Long Island Groundwater Research Institute
Highlights of 2014
Research Activity:
- The role of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) in promoting hypoxia in Smithtown Bay (Joseph Tamborski, Ph.D. student)
- Permeable Reactive Barrier at the Forge River Shoreline (Amy Pritt and Christine Gurdon, MS students)
- Assessment of submarine groundwater discharge in Hewlett Bay, (Darlene DeFabio, MS student)
- Water-table mounding under recharge basins (Thomas Fitzpatrick, MS student)
- Modeling skill of leachate at the Brookhaven landfill (Omkar Aphale, Ph.D student)
- Groundwater quality impacts at composting facilities (Coreyn Goddard, MS student)
Professional Services:
- Seven meetings (2014) of the Advisory Council (Suffolk County Water Authority, U.S. Geological Survey, US EPA, NYS DEC, Suffolk County Health Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University’s Center for Regional Policy Studies, Long Island Water Conference, Nassau County Department of Health, Nassau-Suffolk Water Commissioners Association, Nassau County Department of Public Works). Minutes of the meetings are available. https://you.stonybrook.edu/somas/institutes/long-island-groundwater-research-institute/.
- We co-sponsored the 19th Annual Pine Barrens Research Forum (October 2-3, 2014 at BNL). Field Trip: Deer Management and Concerns at Mashomack Preserve.
Institute Faculty served on the following technical and advisory committees:
- LICAP (Long Island Commission for Aquifer Protection)
- Science of the Total Environment, Editorial Board
- Journal of Water Science, Associate Editor
- Pine Barrens Technical Advisory Committee
- Committee for Open-Space Acquisitions, Town of Brookhaven
- Education Committee for the Long Island Water Conference
- Scholarship Committee, New York Section, American Water Works Association
- Suffolk County Groundwater Guardian Team
- Pine Barrens Twinning Cooperative Committee
Education and Outreach:
- The August Guerrera Award is presented each year to a graduate student to encourage the study of groundwater hydrology and chemistry on Long Island. The recipient in 2014 was Christine Gurdon.
- Michael White, Internship with The Suffolk County Water Authority
Publications, reports, and presentations at professional meetings:
Bokuniewicz, H., H. Walker and R. Coffey. 2014. Flooding Impacts on Freshwater Distribution Systems in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, NY State RISE TR-14-15.
Carretero, S; J. Rapaglia, H. Bokuniewicz, E. Kruse, 2014. Impact of sea level rise on saltwater intrusion length into the coastal aquifer of Partido De La Costa Argentina, Journal of Coastal Research.
Coffey, Ruth 2014. Submarine groundwater discharge as an integral environmental “currency” limiting population and development within the ecosphere of small islands. Ph.D. Dissertation, Stony Brook University, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences.
Coffey, R. and Bokuniewicz, H.J. Calculating the average submarine groundwater discharge from discrete, tidally, modulated measurements (Abstract ID: 16573) 2014 AGU Ocean Sciences Conference 23-28 February 2014, Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu Hawaii.
Durand, J. 2014. Characterization of the Spatial and Temporal Variations of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Using Electrical Resistivity and Seepage Measurements. 181 pp.
Durand J. M., Wong T-F. 2014. Freshwater/Seawater Interface Dynamics in the Intertidal Zone at West Neck Bay, Shelter Island, NY. 21st Conference on “Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York” Stony Brook University, April 12.
Finkelstein, J. 2014. Delineation, distribution, and recent history of groundwater use in New York State. MS thesis, Stony Brook University, Geosciences.
Garcia-Orellana, J. J.K. Cochran, H. Bokuniewicz, J.W.R. Daniel, V. Rodellas, C. Heilbrun, 2014. Evaluation of 224Ra as a tracer for submarine groundwater discharge in Long Island Sound (NY) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 141: 314–330.
Goddard, C. and H. Bokuniewicz 2014. Influence of bacteria in compost on groundwater quality. 2014 Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science. National Conference, Los Angeles: October 16- 18th 2014.
Pritt, A. 2014. Groundwater nitrate contamination remediation through permeable reactive barriers on the Forge River, Long Island, New York.
Rapaglia J., C. Grant, H. Bokuniewicz, T. Pick and J. Scholten, 2014. A GIS typology to locate sites of submarine groundwater discharge. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, submitted.
Reutlinger, S. P. 2014. Sorption of Ammonium Ion via Cation Exchange. MS thesis, Hydrogeology Program. Geosciences Stony Brook University: 22pp.
Tamborski, J. JK Cochran, J.K, H.J. Bokuniewicz, A.D. Rogers. Identification of fresh submarine groundwater discharge using thermal infrared imagery. ASLO: Granada, Spain 2/24/2015 @ 15:30.
Tamborski J., 2014. Seasonal Variability of Submarine Groundwater Discharge along the North Shore of Long Island resolved Using RN-222. 21st Conference on “Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York” Stony Brook University, April 12.
Tamborski, J. J.K. Cochran, Henry Bokuniewicz, A. Deanne Rogers. The role of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) in promoting hypoxia in Smithtown Bay, NY AGU Ocean Sciences Conference 23-28 February 2014 / Hawaii Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Thorpe, M.T. and C. Young, 2014. The Geochemistry of Vanadium within the Subterranean Estuary of Stony Brook Harbor, NY. 21st Conference on “Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York” Stony Brook University, April 12.
Tonjes, D.D. and O. Aphale, 2014. The Variable Water Table, Suffolk County, New York. 21st Conference on “Geology of Long Island and Metropolitan New York” Stony Brook University, April 12.
Young, C., J. Tamborski and H. Bokuniewicz, 2015. Embayment Scale Assessment of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Nutrient Loading and Associated Land Use, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science (in press).
Young, C.R., G.N.Hanson and K. Kroeger 2014. Limited dentrification in glacial deposit aquifers having thick unsaturated zones, Hydrology Journal (in press).
