Water Facilities

Aquatic Resources Laboratory

The Water Resources Aquatic Resources Laboratory contains state-of-the-art equipment for the measurement of most water quality constituents. Associated with the laboratory is a full range of field sampling equipment including ISCO automatic samplers and flow meters, rain gauges, Campbell Scientific data loggers and pressure transducers, current meters, and float-level recorders.

Terrestrial Resources Laboratory

The Water Resources Terrestrial Resources Laboratory is equipped for research in the areas of fate and transport of soil water and solutes and surface water hydrology. Computers dedicated to the mathematical modeling of chemical transport in porous media, hydrologic modeling, and GIS-related landscape analysis are located in the lab. Other equipment includes reflectometers, automated tensiometers, electronic probes, immuno-assay analysis, tension-infiltrometer, and disc permeameter.

The Institute of Water Resources (IWR)

The The Institute of Water Resources promotes and supports programs relating to water quality, quantity, and use in Connecticut. Literature and newsletters from Connecticut lakes and watersheds are available on file, as well as technical completion reports of IWR-sponsored research and special publications. IWR maintains a laboratory for the identification of aquatic invertebrates for habitat analysis such as collecting equipment, chemicals, and microscopic equipment.

Ground Water Research and Teaching Well Fields and Laboratories

The Department has three well fields on campus to conduct "hands-on" teaching and research on ground water resources and contamination in overburden and bedrock.  In addition we have physical and chemical ground water laboratories in a newly refurbished facility.  The facilities include state-of-the-art water quality and hydraulic instrumentation to conduct ground water studies in the field.