Cool, clear rivers of the Texas Hill Country attract visitors for many recreational opportunities. Here, a family enjoys paddleboarding at Schreiner Park during spring break in Kerrville, Texas.
Patricia Ging
Patty Ging is a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Austin, TX. Her interests include various water-quality studies.
Patty's first project with the USGS combined with her masters degree work was on the Bull Creek watershed in the Austin, TX area which was evaluating stream water quality with respect to development. After completing masters degree, she joined the National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program mainly dealing with surface water quality in the South-Central Texas study area and the Trinity River study area. She has been involved in many aspects of the NAWQA program including data management and regional analysis of surface water quality. Patty now oversees all the NAWQA work in Texas including surface water and ground water sampling.
Career Highlights
Use of nitrate isotopes to determine sources of nutrients in small urban watersheds
Water quality studies throughout the state of Texas
Comparison of water quality with two sampling procedures
Organic Compounds in stream water used for public supply
SPARROW modeling of nutrients to the Gulf of Mexico
Water quality in areas overlying hydrocarbon production areas in Texas
Education and Certifications
Patty received a bachelors (1991) and masters degree (1995) in Geology from the University of Texas in Austin.
Science and Products
National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas - Groundwater Activities
National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas - Surface Water Activities
Edwards Aquifer Studies in Texas
Chemical Composition of Bed Sediment and Water Samples Collected in the Houston Ship Channel or Patrick Bayou outlet near the Patrick Bayou Superfund Site, Deer Park, Texas, 2021
Water-Quality and Depth to Water for Groundwater Wells Primarily Completed in the Ogallala Aquifer within the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District, Texas Panhandle, 2012–13 and 2019–20
Water-Quality Data and Geophysical Logs for Determination of Saline Groundwater in Selected Aquifers in Texas, 2021
Geochemical Analysis Results of Hueco Bolson Production Well Groundwater Samples - Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program
Water Quality Data at Brazos River near Rosharon, from July to December 2017-A period that includes the Landfall of Hurricane Harvey
Cool, clear rivers of the Texas Hill Country attract visitors for many recreational opportunities. Here, a family enjoys paddleboarding at Schreiner Park during spring break in Kerrville, Texas.
USGS scientists collecting water quality samples at a public-supply well in Texas, overlying the Eagle Ford shale production area.
USGS scientists collecting water quality samples at a public-supply well in Texas, overlying the Eagle Ford shale production area.
Depth to water and water quality in groundwater wells in the Ogallala aquifer within the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District, Texas Panhandle, 2019–20, and comparison to 2012–13 conditions
Hydrogeologic framework, geochemistry, groundwater-flow system, and aquifer hydraulic properties used in the development of a conceptual model of the Ogallala, Edwards-Trinity (High Plains), and Dockum aquifers in and near Gaines, Terry, and Yoakum Counti
Geochemical assessment of the Hueco Bolson, New Mexico and Texas, 2016–17
Water-quality comparison of the Gulf Coast aquifer system at various scales in Texas from National Water-Quality Assessment groundwater studies, 2013–15
Water-quality comparison of the Gulf Coast aquifer system and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer in Texas from National Water-Quality Assessment Project Principal Aquifer Surveys, 2013 and 2015
Pecos River Basin salinity assessment, Santa Rosa Lake, New Mexico, to the confluence of the Pecos River and the Rio Grande, Texas, 2015
Methane and benzene in drinking-water wells overlying the Eagle Ford, Fayetteville, and Haynesville Shale hydrocarbon production areas
The National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program planned monitoring and modeling activities for Texas, 2013–23
Sources and Delivery of Nutrients to the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico from Streams in the South-Central United States
Geochemical evolution processes and water-quality observations based on results of the National Water-Quality Assessment Program in the San Antonio segment of the Edwards aquifer, Texas, 1996-2006
Organic compounds in Elm Fork Trinity River water used for public supply near Carrollton, Texas, 2002–05
Comparison of temperature, specific conductance, pH, and dissolved oxygen at selected basic fixed sites in south-central Texas, 1996-98
Science and Products
National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas - Groundwater Activities
National Water-Quality Assessment Project in Texas - Surface Water Activities
Edwards Aquifer Studies in Texas
Chemical Composition of Bed Sediment and Water Samples Collected in the Houston Ship Channel or Patrick Bayou outlet near the Patrick Bayou Superfund Site, Deer Park, Texas, 2021
Water-Quality and Depth to Water for Groundwater Wells Primarily Completed in the Ogallala Aquifer within the North Plains Groundwater Conservation District, Texas Panhandle, 2012–13 and 2019–20
Water-Quality Data and Geophysical Logs for Determination of Saline Groundwater in Selected Aquifers in Texas, 2021
Geochemical Analysis Results of Hueco Bolson Production Well Groundwater Samples - Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Program
Water Quality Data at Brazos River near Rosharon, from July to December 2017-A period that includes the Landfall of Hurricane Harvey
Cool, clear rivers of the Texas Hill Country attract visitors for many recreational opportunities. Here, a family enjoys paddleboarding at Schreiner Park during spring break in Kerrville, Texas.
Cool, clear rivers of the Texas Hill Country attract visitors for many recreational opportunities. Here, a family enjoys paddleboarding at Schreiner Park during spring break in Kerrville, Texas.
USGS scientists collecting water quality samples at a public-supply well in Texas, overlying the Eagle Ford shale production area.
USGS scientists collecting water quality samples at a public-supply well in Texas, overlying the Eagle Ford shale production area.