Smith, W. Benjamin (2018). Improving Adoption of Aquifer Storage and Recovery in Texas. Doctoral Dissertation, Texas A & M University: College Station, TX. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173533 The first study identifies hydrogeologically feasible locations for ASR across the Gulf Coast and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer systems in Texas, using transmissivity, hydraulic gradient, well density, depth to aquifer, and depth to […]
Publications
Groundwater Sustainability
Simulating groundwater uptake and hydraulic redistribution by phreatophytes in a high-resolution, coupled subsurface-land surface model
Gou, S., Miller, G. R., Saville, C., Maxwell, R. M., & Ferguson, I. M. (2018). Simulating groundwater uptake and hydraulic redistribution by phreatophytes in a high-resolution, coupled subsurface-land surface model. Advances in Water Resources, 121, 245-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.08.008. Highlights Belowground processes in Earth system models continue to present challenges. ParFlow.CLM modified to include more realistic root […]
Understanding and measuring plant water use
Miller, G.R. (2018) Ch 1: Understanding and measuring plant water use, in Water Management for Sustainable Agriculture, ed. Theib Oweis, Burleigh-Dodds Publishing, Cambridge, UK, https://shop.bdspublishing.com/store/bds/detail/workgroup/3-190-56298. Plant uptake of water is controlled by two interconnected balances at the land surface: the partitioning of energy arriving as solar radiation and the partitioning of water arriving as precipitation. […]
The Importance of Bank Storage in Supplying Baseflow to Rivers Flowing Through Compartmentalized, Alluvial Aquifers
Rhodes, K. A., Proffitt, T., Rowley, T., Knappett, P. S. K., Montiel, D., Dimova, N., Tebo, D. Miller, G. R. (2017). The importance of bank storage in supplying baseflow to rivers flowing through compartmentalized, alluvial aquifers. Water Resources Research, 53, 10,539-10,557. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017WR021619 Abstract As water grows scarcer in semiarid and arid regions around the world, new tools are needed to quantify fluxes of water and chemicals […]
Assessing aquifer storage and recovery feasibility in the Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas
Smith, W. B.*, G.R. Miller, and Z. Sheng (2017). Assessing aquifer storage and recovery feasibility in the Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 14:92-108, doi:10.1016/j.ejrh.2017.10.007. Abstract Study region The Gulf Coast and Carrizo-Wilcox aquifer systems in the Gulf Coastal Plains of Texas. Study focus Aquifer storage and recovery is a water storage […]
Earth Systems Modeling in the Brazos River Alluvium Aquifer: Improvement of Computational Methods and Development of Conceptual Model
Merket, Courtney B. (2017). Earth Systems Modeling in the Brazos River Alluvium Aquifer: Improvement of Computational Methods and Development of Conceptual Model. Master’s thesis, Texas A & M University. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/173043 Traditional hydrologic modeling has compartmentalized the water cycle into distinct components (e.g. rainfall-runoff, river routing, or groundwater flow models). In river valley alluvium aquifers, these […]
Attitudes of Incoming Civil Engineering Students toward Sustainability as an Engineering Ethic
Miller, G. and Brumbelow, K. (2017). “Attitudes of Incoming Civil Engineering Students toward Sustainability as an Engineering Ethic.” J. Prof. Issues Eng. Educ. Pract., 10.1061/(ASCE)EI.1943-5541.0000306 , http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/%28ASCE%29EI.1943-5541.0000306. This study presents the results of a survey of new civil engineering students at a large, conservative, land-grant university. Students were asked a set of questions about engineering […]
Using Envision to Assess the Sustainability of Groundwater Infrastructure: A Case Study of the Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project
Saville CR, Miller GR, Brumbelow K. Using Envision to Assess the Sustainability of Groundwater Infrastructure: A Case Study of the Twin Oaks Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project. Sustainability. 2016; 8(5):501. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su8050501. The ISI (Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure) Envision rating system is designed to be a comprehensive sustainability assessment that can be applied to a wide […]
Study of Multi-Scale Plant-Groundwater Interactions
Gou, Si (2014). Study of Multi-Scale Plant-Groundwater Interactions. Doctoral dissertation, Texas A&M University. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/153271 Groundwater serves as one of the main and reliable water sources for human-being and groundwater dependent ecosystems (GDEs). GDEs are threatened by insufficient groundwater supply, due to increasing groundwater extraction and climate change. Sustainable groundwater management should address the water needs […]
Mapping Potential Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems for Sustainable Management
Gou, S., Gonzales, S. and Miller, G. R. (2015), Mapping Potential Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems for Sustainable Management. Groundwater, 53: 99–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12169. Ecosystems which rely on either the surface expression or subsurface presence of groundwater are known as groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDEs). A comprehensive inventory of GDE locations at an appropriate management scale is a necessary first-step for […]