershed, eventually flowing into the Columbia River. Coal mining has occurred in the Elk River watershed in British Columbia, Canada for more than 100 years. Concentrations of...
Flaxville Aquifer
The Flaxville aquifer is present in the northern and central parts of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and consists of sand and gravel that forms extensive plateaus and topographic benches used for dryland farming. Because many residents rely on groundwater as their primary water supply on the Reservation, the Flaxville and underlying aquifers are important sources of groundwater. The goal of this...
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Growth of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley linked to increasing transport of selenium, nitrate, and sulfate into Koocanusa Reservoir
The Koocanusa Reservoir (also called Lake Koocanusa) is a transboundary reservoir that's located in northwestern Montana and southwestern British Columbia, Canada (BC) and encompasses the headwaters of the Kootenai watershed, eventually flowing into the Columbia River. Coal mining has occurred in the Elk River watershed in British Columbia, Canada for more than 100 years. Concentrations of...Flaxville Aquifer
The Flaxville aquifer is present in the northern and central parts of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation and consists of sand and gravel that forms extensive plateaus and topographic benches used for dryland farming. Because many residents rely on groundwater as their primary water supply on the Reservation, the Flaxville and underlying aquifers are important sources of groundwater. The goal of this... - Data
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