Richard A Rebich
Richard Rebich coordinates and connects USGS science and scientists to Federal, State, and local partners who need USGS data and science for the many issues that face the Gulf of Mexico region in the U.S. His goal as a science advisor is to make sure that USGS science is impactful to resource decisions and decision makers throughout the Gulf.
Richard began working with the U.S. Geological Survey in August of 1988 for the Mississippi District after completing his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Civil Engineering at the University of Memphis. Richard’s career began in the data section in Jackson, Mississippi, where he ran a field trip but was also a part of all data collection activities. This experience gave him an appreciation for the types of water-resources data the USGS collects, how they are collected, and how data are analyzed. This experience proved valuable as he transitioned to investigative studies that included bridge site hydraulics, flood studies, and water-quality studies. Most of Richard’s career centered on evaluation of on-farm agricultural best management practices to reduce both sediment and nutrient loads. In addition, Richard served as the Water Quality Specialist in Mississippi from 1994 through 2014 and completed nutrient trend studies as well as a regional SPARROW model in the Lower Mississippi River Basin. Richard has been a supervisor since 2007 and was also the Deputy Director for the Lower Mississippi-Gulf WSC. He has been involved with various roles related to the Gulf of Mexico including serving as a Federal lead for Priority Issue Teams of the Gulf of Mexico Alliance and serving in other science initiatives such as the Mississippi Coastal Improvement Program and the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (RESTORE) program. In April of 2023, he joined the Southeast Region as a Science Coordinator focusing on administration priorities and the Gulf of Mexico.
Education and Certifications
Master of Science, Civil Engineering, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN, 1988
Bachelor of Science, Civil Engineering, Memphis State University, Memphis, TN, 1987
Licensed Professional Engineer in Mississippi
Science and Products
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Evaluation of water-quality and habitat assessment data to determine ranges in stream conditions in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain of northwestern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas
No abstract available.
Authors
Richard A. Rebich, Heather L. Welch, Richard H. Coupe
Dynamics of diffuse pollution from US southern watersheds
To understand the effects of diffuse pollution information on the source of pollutants, quantities in transport, mode of transport, transient nature of the pollution event, and most importantly, a consideration of remediation efforts need to be known. For example, water quality research in the Yazoo Basin uplands in Mississippi has shown sediment loads from a conventional-till upland soybean water
Authors
J.D. Schreiber, R.A. Rebich, C.M. Cooper
Mississippi Delta management systems evaluation area; insecticides in runoff, 1996-99
no abstract available.
Authors
L.M. Southwick, Richard A. Rebich, J.L. Fouss, Jeffery A. Ballweber
Mississippi Delta management systems evaluation area
No abstract available.
Authors
Richard Rebich, Jonathon Schreiber, Jonathan Pote, Frank Gwin
Cotton herbicides in the surface waters of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (the Delta)
The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting two studies to assess the environmental fate of herbicides used in cotton producing areas of the southeastern United States. The first study is evaluating surface-water quality on a regional basis and relating water quality to land use. The second study is examining the use of Best Management Practices to reduce off-site movement of agricultural chemicals i
Authors
R.H. Coupe, R.A. Rebich
Trend analyses of sediment data for the DEC project
Daily stream discharge, suspended-sediment concentration, and suspended-sediment discharge data were collected at eight sites in six watersheds of the Demonstration Erosion Control project in the Yazoo River Basin in north-central Mississippi during the period July 1985 through September 1991. The project is part of an ongoing interagency program of planning, design, construction, monitoring, and
Authors
Richard Allen Rebich
Estimation of sediment-discharge reduction for two sites of the Yazoo River basin demonstration erosion control project, north-central Mississippi, 1985-94
Sediment-discharge reduction was estimated at two Demonstration Erosion Control sites in north-central Mississippi for the period 1985 through 1994. Decreasing trends were detected in flow-adjusted sediment discharge at Hotopha Creek near Batesville for the study period. The annual reduction in sediment discharge at this site was about 7 percent (0.68 ton per day per year). Decreasing trends were
Authors
R.A. Rebich
Data requirements for simulation of hydrogeologic effects of liquid waste injection, Harrison and Jackson Counties, Mississippi
Available literature and data were reviewed to quantify data requirements for computer simulation of hydrogeologic effects of liquid waste injection in southeastern Mississippi. Emphasis of each review was placed on quantifying physical properties of current Class I injection zones in Harrison and Jackson Counties. Class I injection zones are zones that are used for injection of hazardous or non-h
Authors
Richard A. Rebich
A literature overview of methods to evaluate and monitor Class I underground injection sites in Mississippi
No abstract available.
Authors
R.A. Rebich
Non-USGS Publications**
Bastian, K.C., Thurman, E.M., and Rebich, R.A., 1998, Comparison of enzyme-linked immunoassay with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for analysis of the cotton herbicide fluometuron, in Proceedings of the 28th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, 1998: Water Resources Research Institute, Mississippi State, Miss., p. 45-55.
Pote, J.W., Rebich, R.A., and Schreiber, J.D., 1996, Assessment of agricultural nonpoint source pollution in the Mississippi Delta – Management Systems Evaluation Areas (MSEA), in Proceedings of The Delta: Connecting Points of View for Sustainable Natural Resources Conference, August 13-16, 1996, Memphis, Tenn.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, pp. 215-218.
Rebich, R.A., 1993, Preliminary trend analyses of stream discharge and sediment data for the Demonstration Erosion Control Project, north-central Mississippi, July 1985 through September 1991, in Proceedings of the 23d Mississippi Water Resources Conference, 1993: Water Resources Research Institute, Mississippi State, Miss., p. 98-109.
Rebich, R.A., 2001, Quality of runoff in the Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Areas Project, 1996-99, in Rebich, R.A. and Knight, S.S., eds., Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Areas Project, 1995-99: Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 377, Mississippi State, Miss., p. 154-168.
Rebich, R.A., 2004, Suspended sediment and agrochemicals in runoff from agricultural systems in the Mississippi Delta – 1996-2000, in Nett, M.T., Locke, M.A., and Pennington, D.A, eds., Water Quality Assessments in the Mississippi Delta – Regional Solutions National Scope, American Chemical Society Symposium Series 877: American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, p. 104-118.
Rebich, R.A., and Knight, S.S., eds., 2001, Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Area Project, 1995-99: Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 377, Mississippi State, Miss., 222 p.
Rebich, R.A., Schreiber, J.D., and Pote, J.W., 1996, Partnerships within the Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Area project in Proceedings of The Delta: Connecting Points of View for Sustainable Natural Resources Conference, August 13-16, 1996, Memphis, Tenn.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, pp. 219-231.
Runner, M.S. and Rebich, R.A., 1997, Estimation of trends in sediment discharge for Hickahala and Peters (Long) Creeks of the Yazoo River Basin Demonstration Erosion Control Project, north-central Mississippi, 1986-95, in Wang, S.Y., Langendoen, E.J, and Shields, F.D, Jr., eds., Management of Landscapes Disturbed by Channel Incision – Stabilization, Rehabilitation, Restoration: University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss. [Proceedings], p. 359-364.
Schreiber, J.D., Rebich, R.A, and Cooper, C.M., 1999, Dynamics of diffuse pollution for US southern watersheds, in Barber, C., Humphries, R., and Dixon, J., eds., Proceedings of the International Conference on Diffuse Pollution – Solutions, Innovations, Western Australia, May 16-20, 1999: International Association on Water Quality, p.118-130.
Schreiber, J.D., Rebich, R.A., and Cooper, C.M., 2001, Comparison of sediment and nutrient transport and best management practices within the Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi, in Proceedings of the Seventh Federal Interagency Conference, March 25-29, 2001, Reno, Nev.: Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project, p.VIII36-VIII43.
Schreiber, J.D., Rebich, R.A., and Pote, J.W., 1996, The Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Area (MSEA) Project, in Proceedings of the Sixth Federal Interagency Conference, March 10-14, 1996, Las Vegas, Nev.: Federal Interagency Sediment Project, p.VIII91-VIII95.
Yuan, Y., Bingner, R.L., and Rebich, R.A., 2001, Evaluation of AnnAGNPS on Mississippi Delta MSEA watersheds: Transactions of the ASAE, v. 44(5), p.1183-1190.
Yuan, Y., Bingner, R.L., and Rebich, R.A., 2003, Evaluation of AnnAGNPS nitrogen loading in an agricultural watershed: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 39, no. 2, p. 457-466.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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Science and Products
Filter Total Items: 22
Evaluation of water-quality and habitat assessment data to determine ranges in stream conditions in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain of northwestern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas
No abstract available.
Authors
Richard A. Rebich, Heather L. Welch, Richard H. Coupe
Dynamics of diffuse pollution from US southern watersheds
To understand the effects of diffuse pollution information on the source of pollutants, quantities in transport, mode of transport, transient nature of the pollution event, and most importantly, a consideration of remediation efforts need to be known. For example, water quality research in the Yazoo Basin uplands in Mississippi has shown sediment loads from a conventional-till upland soybean water
Authors
J.D. Schreiber, R.A. Rebich, C.M. Cooper
Mississippi Delta management systems evaluation area; insecticides in runoff, 1996-99
no abstract available.
Authors
L.M. Southwick, Richard A. Rebich, J.L. Fouss, Jeffery A. Ballweber
Mississippi Delta management systems evaluation area
No abstract available.
Authors
Richard Rebich, Jonathon Schreiber, Jonathan Pote, Frank Gwin
Cotton herbicides in the surface waters of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (the Delta)
The U.S. Geological Survey is conducting two studies to assess the environmental fate of herbicides used in cotton producing areas of the southeastern United States. The first study is evaluating surface-water quality on a regional basis and relating water quality to land use. The second study is examining the use of Best Management Practices to reduce off-site movement of agricultural chemicals i
Authors
R.H. Coupe, R.A. Rebich
Trend analyses of sediment data for the DEC project
Daily stream discharge, suspended-sediment concentration, and suspended-sediment discharge data were collected at eight sites in six watersheds of the Demonstration Erosion Control project in the Yazoo River Basin in north-central Mississippi during the period July 1985 through September 1991. The project is part of an ongoing interagency program of planning, design, construction, monitoring, and
Authors
Richard Allen Rebich
Estimation of sediment-discharge reduction for two sites of the Yazoo River basin demonstration erosion control project, north-central Mississippi, 1985-94
Sediment-discharge reduction was estimated at two Demonstration Erosion Control sites in north-central Mississippi for the period 1985 through 1994. Decreasing trends were detected in flow-adjusted sediment discharge at Hotopha Creek near Batesville for the study period. The annual reduction in sediment discharge at this site was about 7 percent (0.68 ton per day per year). Decreasing trends were
Authors
R.A. Rebich
Data requirements for simulation of hydrogeologic effects of liquid waste injection, Harrison and Jackson Counties, Mississippi
Available literature and data were reviewed to quantify data requirements for computer simulation of hydrogeologic effects of liquid waste injection in southeastern Mississippi. Emphasis of each review was placed on quantifying physical properties of current Class I injection zones in Harrison and Jackson Counties. Class I injection zones are zones that are used for injection of hazardous or non-h
Authors
Richard A. Rebich
A literature overview of methods to evaluate and monitor Class I underground injection sites in Mississippi
No abstract available.
Authors
R.A. Rebich
Non-USGS Publications**
Bastian, K.C., Thurman, E.M., and Rebich, R.A., 1998, Comparison of enzyme-linked immunoassay with gas chromatography/mass spectrometry for analysis of the cotton herbicide fluometuron, in Proceedings of the 28th Mississippi Water Resources Conference, 1998: Water Resources Research Institute, Mississippi State, Miss., p. 45-55.
Pote, J.W., Rebich, R.A., and Schreiber, J.D., 1996, Assessment of agricultural nonpoint source pollution in the Mississippi Delta – Management Systems Evaluation Areas (MSEA), in Proceedings of The Delta: Connecting Points of View for Sustainable Natural Resources Conference, August 13-16, 1996, Memphis, Tenn.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, pp. 215-218.
Rebich, R.A., 1993, Preliminary trend analyses of stream discharge and sediment data for the Demonstration Erosion Control Project, north-central Mississippi, July 1985 through September 1991, in Proceedings of the 23d Mississippi Water Resources Conference, 1993: Water Resources Research Institute, Mississippi State, Miss., p. 98-109.
Rebich, R.A., 2001, Quality of runoff in the Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Areas Project, 1996-99, in Rebich, R.A. and Knight, S.S., eds., Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Areas Project, 1995-99: Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 377, Mississippi State, Miss., p. 154-168.
Rebich, R.A., 2004, Suspended sediment and agrochemicals in runoff from agricultural systems in the Mississippi Delta – 1996-2000, in Nett, M.T., Locke, M.A., and Pennington, D.A, eds., Water Quality Assessments in the Mississippi Delta – Regional Solutions National Scope, American Chemical Society Symposium Series 877: American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, p. 104-118.
Rebich, R.A., and Knight, S.S., eds., 2001, Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Area Project, 1995-99: Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station Information Bulletin 377, Mississippi State, Miss., 222 p.
Rebich, R.A., Schreiber, J.D., and Pote, J.W., 1996, Partnerships within the Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Area project in Proceedings of The Delta: Connecting Points of View for Sustainable Natural Resources Conference, August 13-16, 1996, Memphis, Tenn.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Wildlife Habitat Management Institute, pp. 219-231.
Runner, M.S. and Rebich, R.A., 1997, Estimation of trends in sediment discharge for Hickahala and Peters (Long) Creeks of the Yazoo River Basin Demonstration Erosion Control Project, north-central Mississippi, 1986-95, in Wang, S.Y., Langendoen, E.J, and Shields, F.D, Jr., eds., Management of Landscapes Disturbed by Channel Incision – Stabilization, Rehabilitation, Restoration: University of Mississippi, Oxford, Miss. [Proceedings], p. 359-364.
Schreiber, J.D., Rebich, R.A, and Cooper, C.M., 1999, Dynamics of diffuse pollution for US southern watersheds, in Barber, C., Humphries, R., and Dixon, J., eds., Proceedings of the International Conference on Diffuse Pollution – Solutions, Innovations, Western Australia, May 16-20, 1999: International Association on Water Quality, p.118-130.
Schreiber, J.D., Rebich, R.A., and Cooper, C.M., 2001, Comparison of sediment and nutrient transport and best management practices within the Yazoo River Basin, Mississippi, in Proceedings of the Seventh Federal Interagency Conference, March 25-29, 2001, Reno, Nev.: Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project, p.VIII36-VIII43.
Schreiber, J.D., Rebich, R.A., and Pote, J.W., 1996, The Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Area (MSEA) Project, in Proceedings of the Sixth Federal Interagency Conference, March 10-14, 1996, Las Vegas, Nev.: Federal Interagency Sediment Project, p.VIII91-VIII95.
Yuan, Y., Bingner, R.L., and Rebich, R.A., 2001, Evaluation of AnnAGNPS on Mississippi Delta MSEA watersheds: Transactions of the ASAE, v. 44(5), p.1183-1190.
Yuan, Y., Bingner, R.L., and Rebich, R.A., 2003, Evaluation of AnnAGNPS nitrogen loading in an agricultural watershed: Journal of the American Water Resources Association, v. 39, no. 2, p. 457-466.
**Disclaimer: The views expressed in Non-USGS publications are those of the author and do not represent the views of the USGS, Department of the Interior, or the U.S. Government.
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