Faculty and students in the UW-Madison Hydrogeology research group are engaged in investigation into both the applied and purely scientific aspects of hydrogeology. Research interests within the group are diverse and fall under the general categories of groundwater flow, solute transport, groundwater remediation and numerical modeling. Most research projects combine aspects of several of these categories.

Collaboration with UW researchers in departments other than Geology & Geophysics (Civil & Environmental Engineering, for example) is common. There is also significant collaboration between the UW Hydrogeology group and researchers at the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey (WGNHS) and the Middleton office of the US Geological Survey (USGS-Middleton), both of which are located in the Madison metro area.

UW-Madison has long been recognized as one of the premier hydrogeology research universities in the nation. It was at UW-Madison that some of the foundations of the field of hydrogeology were established in the late-19th and early-20th century. This tradition of excellence continues today: in the most recent ranking of hydrogeology graduate programs by US News, UW-Madison was in the top three. Alumni of the program have gone on to highly successful careers in the academic, government and private sectors.

The Hydrogeology program leads to M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Geology & Geophysics. Click here to find out how to apply to the UW-Madison Hydrogeology research group.

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