Gregory E. Granato

Water-Quality Studies, Database Design, Ground-Water Modeling, and Technology Development

Work Experience

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), May 1992-Present

• Project Chief, Hunt-Annaquatucket-Pettasquamscutt Drought project . Evaluation of watershed behavior and stream-aquifer conjunctive-management alternatives in response to drought: application to the Hunt-Annaquatucket-Pettaquamscutt System, Rhode Island. Development of a decision-support system

• Optimization Specialist, Pawcatuck Optimization project . Ground-water and Surface-water resources of the Pawcatuck River Basin in southern Rhode Island and Southeastern Connecticut

• Project Chief, USGS and Federal Highway Administration Stochastic Empirical Loading and Dilution Model (SELDM) development project .

• Project Chief, Big River Water Management Project, ground-water modeler. MODFLOW modeling to assess the availability of water for public supply in a stratified drift aquifer in Rhode Island and do an optimization study to maximize yield while minimizing effects on streamflows

• Project Chief, USGS and Federal Highway Administration National Highway-Runoff Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis, a project designed to catalog and assess available published information relevant to the study of stormwater runoff water-quality.

• Project Chief, Rhode Island Water Supply System Management Plan (WSSMP) Database System, a project designed to design a WSSMP database structure that can integrate data about Rhode Island's water supply infrastructure with long-tem water use information needs.  

• Co-Project Chief, Automated Process For Monitoring Ground-Water Quality, a project designed to develop a robotic ground-water quality technology for research and potential commercial applications.

• Team Leader, Stream Flow Statistics For Massachusetts Internet/JAVA Application, implementation team. Led a team including GIS, computer, publications, technical staff, MassGIS, and the Java consultant to successfully quality assure the underlying database and  implement this application using the available computer resources. Redesigned and implemented the web page interface and developed an on-line interactive training interface.  

• Hydrologist, The Massachusetts State Route 25 Salt Project, a project designed to evaluate the effectiveness of different highway-runoff drainage-system designs as best management practices to mitigate ground-water contamination by road salt in highway runoff.

• Hydrologist,  USGS National Research Program, Digital Modeling of Transport in the Saturated Zone a project designed to develop, integrate and apply the U.S. Geological Survey method-of-characteristics solute-transport model (MOC).

Private Sector

• HAMILTON STANDARD, Sea and Space Division, Windsor Locks CT.  JUNE 1988-SEPT. 1990, Design Engineer worked on INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION PROTOTYPE water & air treatment/purification systems. Designed systems utilize: Carbon adsorption, Ion exchange, Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Phase change, Catalytic-oxidant reduction of organics, filtration, chemical and thermal sterilization. Design of systems for passive microbe control.  Was involved in two generations of prototype units from the early design stages through the assembly of prototype hardware.

• HI-TECH EXTRUSION SYSTEMS, PAWCATUCK CT. SUMMER 1987 Mechanical Draftsman using computer aided design (Autocad) to design manufacturing tool components .

• NORTHEAST UTILITIES MILLSTONE NUCLEAR PLANT JUNE 86-JAN 87 Mechanical Draftsman using computer aided design (Autocad and CADVANCE) to document all the design and construction plans for the nuclear plant in a computer format.  

Academic Research Positions

• UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA, Charlottesville Va. JAN 1991-May 1992  Graduate Research Assistant, Mathematically modeling the fall velocity of sediments in oscillating fluids as a component of  the Chesapeake Bay Water-Quality Model.

• UNIVERSITY of HARTFORD, Engineering Applications Center, Hartford,  CT. JAN 1988-June 1988, Research Assistant, Designed, and constructed an industrial robot work cell,  installed and programmed a Cincinnati Milacron pick-and-place industrial robot for a materials handling application.

Military, United States Marine Corps and Reserve 1984-1990 

• Platoon Sergeant, Rifleman, supervised and lead fellow Marines through the jungles of Japan, the deserts of California, the mountains and swamps of New England, and the Arctic Circle in Norway. 

Education

• UNIVERSITY of VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE VA. JAN.1991-MAY 1992 M.S. DEGREE Environmental Engineering (Civil) GPA: 3.84/4.0

• UNIVERSITY of HARTFORD, HARTFORD CT. JAN 1986-MAY 1988 B.S. DEGREE Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering GPA: 3.52/4.0

• THAMES VALLEY STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE, NORWICH CT. SEPT 1983-DEC 1985 A.S. DEGREE Mechanical Engineering Technology GPA: 3.89/4.0

Patents

Granato, G.E. and Smith, K.P., 2000, Automated Groundwater Monitoring System and Method: Washington D.C., U.S. Government Patent and Trademark Office, United States Patent 6,021,664, 31 p. (abstract & PDF on line) USPTO full text database entry

Smith, K.P. and Granato; G.E., 2005, Automated self-calibrating water quality monitoring sensor housing assembly: Washington D.C., U.S. Government Patent and Trademark Office, United States Patent 6,936,156, 9 p. (abstract & PDF on line) USPTO full text database entry

Publications

  The On-Line Publications are available in ADOBE Acrobat PDF format. If you do not have the free Acrobat viewer program you will need it to view the fact sheet document. The free Acrobat viewer program is available for DOS, Windows, Macintosh and some UNIX systems.

Granato, G.E., 2006, Kendall-Theil Robust Line (KTRLine--version 1.0)—A visual basic program for calculating and graphing robust nonparametric estimates of linear-regression coefficients between two continuous variables: Techniques and Methods of the U.S. Geological Survey, book 4, chap. A7, 31 p.Report On-Line Software On-Line

Granato, G.E., and Barlow, P.M., 2005, Effects of alternative instream-flow criteria and water-supply demands on ground-water development options in the Big River Area, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5301, 110 p.Report On-Line

Granato, G.E., Kostick, D.S., and Cazenas, P.A., 2004, Overview of Chloride in the Environment in Hauser, Emilie (Ed.), Rising Salt Concentrations in Tributaries of the Hudson River Estuary Proceedings, December 6, 2004, Altamont, NY: Hudson River Environmental Society, 42 p. Report On-Line

Granato, G.E., 2004, Rhode Island Water-Supply System Management Plan Database (WSSMP—Version 1.0): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 04-1231, 77 p. Report On-Line Plate on line

Granato, G.E., and Barlow, P.M., 2004, Hydrogeology and simulated effects of ground-water withdrawals in the Big River area, Rhode Island: Abstract in: Gould, L.L., Rhode Island Natural History Survey's 9th Annual Conference: Ecological Research in Rhode Island, Cranston, RI, March 5, 2004, p. 21

Granato, G.E., Barlow, P.M., and Dickerman, D.C., 2003, Hydrogeology and Simulated Effects of Ground-Water Withdrawals in the Big River Area, Rhode Island, U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 03-4222, 76 p. Report On-Line

Granato, G.E., Zenone, C., and Cazenas, P.A. (eds.), 2002, National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis, Volume I --Technical issues for monitoring highway runoff and urban stormwater: Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-EP- 03-054, 479 p.  Report On-Line 

Granato, G.E., Dionne, S.G., Tana, C.T., and King, T.L., 2002, National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis, Volume II -- Project documentation: Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-EP-03-055, 22 p. with CD-ROM Report On-Line 

Granato, G.E., 2002, National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis, Volume III -- Availability and documentation of published information for use in regional or national highway-runoff quality data synthesis: Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-EP-03-056, 71 p. Report On-Line 

Granato, G.E., and Smith, K.P.,2002,Robowell - Providing accurate and current water-level and water-quality data in real time for protecting the Nation’s ground-water resources: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-053-02, 6 p. Report On-Line (815 K) PDF File

Granato, G.E., Dionne, S.G., Tana, C.T., and King, T.L., 2002, National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis: Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-EP-02-008, CD-ROM

Granato, G.E., VBVenn--A Visual Basic program for calculating and graphing two-circle Venn diagrams: in Granato, G.E., Dionne, S.G., Tana, C.T., and King, T.L., 2002, National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis: Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA-EP-02-008, CD-ROM abstract, report, and Software on line

Granato,G.E., and Smith, K.P.,2001,Automated groundwater monitoring with Robowell--case studies and potential applications: in Jensen, J.O., and Burggraf, L.W., (eds.) Chemical and biological early warning monitoring for water, food, and ground proceedings 4574: Bellingham WA, Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers, Photonics Boston, 28 October 2001, p. 32-41.  Report On-Line (205K) PDF File

Granato, G.E., and Tessler, Steven, 2001, Data model and relational database design for highway runoff water-quality metadata: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-480, 27 p.  Report on-line  (421 K) PDF file. abstract, report plate, and Software on line

Granato, G.E., Driskell, T.R., and Nunes, Catherine, 2000, CHEMICAL HELP--A computer help application for classification and identification of stormwater constituents: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-468, 10 p.  Report on-line  (1,100 K) PDF file.  For Information on how to download the ChemHelp software, and related files click here: ChemHelp   abstract on line

Granato, G.E., and Smith, K.P., 2000, Robowell--Groundwater Monitoring Technology: in National Environmental Monitoring Technology Conference, Boston, Mass., September, 2000, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (abstract), variously paged. (abstract on line)

Granato G.E., and Smith, K.P., 1999, Robowell: An automated process for monitoring ground water quality using established sampling protocols. Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, v. 19, no. 4,  p. 81-89. Report on-line a (329K) PDF file.

Granato, G.E., and Smith, K.P., 1999, Estimating concentrations road-salt constituents in highway-runoff from measurements of specific conductance U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4077,  22 p. Report on-line a (555K) PDF file.

Granato G.E., and Smith, K.P., 1999, Robowell: A reliable and accurate automated data collection process applied to reactive wall monitoring on Cape Cod at the Massachusetts Military Reservation: In Morganwalp, D.W., and Buxton, H.T., eds., 1999, U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program--Proceedings of the Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999-- Volume 3 -- Subsurface Contamination from Point Sources: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4018C, p. 447-455. Report on-line a (184K) PDF file.

Granato, G.E., 1999, Computer Program for Point Location and Calculation of ERror (PLACER):U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 99-99, 36 p. Report on-line a (264K) PDF file.  For Information on how to download the PLACER software, and related files click here:   PLACER   abstract on line

Granato, G.E., Bank, F.G., and Cazenas P.A., 1998, Data quality objectives and criteria for: basic information, acceptable uncertainty, and quality assurance and quality control documentation: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 98-394, 17 p.  Report on-line a (179K) PDF file. abstract on line

Granato, G.E., 1996, Deicing chemicals as a source of constituents in highway runoff. Transportation Research Record 1533, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington D.C., p. 50-58.  (abstract on line) Report on-line a (1,900K) PDF file.

Granato G.E., Church, P.E., Stone V.J., 1995, Mobilization of Major and Trace Constituents of Highway Runoff in Groundwater Potentially Caused by Deicing-Chemical Migration, Transportation Research Record 1483, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington D.C.,  p. 92-104. (abstract on line) Report on-line a (1,900K) PDF file.

Granato G.E., Konikow L.F., and Sirinivasan P., 1993. PREMOC 4.0 A preprocessor for the USGS-2D Model MOC. International Ground Water Modeling Center, FOS 23. 22 p.

Granato, G.E., 1992, Theoretical Investigation of Particle Fall Velocity in an Oscillating Flow: Unpublished Masters thesis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA., 96 p.

Granato, G.E., and Krisst R., 1988, Robotics Feasibility Study for Stanley Works: Phase I, The Engineering Applications Center of the University of Hartford, Report EAC 88-7, 78 p.

Bank, F.G., Cazenas P.A., Cutshall, C.D., Granato, G.E., Iyer B., Jongedyk, H., Palumbo, V.J., Prendergast G., Salter, J., Storey B., Young, G.K., 1997, Water Quality and Hydrology: in Environmental Research Needs in Transportation, Transportation Research Circular 469, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington D.C. p. 73-80.

Barlow, P.M., Ahlfeld, D.P. and Granato, G.E., 2006, A Simulation-Optimization Model for Evaluation of Ground-Water Development Options Constrained by Minimum Streamflow Requirements and Water-Supply Demands: in MODFLOW and more 2006: Hill & Zheng (eds), Managing Ground-Water Systems - Conf. Proc., Poeter, International Ground Water Modeling Center, Golden CO, 283-287, 2006.Report on line

Barlow, P.M., Ahlfeld, D.P. and Granato, G.E., 2004, Sustainable Ground-Water Development Constrained By Minimum Instream-Flow Requirements and Water-Supply Demands In Rhode Island, USA--Session No. 166 Sustainable Management of Water Resources Annual Meeting (November 7-10, 2004): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 36, No. 5, Paper No. 166-1, p. 389.abstract on line

Breault, R.F., and Granato, G.E., 2000, A synopsis of technical issues for monitoring trace elements in highway and urban runoff: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 00-422, 67 p. Report on-line a (535K) PDF file. abstract on line

Buckler, D.R., and Granato, G.E., 1999, Assessing biological effects from highway-runoff constituents: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 99-240, 45 p.  Report on-line a (535K) PDF file. abstract on line

Cazenas P.A., Granato, G.E., 2003, National Highway Runoff Water-Quality Data and Methodology Synthesis: Transportation Research Board 82nd Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers CD-ROM, Washington D.C., National Academies of Science, Transportation Research Board, 23 p. Report on-line a (400K) PDF file.

Church, P.E., Granato, G.E., and Owens, D.W., 1999, Basic requirements for collecting, documenting, and reporting precipitation and stormwater-flow measurements: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 99-255, 30 p. Report on-line a (553K) PDF file. abstract on line

Church, P.E. and Granato, G.E., 1996, Cross contamination: Bias in ground-water data caused by well-bore flow in long-screen wells: in Proceedings of the Geological Society of America, Denver, Colorado, October 28-31, 1996.

Church, P.E. and Granato, G.E., 1996, Bias in ground-water data caused by well-bore flow in long-screen wells: Ground Water, Vol. 34, No. 2, p. 262-273. (abstract on line)

Church, P.E., Armstrong, D.S., Granato, G.E., Stone, V.J., Smith, K.P., and Provencher, P.L., 1996, Effectiveness of highway-drainage systems in preventing contamination of ground water by road salt, Route 25, southeastern Massachusetts--description of study area, data collection programs, and methodology, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-317, 72  p. (abstract on line) (Report on line)

Dionne, S.G., Granato, G.E., and Tana, C.K, 1999, Method for examination and documentation of basic information and metadata from published reports relevant to the study of stormwater runoff quality: U.S. Geological Survey Open File Report 99-254, 156 p. Report on-line (747K) PDF file. abstract on line

Herricks, E., Smith, P., Ashby, S. Busacker, G., Cazenas, P., Deitchman, R., Granato, G., Kerri, K., Molash, E., Noble, D., Young, K., 2003, Research Needs Statements--Water Quality and Hydrology: in in Environmental Research Needs in Transportation, Transportation Research Board Conference Proceedings 28, Washington D.C., Transportation Research Board, National Research Council,  p. 222-229.

Konikow L.F., Granato G.E., and Hornberger G.Z., 1994 User's guide to Revised Method-Of- Characteristics Solute Transport Model (MOC--Version 3.1) U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4115 63 p. (abstract on line)

Smieszek, T.W., and Granato, G.E., 2000, Geographic information for analysis of highway runoff-quality data on a national or regional scale in the conterminous United States: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-432 15 p.  Report on-line  (3,000K) PDF file.  abstract on line

Smith, K.P., and Granato G.E., 1998. Technology transfer opportunities: Automated ground-water monitoring, a proven technology. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-122-98, 2 p.  Report on-line a (53K) PDF file.

Smith, K.P., and Granato G.E., 1997, Poster Presentation: Automated process for monitoring ground water quality using established sampling protocols: USGS Water Quality Field Activity Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, December, 1997.

Smith, K.P., and Granato G.E., 1998, Poster Presentation: Robowell: A reliable and accurate automated data collection process applied to reactive wall monitoring on Cape Cod at the Massachusetts Military Reservation: U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program Technical Meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999.

Smith, K.P., and Granato G.E., 1997. Technology transfer opportunities: Automated ground-water monitoring, a proven technology. U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-112-97, 2 p. Report on-line a (14K) PDF file.

Tasker, G.D. and Granato, G.E., 2000, Statistical approaches to interpretation of local, regional, and national highway-runoff and urban-stormwater data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-491, 59 p. Report on-line (1,000K) PDF file.  abstract on line

Technical Reviews

Technical manuscript reviews for many USGS papers as well as reviews for the journal Transportation Research Record, the ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering, and Hydrogeology Journal