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UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO
GROUNDWATER RESEARCH GROUP
Director - Professor K.W.F. Howard
Dept. Physical
and Environmental Sciences, University of Toronto Scarborough
1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, Ontario, M1C
1A4, CANADA
Tel: 416/287 7233 Fax: 416/287 7279
e-mail: ken.howard@utoronto.ca
Research
Facilities and Equipment
The
groundwater research group is based on the Scarborough Campus but interacts
strongly and effectively with departments on the St. George Campus. It works
on projects throughout the world including China, Europe, Central America and Australia. Once known for its
exhaustive field studies and comprehensive data collection, the group now
tends to work with existing data using statistical packages and advanced
computer models to perform hydrogeological analysis. (Research Papers).
Where necessary
the group has access to world class laboratory research facilities
including TRACES the
newest state-of-the-art analytical laboratory on the UTSC campus. It contains
all the modern analytical instruments required for a leading-edge chemical,
biological and physical sciences department.
For hydrophysical and contaminant flow experiments
the hydrogeological laboratory supports an aquifer simulation tank with
manometers and peristaltic pumps, soil columns, and a range of soil
permeameters.
To support
the research operation the group maintains a facility for numerical modelling
and GIS analysis. The facility is fully equipped with scanners, digitizers and laser printers. The system is fully linked
to the internet. Most of the machines are Windows based
and run a wide range of software including MS OFFICE PROFESSIONAL, ADOBE ACROBAT, AISUWRS UGROW (includes standalone finite
element groundwater flow model), DHI-WASY FEFLOW 6 FM3 (DHI-WASY), Visual
MODFLOW Professional with SEAWAT, AQTESOLV, ArcGIS, SWS AquaChem
5.1, SPSS Statistics 18.0, SWS Hydro GeoAnalyst,
DHI Mike-software.
Graduate students since 1990 include:
1988-92:
Scott MacRitchie (M.Sc.) , Dept. Geology/I.E.S.
"Temperature logging
of a shallow fractured groundwater flow system"
1988-93:
Mark Jensen (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology.
"Groundwater
response to head fluctuations in the Adam Beck Control Reservoir, Niagara
Falls"
1989-92:
Elizabeth Mullings (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology.
"The use of
hydrochemistry and environmental isotopes to characterize and determine the
source and hydrodynamics of the saline groundwaters of the Clarendon Basin
Jamaica"
1990-93:
Steve Livingstone (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology.
"Groundwater
contaminant model of chemical mass loading and discharge into the Great Lakes
Basin"
1990-91:
Joe Arengi (M.Sc.) . Dept.
Geology.
"POLLUTE analysis
of contaminant transport from a proposed landfill at Whitevale,
Ontario" (Course masters - thesis course only)
1991- :
Richard Taylor (Ph.D.) . Dept. Geology.
"Hydrogeology of
the Regolith overlying the Crystalline Basement Complex of Uganda"
1991-94 : Rick Gerber (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology.
"Recharge
Mechanisms and Water Balance for the Oak Ridges Moraine"
1991-94:
Philip Smart (M.Sc.) . Dept. Geology.
"A
three-dimensional groundwater flow model for the Oak Ridges Moraine"
1994-98:
Rick Gerber (Ph.D.) Dept. Geology.
"Mechanisms
of recharge through low permeability aquitards"
1998-00:
Geoffrey Mowatt (M.Sc.) Dept. Geology.
"The Yonge
Street Aquifer"
1999-04: Tecia White (M.Sc.) Primary Supervisor. Dept. Geology.
“The hydrogeologic
function of ORM Kettle Lakes”
*2000-04: Stephen DiBiase (M.Sc.) Primary Supervisor. Dept. Geology.
“Constraints on recharge
management using artificial infiltration technologies”
1999-02: Isabelle
Drouin-Brisebois (M.Sc.) Primary Supervisor. Dept.
Geology.
“The urban water
balance”
2001-07
: Mandana Meriano (Ph.D.) Primary Supervisor (co with Eyles) . Dept.
Geology.
“Groundwater- Surface water
interaction in Frenchman’s Bay Watershed, Ontario: Implications for urban
recharge, contaminant storage and migration”
2002-08: Jennifer
MacDonald (MSc.) Primary Supervisor). Dept. Geology.
“Nova Scotia Aquifer
Yields”
2005-07: Herb Maier
(MSc.) Primary Supervisor. Environmental Science UTSC
“Model simulations of
transient flow behaviour in the hyporheic zone”
2007-08
: Anne Griffith (MSc.) Primary Supervisor. Environmental Science UTSC
“Groundwater flow model
and impact assessment of the Absheron Peninsula,
Azerbaijan”
2009- : Herb Maier
(Ph.D.) Primary Supervisor. Environmental Science UTSC
“Brine plume origin and
behaviour in Alberta”
2011 : Ana Zaknic-Catovic (MSc.) Primary
Supervisor. Environmental Science UTSC
“Model simulation of the
remediation program proposed for Rockfort Quarry”
2011 : Mathew Webb (MSc.) Primary
Supervisor. Hydrogeology. Univ. Birmingham
“Effects of climate
change on seawater incursion in coastal aquifers”
2013:
Ben Kapfenberger (MSc.) Primary Supervisor.
Environmental Science UTS
“Scientific validity of
Canada’s WHPA/SPA regulations.
2015:
Munthir Al-Moslem (MSc.) Primary Supervisor.
Environmental Science UTSC
“Assessment of
groundwater contamination in an agricultural area (AlHasa,
East Province, Saudi Arabia)”
2016: Natalie
Semcesen
(MSc.) Primary Supervisor. Environmental Science UTSC
“Impacts of the
downspout disconnection program on groundwater in Toronto
2020: Chengcheng Li, (Ph.D.) China University of Geosciences
(Wuhan) Co-Supervisor
“Application of GIS to
urban recharge assessment.
2019: Qinshan Ma, (Ph.D.) Hohai
University, Nanjing, China. Co-Supervisor.
“The influence of porous
media deformation on contaminant transport.
2020: Lianghua Lu, (Ph.D.) Institute of Geology and Geophysics
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Co-Supervisor. “Chemical
modeling and the transport of chemicals in the subsurface.”
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