usgs_staff_profile:
meta: status_code: 200 timestamp: '2023-09-30T16:42:50.126411' url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/paul-buszka profile: abstracts: [] affiliations: [] education: [] email: pmbuszka@usgs.gov expertise_terms: - groundwater - water cycle - water quality and geochemistry - wetland ecosystems - groundwater age dating - groundwater-surface water interaction - groundwater pollution - mine drainage - nonpoint-source pollution - pharmaceutical contamination honors: [] intro_statements: - Paul is a Scientist Emeritus (Hydrologist) in the Hydrologic Investigations Section. Paul has worked with USGS in Texas (1984-1993) and in Indianapolis (1993-present) on groundwater, water chemistry, and invasive carp studies in Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. He also worked as a Hydrogeologist with STS Consultants in Green Bay, Wisconsin (1982-84). name: Paul Buszka name_qualifier: null orcid: 0000-0001-8218-826X organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/centers/oki-water organization_name: Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Water Science Center personal_statement: "Paul works with USGS scientific staff, chiefly in Indiana,\ \ Kentucky and Ohio and elsewhere and with USGS partners to identify, facilitate\u202F\ and pursue scientific investigations intended to increase understanding of the\ \ quantity, quality and availability of groundwater and surface water in the\ \ Nation. \u202FTopics of\u202Fthese investigations include:Use of hydrophone\ \ telemetry with USGS streamflow gages to detect radiotagged invasive carpGeochemical\ \ aspects of carbon dioxide at a potential invasive species barrier site in\ \ IllinoisNear-real time reporting of groundwater levels from a dam mitigation\ \ site, KentuckyContinuous surface-water quality monitoring and microbial evaluations\ \ of onshore groundwater and beach sediment at Lake Michigan beaches affected\ \ by E. coliGroundwater hydrology and quality of carbonate aquifers and alluvial\ \ depositsBoron isotope geochemistry and contaminant source evaluationOccurrence,\ \ environmental fate, and tracer applications of volatile organic, wastewater\ \ and pharmaceutical compoundsApplication of elemental ratios to evaluate oil\ \ and gas brine and salinity sourcesGroundwater-age estimates using tritium\ \ and fluorocarbon tracers.Groundwater-surface water interactions and their\ \ relation to wetland restorationWastewater compounds\u202Fin surface water\ \ from a restored wetland and in Lake Michigan tributariesOccurrence of per-and\ \ polyfluorinated substances in domestic wells, southwestern OhioCooperative\ \ relationships with numerous Federal, State, local and private partners were\ \ established or renewed during my term as Supervisory Hydrologist (1993-2019)\ \ in Indianapolis.EducationAttended Michigan State University, East Lansing,\ \ Michigan (B.S., Geology, 1979) and University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario,\ \ Canada, M.Sc., Hydrogeology and Environmental Geochemistry, 1982. M.Sc. research\ \ was on fate and transport of leachate contaminants from a landfill in a terrain\ \ that was depleted in carbonate minerals." professional_experience: [] title: Hydrologist