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Ed Harvey

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Ed Harvey

Hi, I’m Ed Harvey, professor of hydrogeology, and associate director of the School of Natural Resources.

I’m associated with the hydrologic sciences specialization, the water science major, hydrogeology, geology, and groundwater. Water is humanity’s most needed natural resource.

My research looks at understanding how water moves and behaves within the hydrologic cycle, its interaction and potential for use by humans and ecosystems, and its vulnerability to contamination and degradation. Increasingly, my research is beginning to focus more on the interactions between the hydrologic cycle and ecosystems – an area being called "ecohydrology." My students and I conduct research along the fringes of the discipline and our work overlaps strongly with such other disciplines as meteorology, geology, and ecology in an effort to understand the role of water in earth’s larger, more complex systems.

My present research interests/projects include:

  1. Understanding the role of groundwater in the development and sustenance of western Nebraska's Sandhills fens which are home to a number of glacial relict species;
  2. Groundwater flow, salt transport and groundwater surface-water interactions in eastern Nebraska's saline wetlands which are home to the endangered Salt Creek Tiger Beetle;
  3. The role of rainwater basin wetlands in recharging groundwater and their impact on groundwater contamination from agricultural chemicals; and
  4. Regional groundwater transport and cross-formational flow within the Dakota Aquifer system.
Electrical resistivity imaging cross-section showing the presence of fresher shallow groundwater (tan) overlying deeper saline (blue) groundwater beneath the saline wetlands north of Lincoln.
Electrical resistivity imaging cross-section showing the presence of fresher shallow groundwater (tan) overlying deeper saline (blue) groundwater beneath the saline wetlands north of Lincoln.
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I teach or have taught courses in hydrology, environmental isotope applications in hydrology, chemistry of natural waters, wetlands, groundwater contamination, and groundwater surface-water interaction.

I received my bachelor’s from Olivet Nazarene University in Illinois, my master’s degree from Purdue University in Indiana, and my Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. I’ve been at UNL since January 1996.

 

 

 

 

Key Publications

  • Harvey, F.E., J.F. Ayers, and D.C. Gosselin, 2007, Ground Water Dependence of Endangered Ecosystems: Nebraska’s Eastern Saline Wetlands, Ground Water, 45(6), p. 736-752.
  • Harvey, F.E., J.B. Swinehart and T.M. Kurtz, 2007, Ground Water Sustenance of Nebraska’s Unique Sand Hills Peatland Fen Ecosystems, Ground Water, 45(2), p. 218-234.
  • Annable, W.K., Frape, S.K, O. Shouzkar-Stash, T. Shanoff, R.J. Drimmie, and F.E. Harvey, 2007, 37Cl, 15N, 13C, Isotopic Analysis of Common Agro-chemicals for Identifying Non-point Source Agricultural Contaminants, Applied Geochemistry, 22(7), p. 1530-1536.
  • Eggemeyer, K.D., T. Awada, D.A. Wedin, F.E. Harvey, and X. Zhou, 2006, Ecophysiology of Two Native Invasive Woody Species and Two Dominant Warm-Season Grasses in the Semi-arid Grasslands of the Nebraska Sandhills, International Journal of Plant Sciences, 167(5), p. 991-999.
  • Harvey, F.E., 2005, Stable Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Composition of Precipitation in Northeastern Colorado, Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 41(2), p. 447-459.

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Dr. Ed Harvey and his graduate students are collaborating with Dr. Todd Halihan of Oklahoma State University to use Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI) to map changes in groundwater salinity caused by human-induced changes in the local groundwater flow system beneath eastern Nebraska's saline wetlands.
Dr. Ed Harvey and his graduate students are collaborating with Dr. Todd Halihan of Oklahoma State University to use Electrical Resistivity Imaging (ERI) to map changes in groundwater salinity caused by human-induced changes in the local groundwater flow system beneath eastern Nebraska's saline wetlands.

 

Contact Information
Title(s) Supervisor of the Groundwater Chemistry Laboratory; Director of the Justin Smith Morrill Scholars Program
Professor
Research Hydrogeologist/Geologist; SNR Associate Director
 
SNR Position Associate Director, School of Natural Resources 
Affiliation (index) Geosci, University of Waterloo 
Address 904 Hardin Hall
3310 Holdrege Street
Lincoln NE
68583-0989 
Phone 402-472-0232 
Fax 402-472-2946 
Email feharvey1@unl.edu  
 
Educational Background
BS
 Olivet Nazarene University, 1986
MS
 Purdue University, 1990
PhD
 University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, 1996
 
Academic Information
Office Hours Please phone ahead to make appointment 
Potential Advising for Undergraduate Majors Bachelor of Science in
  • Water Science
Potential Advising for Graduate Program Master of Science with a Specialization in
  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Hydrologic Sciences
Doctor of Philosophy with a Specialization in
  • Hydrologic Sciences
Courses Taught in the Current Semester
Course Number Course Title Day Time Cross Listings
NRES 105  Morrill Scholar Seminar  T  0600-0650 P  n/a 
NRES 105  Morrill Scholar Seminar  M  0600-0650 P  n/a 
NRES 105  Morrill Scholar Seminar  ARR  ARR  n/a 
NRES 419  Chem: Natural Waters  TR  1100-1215 P  GEOL 418/818, NRES 819, WATS 418 
NRES 819  Chem: Natural Waters  TR  1100-1215 P  GEOL 418/818, NRES 819, WATS 418 
Additional Information
SNR Faculties Water, Geology & Soils  
Area of Interests Regional Groundwater Flow, Groundwater Chemistry, Isotope Hydrology, Ecohydrology, Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction 
Contact Preference Email 
Notable Website http://snr.unl.edu/harvey/index.htm 
Notable Website http://casnr.unl.edu/ProspectiveStudents/GettingInvolved/JustinSmithMorrillScholars 
Notable website http://www.snr.unl.edu/harvey/isonetwork.htm 

 

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