USGS hydrologic technician collecting field parameters during the 2019 well inventory at a farm and ranch in the north central portion of the Fort Peck reservation.
Meryl B Storb
Meryl Storb is hydrologist with the USGS WY-MT Water Science Center.
Meryl is also a PhD candidate in the Payn Watershed Hydrology Lab at Montana State University. She has a B.S. in Environmental Geology from the University of Montana and experience as an environmental consultant. Her past work focused on groundwater studies and Environmental Impact Assessments related to mining, and oil and gas development for a range of clients in the United States, Canada, and West Africa. Meryl's current projects are focused on water quality and building understanding of biogeochemical processes and mechanisms surrounding fate and transport for solutes in both surface water and groundwater.
Professional Experience
2016 – present Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey Wyoming-Montana Water Science Center
2014 – present Ph.D. student, Montana Sate University in the Payn Watershed Hydrology Lab
2008-2014 Hydrogeologist/Environmental Consultant, Geomatrix/AMEC/Newfields, Missoula, MT
2005-2008 Research Assistant/Environmental Health Technician, Missoula City County Health Department – Milltown Dam Removal Project, Missoula, MT.
Education and Certifications
Ph.D. Candidate, Ecology and Environmental Science (Watershed Hydrology), Montana State University, 2014- Present. Anticipated Graduation 2024
B.S. in Environmental Geology from the University of Montana, 2008
Science and Products
Evidence of selenium transport from Elk River Valley, Canada to the Columbia River
Growth of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley linked to increasing transport of selenium, nitrate, and sulfate into Lake Koocanusa
Assessing the impacts of mining on the Transboundary Koocanusa Reservoir
Flaxville Aquifer
Input Files and WRTDS Model Output for the two major tributaries of Lake Koocanusa
USGS hydrologic technician collecting field parameters during the 2019 well inventory at a farm and ranch in the north central portion of the Fort Peck reservation.
Abandoned Farm on the Northwest Corner of the Fort Peck Reservation
Abandoned Farm on the Northwest Corner of the Fort Peck Reservation
Fallow field on the left and dryland wheat on the right, northwestern corner of the Fort Peck Reservation (near Larslan, MT)
Fallow field on the left and dryland wheat on the right, northwestern corner of the Fort Peck Reservation (near Larslan, MT)
Evidence of long-range transport of selenium downstream of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley, Canada
Growth of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley (Canada) linked to increasing solute transport of Se, NO3-, and SO42- into the transboundary Koocanusa Reservoir (USA-Canada)
Science and Products
Evidence of selenium transport from Elk River Valley, Canada to the Columbia River
Growth of coal mining operations in the Elk River Valley linked to increasing transport of selenium, nitrate, and sulfate into Lake Koocanusa
Assessing the impacts of mining on the Transboundary Koocanusa Reservoir
Flaxville Aquifer
Input Files and WRTDS Model Output for the two major tributaries of Lake Koocanusa
USGS hydrologic technician collecting field parameters during the 2019 well inventory at a farm and ranch in the north central portion of the Fort Peck reservation.
USGS hydrologic technician collecting field parameters during the 2019 well inventory at a farm and ranch in the north central portion of the Fort Peck reservation.
Abandoned Farm on the Northwest Corner of the Fort Peck Reservation
Abandoned Farm on the Northwest Corner of the Fort Peck Reservation
Fallow field on the left and dryland wheat on the right, northwestern corner of the Fort Peck Reservation (near Larslan, MT)
Fallow field on the left and dryland wheat on the right, northwestern corner of the Fort Peck Reservation (near Larslan, MT)