E. Mehnert, Ph. D.

Phone: 217-244-2765
Fax: 217-244-2785
E-mail: mehnert@isgs.illinois.edu

Major Research Interests

• Aquifer characterization
• Groundwater contamination by agricultural chemicals
• Numerical modeling of groundwater flow and solute transport
• Groundwater monitoring

Current Projects

• Mahomet Aquifer Consortium
• Transport of agrichemicals in alluvial aquifers
• Nitrate attenuation by riparian woodland: effects of flooding
• Outreach and education on groundwater issues

Selected Publications

Mehnert, E., 2004. The environmental effects of ground-source heat pumps– A preliminary overview, Illinois State Geological Survey Open File Series 2004-2, 9 p.

Mehnert, E., 2004, Temporal variation of denitrification within the shallow groundwater of an agricultural water shed in Illinois: 49th Annual Midwest Ground Water Conference, Bloomington, IN (October 27-29, 2004), Program with Abstracts, p. 43.

Mehnert, E., 1998. Estimating Transmissivity from the Water-Level Fluctuations of a Sinuosidally Forced Well, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 141 p.

Risatti, J. B. and E. Mehnert, 1998. Nitrate attenuation by riparian woodland: injection test experiments, in Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Conference on Research on Agricultural Chemicals in Illinois Groundwater, Illinois Groundwater Consortium, pp. 83-95.

Mehnert, E., K.C. Hackley, D.R. Larson, and S.V. Panno, 1999. The Role of Hydraulic, Chemical and Biological Factors in the Decline of Specific Capacity in the Western Champaign Well Field: A preliminary Investigation, Illinois State Geological Survey Open File Series 1999-5, 48 p.

Heidari, M., K. Ghiassi, and E. Mehnert, 1999. Analysis of pumping tests: significance of well diameter, partial penetration, and noise, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, V. 35, No. 2, pp. 33-347 (ISGS Reprint 1999-e).

Mehnert, E., A.J. Valocchi, M. Heidari, S. Kapoor, and P. Kumar, 1999. Estimating transmissivity from the water-level fluctuations of a sinusoidally forced well, Ground Water, V.37, No. 6, pp. 855-860. (ISGS Reprint 199-i).

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