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PhD Candidate
Aquatic Ecology
Odum School of Ecology
University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia
Kathleen Rugel
Research Interests:
groundwater withdrawal sustainablity
hydrologic connectivity
protecting ecosystem services
protecting agricultural interests
Lower Flint River Basin watersheds
Research Objectives:
To quantify the historic and current
affects of groundwater withdrawals on hydrologic systems in the lower Flint River Basin
To develop methods for locating and predicting areas of fracture flow between surface water and groundwater systems in the lower Flint
Curriculum vitae