Robert Francis Breault
Robert Francis Breault is the Center Director for the New York Water Science Center (NYWSC).
Accomplished Center Director for the New York Water Science Center (NYWSC) with a strong record of success managing Center operations while providing leadership, oversight and implementation of Center mission and program mission based on expertise gained during exemplary career with the US Geological Survey for more than 20 years. Earned Master of Science (MS) in Chemistry (Environmental Studies Option) from the University of Massachusetts and published more than 20 papers in peer-reviewed publications. Demonstrate expertise overseeing professional, technical and support personnel, planning and scheduling work, encouraging diverse workforce, and maintaining workforce plans while directing, motivating, training, guiding, and supervising up to 100 employees. Ensure quality of data and publications by means of reporting, reviewing, and approving publishing. Increase and promote USGS programs as a key leader while building effective relationships with pertinent officials.
Science and Products
New York Water Science Center Data Program
World Water Monitoring Day
Adopted by Water Environment Federation (WEF) in July 2006, World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) is an international outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world. Held annually between September 18 and October 18, the program engages communities in monitoring the condition of local rivers, streams, estuaries and other water bodies. Since its inception in 2002, more than 80,000 people have participated in 50 countries.
Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad is a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers. These goals are accomplished through classroom activities, research, training workshops and the encouragement of intramural, district, regional, state and national tournaments. The USGS partners with the Groundwater Foundation and other agencies and organizations to help make Science Olympiad events possible. The NYWSC has coached students in the Awesome Aquifer activity at the middle school regional competition.
The Native American Research Assistantship Program—Building capacity for Indigenous water-resources monitoring
Preparing for today's and tomorrow's water-resources challenges in eastern Long Island, New York
A century of hydrologic data collection prepares western Long Island for current and future water-resources challenges
Managing water resources on Long Island, New York, with integrated, multidisciplinary science
Water for Long Island: Now and for the future
Do you ever wonder where your water comes from? If you live in Nassau or Suffolk County, the answer is, groundwater. Groundwater is water that started out as precipitation (rain and snow melt) and seeped into the ground. This seepage recharges the freshwater stored underground, in the spaces between the grains of sand and gravel in what are referred to as aquifers. Long Island has three primary aq
Estimated sediment thickness, quality, and toxicity to benthic organisms in selected impoundments in Massachusetts
Hydrologic, vegetation, and soil data collected in selected wetlands of the Big River Management area, Rhode Island, from 2008 through 2010
Time of travel and dispersion of a dye plume in the Blackstone River, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, 2009
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2010
Concentrations, loads, and sources of polychlorinated biphenyls, Neponset River and Neponset River Estuary, eastern Massachusetts
Streamflow, water quality, and constituent loads and yields, Scituate Reservoir drainage area, Rhode Island, water year 2009
Streamflow, Water Quality, and Constituent Loads and Yields, Scituate Reservoir Drainage Area, Rhode Island, Water Year 2005
Science and Products
New York Water Science Center Data Program
World Water Monitoring Day
Adopted by Water Environment Federation (WEF) in July 2006, World Water Monitoring Day (WWMD) is an international outreach program that builds public awareness and involvement in protecting water resources around the world. Held annually between September 18 and October 18, the program engages communities in monitoring the condition of local rivers, streams, estuaries and other water bodies. Since its inception in 2002, more than 80,000 people have participated in 50 countries.
Science Olympiad
Science Olympiad is a nonprofit organization devoted to improving the quality of science education, increasing student interest in science and providing recognition for outstanding achievement in science education by both students and teachers. These goals are accomplished through classroom activities, research, training workshops and the encouragement of intramural, district, regional, state and national tournaments. The USGS partners with the Groundwater Foundation and other agencies and organizations to help make Science Olympiad events possible. The NYWSC has coached students in the Awesome Aquifer activity at the middle school regional competition.
The Native American Research Assistantship Program—Building capacity for Indigenous water-resources monitoring
Preparing for today's and tomorrow's water-resources challenges in eastern Long Island, New York
A century of hydrologic data collection prepares western Long Island for current and future water-resources challenges
Managing water resources on Long Island, New York, with integrated, multidisciplinary science
Water for Long Island: Now and for the future
Do you ever wonder where your water comes from? If you live in Nassau or Suffolk County, the answer is, groundwater. Groundwater is water that started out as precipitation (rain and snow melt) and seeped into the ground. This seepage recharges the freshwater stored underground, in the spaces between the grains of sand and gravel in what are referred to as aquifers. Long Island has three primary aq