Current Research Projects

Aquifer-Stream Hydraulic Connectivity

Groundwater - Surface Water Exchange Dynamics in Low- Gradient and Tidally Influenced Streams in the Lower Fraser Valley (PhD, Mitton, in progress) The study aims to build an understanding of groundwater-surface water exchanges in tidally influenced and low-gradient stream systems, and how hydrogeological and hydrological processes interact to drive hydrological variability. A main goal is to link aquifer and stream dynamics mechanistically to environmental response metrics (e.g., hydraulic-habitat, geochemical, and biological variables) to support management decisions related to the evaluation of potential impacts of hydrological alteration (e.g., groundwater pumping) and the determination of environmental flow needs (EFNs) in groundwater dependent, low- gradient, and tidally influenced streams.

This is the final research project being carried out by the GRRG. No further students are being accepted.