Environmental Hydrology Laboratory

Director:         Professor Steven Buchberger

Location:         Rhodes 709 (this room also serves as a staging area for field work, since most data collection occurs away from campus labs).

Research Area: Stochastic demands and mass transport in water distribution systems.

Instruction Areas:  Hydrology, Hydraulics, Reliability-Based Design

Laboratory Equipment:     see list below....

Turner 10A Fluorometer – This instrument measures and records concentrations of fluorescent substances in water.  It has been used most recently in the lab to help estimate dispersion rates in intermittent laminar flow.

ATI Chlorine Analyzer – Two of these instruments are available for use in the field to measure the concentration of free chlorine in drinking water. 

Solomat Neotronic 803PS water quality probe  – Two of these sondes are available for use in the field to measure various water quality parameters in drinking water (e.g., pH, dissolved oxygen, temperature, conductivity, ORP).

Rustrak Ranger II data loggers – Dozens of these units are available for use in the field to record  measurements made by water quality probes and flow meters.