Pamela Reilly
Pamela Reilly is a Hydrologist in the Water Quality and Biological Studies Section of the U.S. Geological Survey New Jersey Water Science center.
Her work at the USGS is centered on broad, interdisciplinary studies of water quality, hydrology, geochemistry and ecology. Her present research involves characterizing contaminant sources and mobility in streams and subsurface environments to inform NJ regulatory and remediation actions. Other research interests include understanding urbanization effects on water resources and using innovative tools for contaminant monitoring. She is passionate about taking complex scientific findings and communicating them in way that water-resource managers can use to make public health and regulatory decisions.
Professional Experience
Landslide Monitoring in the Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
Background Soil Arsenic Concentrations in the NJ Coastal Plain
Mercury Variability and Sources in the NJ Coastal Plain
Researching innovative monitoring techniques for HABs
NAWQA SW lead for NJ WSC
1998-1999. Environmental Consultant with RMC Environmental at Lakehurst Naval Base, NJ.
1999-2000. Intern in the Field Operations Unit, USGS New Jersey Water Science Center
2000-Current. Hydrologist in the Water Quality and Biological Research Studies Section at the USGS New Jersey Water Science Center
Education and Certifications
B.S. Biology, Monmouth University, 1998
M.S. Environmental Science, Rutgers University, 2004
Science and Products
Simulated effects of alternative withdrawal strategies on groundwater flow in the unconfined Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, the Rio Grande water-bearing zone, and the Atlantic City 800-foot sand in the Great Egg Harbor and Mullica River Basins, New Jer
Mercury in waters, soils, and sediments of the New Jersey Coastal Plain: A comparison of regional distribution and mobility with the mercury contamination at the William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Microbial transformations of arsenic: Mobilization from glauconitic sediments to water
Arsenic in sediments, groundwater, and streamwater of a glauconitic Coastal Plain terrain, New Jersey, USA-Chemical " fingerprints" for geogenic and anthropogenic sources
Pathways for arsenic from sediments to groundwater to streams: Biogeochemical processes in the Inner Coastal Plain, New Jersey, USA
Hydrostratigraphy, soil/sediment chemistry, and water quality, Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer system, Puchack Well Field Superfund site and vicinity, Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey, 1997-2001
Mercury and methylmercury dynamics in a coastal plain watershed, New Jersey, USA
Hydrogeologic Framework in Three Drainage Basins in the New Jersey Pinelands, 2004-06
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Simulated effects of alternative withdrawal strategies on groundwater flow in the unconfined Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system, the Rio Grande water-bearing zone, and the Atlantic City 800-foot sand in the Great Egg Harbor and Mullica River Basins, New Jer
Groundwater is essential for water supply and plays a critical role in maintaining the environmental health of freshwater and estuarine ecosystems in the Atlantic Coastal basins of New Jersey. The unconfined Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer system and the confined Atlantic City 800-foot sand are major sources of groundwater in the area, and each faces different water-supply concerns. The U.S. GeologicalAuthorsDaryll A. Pope, Glen B. Carleton, Debra E. Buxton, Richard L. Walker, Jennifer L. Shourds, Pamela A. ReillyMercury in waters, soils, and sediments of the New Jersey Coastal Plain: A comparison of regional distribution and mobility with the mercury contamination at the William J. Hughes Technical Center, Atlantic County, New Jersey
Mercury in soils, surface water, and groundwater at the William J. Hughes Technical Center , Atlantic County, New Jersey, has been found at levels that exceed established background concentrations in Coastal Plain waters, and, in some cases, New Jersey State standards for mercury in various media. As of 2012, it is not known whether this mercury is part of regional mercury contamination or whetherAuthorsJulia L. Barringer, Zoltan Szabo, Pamela A. ReillyMicrobial transformations of arsenic: Mobilization from glauconitic sediments to water
In the Inner Coastal Plain of New Jersey, arsenic (As) is released from glauconitic sediment to carbon- and nutrient-rich shallow groundwater. This As-rich groundwater discharges to a major area stream. We hypothesize that microbes play an active role in the mobilization of As from glauconitic subsurface sediments into groundwater in the Inner Coastal Plain of New Jersey. We have examined the poteAuthorsAdam C. Mumford, Julia L. Barringer, William Benzel, Pamela A. Reilly, L.Y. YoungArsenic in sediments, groundwater, and streamwater of a glauconitic Coastal Plain terrain, New Jersey, USA-Chemical " fingerprints" for geogenic and anthropogenic sources
Glauconite-bearing deposits are found worldwide, but As levels have been determined for relatively few. The As content of glauconites in sediments of the Inner Coastal Plain of New Jersey can exceed 100 mg/kg, and total As concentrations (up to 5.95 μg/L) found historically and recently in streamwaters exceed the State standard. In a major watershed of the Inner Coastal Plain, chemical “fingerprinAuthorsJulia Barringer, Pamela A. Reilly, D. D. Eberl, A.E. Blum, J.L. Bonin, Robert Rosman, B. Hirst, M. Alebus, K. Cenno, M. GorskaPathways for arsenic from sediments to groundwater to streams: Biogeochemical processes in the Inner Coastal Plain, New Jersey, USA
The Cretaceous and Tertiary sediments that underlie the Inner Coastal Plain of New Jersey contain the arsenic-rich mineral glauconite. Streambed sediments in two Inner Coastal Plain streams (Crosswicks and Raccoon Creeks) that traverse these glauconitic deposits are enriched in arsenic (15–25 mg/kg), and groundwater discharging to the streams contains elevated levels of arsenic (>80 μg/L at a siteAuthorsJulia L. Barringer, Adam Mumford, Lily Y. Young, Pamela A. Reilly, Jennifer L. Bonin, Robert RosmanHydrostratigraphy, soil/sediment chemistry, and water quality, Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer system, Puchack Well Field Superfund site and vicinity, Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey, 1997-2001
Drinking-water supplies from the Potomac-Raritan-Magothy aquifer system at the Puchack well field in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey, have been contaminated by hexavalent chromium-the most toxic and mobile form-at concentrations exceeding the New Jersey maximum contaminant level of 100 micrograms per liter. Also, scattered but widespread instances of volatile organic compounds (primAuthorsJulia L. Barringer, Richard L. Walker, Eric Jacobsen, Pamela JankowskiMercury and methylmercury dynamics in a coastal plain watershed, New Jersey, USA
The upper Great Egg Harbor River watershed in New Jersey's Coastal Plain is urbanized but extensive freshwater wetlands are present downstream. In 2006-2007, studies to assess levels of total mercury (THg) found concentrations in unfiltered streamwater to range as high as 187 ng/L in urbanized areas. THg concentrations wereAuthorsJ. L. Barringer, M.L. Riskin, Z. Szabo, P.A. Reilly, R. Rosman, J.L. Bonin, J.M. Fischer, H.A. HeckathornHydrogeologic Framework in Three Drainage Basins in the New Jersey Pinelands, 2004-06
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the New Jersey Pinelands Commission, began a multi-phase hydrologic investigation in 2004 to characterize the hydrologic system supporting the aquatic and wetland communities of the New Jersey Pinelands area (Pinelands). The Pinelands is an ecologically diverse area in the southern New Jersey Coastal Plain underlain by the Kirkwood-Cohansey aquifer sAuthorsRichard L. Walker, Pamela A. Reilly, Kara M. Watson