Professional Background

Dr. David K. Kreamer has been a faculty member in the UNLV Department of Geoscience since 1990, as well as serving as the Director of the UNLV Water Resources Management Program from 1990-2002. His undergraduate work was in Microbiology and Chemistry, with M.S. and Ph.D. work in Hydrology, and a minor in Geosciences from the University of Arizona. His past affiliations include Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Arizona State University.

Education

• PhD Hydrology, minor in Geosciences, December 1982, University of    Arizona
• MS Hydrology, May 1976, University of Arizona
• BS Microbiology, minor in Chemistry, 1973, University of Arizona

Work Experience

2009 - Present: Secretary, International Association of Hydrogeologists, U.S. National Chapter

2009 - Present: Director, National Ground Water Association, Scientists and Engineering Division

1998 - Present: Professor of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

1990 - 2002: Director of the Water Resources Management Graduate Program, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

1990-1998: Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

1985-1990: Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Arizona State University

1984-1985: Visiting Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

1976-1984: Instructor and Associate in Research, Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona

1977: Research Assistant III, Staff Member, Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona

Selected Professional Service

• Director, National Ground Water Association, Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers, Elected twice to 2-year terms, 2009-2010, and 2011-2012
• Secretary/ Board Member, International Association of Hydrogeologists, US National Chapter
• Editor, Newsletter of the International Association of Hydrogeologists, US National Chapter
• Co-Chair for the 2010 Joint Meeting of the National Ground Water Association, Ground Water Summit, and the Ground Water Protection Council Annual Meeting, April 11-15, 2010
• National U.S. Water Census Ad Hoc Committee, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston VA, August 4-5, 2010
• Editor – Theme Issue for the Journal of Contemporary Water Research and Education, No. 145, August 2010, "Hydrophilanthropy and Education"
• Invited Participant – Water Sciences Forum, (Only 80 participants selected nationwide) "Cutting Edge Technologies for Water Services:  Applications in Africa." Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Executive Office of the President of the United States, National Academy of Science, USAID, USEPA, USGS, US Dept. Interior, US Dept. of State, USDA, NOAA, US Army Corps of Engineers, and NASA.  Held at the National Academy of Sciences and US State Department, June 26-27, 2008, Washington, D.C.
• Project Email Mentor and Reviewer for "Groundwater Assessment and Management at the middle and southern parts of Iraq", U.S. Civilian Research Development Foundation – specifically, refereed final report on the Tikrit Samarra Ground Water Model
• Panel Discussion Moderator,  Hydrophilanthropy - The Possibility Developing a Professional Organization/University Consortium For Clean Water in the Developing World, Annual Meeting of the Universities Council on Water Resources, July 22-24, 2008, Durham, NC
• Kreamer, D. K., 2008. Understanding Migration, Assessment, and Remediation of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids, National Ground Water Association - Invited Short Course, September 23-25, 2008, Baltimore, MD
• Co-Chair for two sessions with Victor Heilweil (USGS) at the National Ground Water Association Ground Water Summit, March 30-April 2, 2008, Memphis, TN, "Ground Water in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities."
• Chaired session for Annual Meeting of the Universities Council on Water Resources, July 22-24, 2008, Durham, NC., International Water Resources: Challenges for the 21st Century and Water Resources Education
• Chaired Session for International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes, and Groundwater Management  Responses, Convened by UNESCO, UC Irvine, USGS, International Association of Hydrogeologists, USEPA, others; Modeling, forecasting and traditional management techniques; 1-5 December 2008, Irvine, California
• External Reviewer, University of the Free State, South Africa, Institute for Groundwater Studies, "A groundwater review at Anglo Platinum’s RPM – Mogalakwena Section to determine if the mining activities are the cause of elevated nitrates in the Ga-Molekana and Old Ga-Pila communities’ groundwater."
• Participant - 4th Biennial Tahoe Basin Science Conference, March 17-19, 2008
• Peer-Reviewer for Georgian National Science Foundation, Tbilisi, Georgia
• Participant – "At Risk Water Resources Workshop"  Coconino Plateau Water Advisory Council’s Technical Advisory Committee and Arizona Water Institute, May 1, 2008, Flagstaff, AZ
• Referee for several Journals including Environmental Science and Technology, Water Resources Research, the Journal of Environmental Quality, Ground Water, Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, and Applied Geochemistry
• Reviewer for U.S. Department of Energy and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Kerr Laboratory, Ada, OK and Environmental Systems Monitoring Laboratory, Las Vegas) technical documents, for Research Reports and Technical Documents for Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans, and Referee for conference abstracts
• Referee for National Science Foundation
• Nevada Advisory Council on Water Resources, 1991 - present
• Nevada Representative, Universities Council on Water Resources, 1990-present
• UNLV Representative, U.S. Geological Survey Liaison Committee for the Nevada Basin and Range National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) study
• Independent Peer Reviewer, Yucca Mountain Hydrology, Early Site Suitability Evaluation
• Peer Reviewer for the Incremental Risk Assessment Methodology at Rocky Flats Plant, Colorado as part of the Rocky Mountain Consortium
• Member of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board, Subcommittee on Carbon-14 at High-Level Nuclear Repository Sites
• External Reviewer - Argonne National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Division, University of Chicago
• External Reviewer for Northern Arizona University Tenure and Promotion
• Referee for Water Resources Institute, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology research proposals
• External Reviewer for University research funded by the Republic of South Africa, Water Resource Commission
• External Reviewer South African Hazardous Waste Sites
• External Reviewer for several research proposals over several years for cooperative environmental research in the Former Soviet Union (FSU)
• Referee for International Science and Technology Center, Moscow - Analysis of Burials of Radioactive Waste in the Territory of the Russian Research Center "Kurchatov Institute" in Moscow and Paths of Supposed Radionuclide Migration in the Environment
• Reviewer for Master's Thesis Kuwait University, external referee for Ph.D student at University of Pretoria, South Africa, and two Ph.D. Students at the University of the Free State South Africa
• Past Member and Consultant for the U.S. EPA National Science Advisory Board

Membership In Scientific And Professional Societies

• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Geophysical Union
• American Society of Civil Engineering
• American Water Resources Association
• ASTM - Section D-18.21.02 Vadose Zone Monitoring
• Association of Engineering Geologists
• Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers, NGWA
• Geological Society of America
• Geological Society of Nevada
• Nevada Advisory Council on Water Resources
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Science Advisory Board
• Universities Council on Water Resources
• Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science
• Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers, NGWA

Awards

•Friend of the Universities Council on Water Resources - 2010
•UNLV International Faculty Development Award - 1999
•Joseph Malone Fellowship for Middle East Studies - 1997
•University of Arizona Foundation Meritorious Performance in Teaching

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Teaching

University of Nevada, Las Vegas: 1990 to present
Arizona State University: 1984 - 1990
University of Arizona: 1979-1984

Graduate Courses:
• GEOL 700/WRM 700: Hydroscience
• WRM 706: Water Resources Management Seminar
• GEOL 715/WRM 715: Advanced Hydrogeology
• GEOL 719/WRM 719: Soil Water Management
• GEOL 790/WRM 790: Hazard Waste Site Assessment
• GEOL 790/WRM 790: Hydrology Field Camp
• GEOL 790/WRM 790: Hazard Site Assessment/Remediation

Other course topics include:
• Hydraulics
• Surface Water Hydrology
• Vadose Zone Hydrology
• Water Resources Engineering

Short Courses, Invited Lectures, Extension Activities

Dr. Kreamer has given over 150 invited lectures, seminars and workshops in recent years on topics including:  Computer Modeling of Hydrologic Processes; Lake Thermal Stratification Modeling, Vadose Zone Hydrology; Subsurface Gaseous Movement; Nonaqueous Phase Liquids;  Propellents, Explosives, Pyrotechnics and other Energetic Compounds; Monitoring Well Design; RCRA Subtitle D and Landfills; and Groundwater Hydrology. He has served as an expert witness and professional hydrologist reviewing several large projects. His presentations and reviews include:

• National lectures for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, for the National Ground Water Association's, Association of Groundwater Scientists and Engineers, and Superfund University Training Institute

• Short courses for the Departments of Environmental Quality, Environmental Conservation, and/or Transportation for over half the States or Commonwealths in the United States; other courses and presentations for groups such as City of Phoenix, University of California Extension, and Hanford Nuclear Site

• Presentations at over 50 Universities

• Overseas presentations including Haifa, Israel; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Guam for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Sao Paulo, Brazil for the U.S. Government Executive Branch (American Participant Program); People's Republic of China; lecture series in the United Kingdom; Baghdad, Iraq; Zimbabwe; Kenya; and Republic of South Africa

• Testimony before the U.S. Congress on water quality issues

• Review of many projects including: proposal and technical report referee for many overseas water related projects such as those in the former Soviet Union, Iraq, Israel; externally funded, water research programs in Africa; U.S. high level nuclear waste disposal at Yucca Mountain, NV and risk prediction at the Rocky Flats Plant, CO; the Colorado River Multispecies Conservation Program; the U.S. Water Census (USGS) ad hoc Committee; and Consultant to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency National Science Advisory Board.

Selected Short Courses & Invited Presentations

• Capitol Hill Congressional and State Department Briefing, Washington D.C., March 3, 2010, "U.S. Universities and International Water Sanitation and Hygiene – A Proposal for a New Consortium and Survey of Current Activities"

• Presenter – National Science Foundation EPSCoR shortcourse – Interdisciplinary Modeling:  Water-Related Issues and Changing Climate NRES 730, Summer 2010, "Thermal Stratification Modeling of Lakes"

• Keynote Speaker – University of Arizona 20th Annual El Dia del Aqua, March 31, 2010, "Hydrophilanthropy"

• Universities Council on Water Resources Award Winner’s Invited Presentations, Hydrofutures, July 15, 2010, "Converting Ships to Mobile Desalination and Power Plants for Security/ Humanitarian Objectives"

• U.S. Bureau of Land Management Training, Keynote presentation, 1 and 1/2 days of two week course,NTC Course 3700-8, May 10-11, 2010, "Groundwater Hydrology"

• Invited Speaker- 2010 Grand Canyon River Guides Land-based and River-based Training, March 27 – April 7, 2010, "Impacts of Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon"

• Understanding Migration, Assessment, and Remediation of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids, National Ground Water Association.  Taught 2 days of a 3 day course.  August 12-15, 2010, Boston, MA,  D.K. Kreamer and Paul Yaniga

• Oral and Written Congressional Testimony, July 23, 2009.  House Resolution 644, "The Grand Canyon Watersheds Protection Act of 2009", Washington, DC.

• Invited speaker at the National Academy of Sciences to address the International Hydrologic Programme of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), on the topic of Water, Health and Sanitation in the Developing World, Washington, DC May 11, 2009

• Remote Water Quality Monitoring.  5-day short-course April 12-16, 2009, Baghdad, Iraq

• Conference Presentations – Guest Lecture for Graduate Students University of Nevada, Reno; Feb. 27, 2009

• Plenary speaker; Water and Life Support Systems – Modeling, forecasting and traditional management techniques; International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes, and Groundwater Management  Responses, Convened by UNESCO, UC Irvine, USGS, International Association of Hydrogeologists, USEPA, others; 1-5 December 2008, Irvine, California

• Kreamer, D. K., 2008.  The Future of Groundwater Quality in Sub Saharan Africa, International Conference on Water Scarcity, Global Changes, and Groundwater Management  Responses, Convened by UNESCO, UC Irvine, USGS, International Association of Hydrogeologists, USEPA, others; 1-5 December 2008, Irvine, California.  Refereed

• Keynote Speaker, Fall 2008 Public Health Conference, "Water Quality Challenges and Public Health", University of Arizona, November 14, 2008, Tucson, AZ

• Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids - Hydrogeology and Groundwater Contamination.  National Groundwater Association, Baltimore, MD, 2008, two days, September 23-24. D.K. Kreamer

• Introduction to Hydrology, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Training, Keynote presentation, 1 and 1/2 days of two week course, August 12-13, 2008, Las Vegas, NV

• University of the Western Cape (South Africa – 3 day short course), Groundwater Pollution, Migration and Fate, May 17-19, 2007

• University of the Free State (South Africa)  – Geophysical Methods in Site Assessment, May 31, 2007

• University of Zimbabwe (Zimbabwe),  Soil Salinity and Groundwater Contamination, May 28, 2007

• Bindura University for Science Education (Zimbabwe – 3 lectures), May 25-27, 2007

• University of Nairobi (Kenya), Use of environmental Isotopes in tracking salinity, May 21, 2007

• Student World Water Forum, University of Nevada, Reno, Nov. 15 – 16, 2007

• Plenary Lecture Invitation – Joint East and Southern Africa Environmental Chemistry Conference, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, Dec. 8, 2007

• U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Oil and Gas Operator’s Workshop, Western Wyoming Community College, April 18, 2007

• Basic Hydrology, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Training, Keynote presentation, 1 and 1/2 days of two week course, May 8-9, 2006, Las Vegas, NV

• 14 invited lectures in 5 weeks in the Republic of South Africa at conferences, universities and government agencies, July 17 – August 23, 2005

• Introduction to Hydrology, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Training, Keynote presentation, 1 and 1/2 days of two week course, May 3-4, 2004, Las Vegas, NV

• Contaminant Hydrology and Mine Reclamation, U.S. Bureau of Land Management short course, 1 day of a two week course, Butte, Montana, August 7, 2003

• Kreamer, D. K. and H. Schuver.  4 day short course on Advanced Contaminant Hydrology, 1 day workshop, and several short lectures throughout South Africa, invited by the SA Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, May 19-30, 2003.   Course notes published.

• Hydrologic Mathematical Modeling, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Training, 1/2 day, May 5, 2003, Las Vegas, NV, D.K. Kreamer

• Groundwater Contamination and Surface-Groundwater Interactions,  3-day short course, May 21-23, 2002, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Anchorage Alaska 

• Contaminant Hydrology and Mine Reclamation, U.S. Bureau of Land Management short course, 1.5 day of a two week course, Las Vegas, May 6-7, 2002

• Kreamer, D. K. and R Breeden.  2 day seminar, 1 day workshop, several short lectures throughout South Africa, invited by the SA Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, March 1-15, 2002.   Course notes published.

• Free Product Training - Migration, Assessment, and Remediation of Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, Storage Tank Division.  Taught 2 1/2 days of a 3 day course, September 12-14, 2000. D.K. Kreamer and James Davidson.  Course notes published.  Invited Speaker.

• Groundwater Contamination, U.S. Bureau of Land Management Training, 1.5 days, April 24-25, 2000, Las Vegas, NV, D.K. Kreamer

• New Perspectives on Monitoring and Remediation of Light Non Aqueous Phase Liquids, Montana Department of Environmental Quality Annual Conference, 4 1/2 hours, March 30-31, 2000, Anaconda, MT. D.K. Kreamer.  Notes and abstract printed and distributed. 

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Research

Dr. Kreamer has carried out research on many water related topics, particularly the fate and transport of environmental contaminants, non-aqueous phase liquids, vadose zone hydrology, radioactive waste disposal, groundwater hydrology, landfills, monitoring well design, and water resources management. He has been an invited lecturer at many conferences including a presentations in Brazil for American Participant Program administered through the executive branch of the U.S. government, in Israel for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (jointly with the Israeli Ministry of the Environment), and throughout the United Kingdom at many universities and government agencies. He has given national lectures and training for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, the Superfund University Training Institute, and the National Ground Water Association. Additionally, David has presented workshops at the Hanford Nuclear Site and for the States of Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Minnesota, and Virginia. Dr. Kreamer has been an external peer reviewer for risk assessment and remediation methodologies at the Rocky Flats Plant as part of the Rocky Mountain Consortium, has been an external peer reviewer for the Early Site Suitability documentation for the hydrology of Yucca Mountain, and has been a member of the U.S. EPA's Science Advisory Board subcommittee on carbon-14 migration as carbon dioxide gas from high level nuclear waste repositories. He has worked at many CERCLA and RCRA sites, including Johnston Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, was a 1997 recipient of the Joseph Malone Fellowship, and has authored over 50 professional publications.

Dr. Kreamer has visited and hiked the Grand Canyon since the sixties, began initial sampling in the early 1970's, and has been an oarsman and paddler on the Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon, since the early 1980's. His research in the Canyon has intensified in the last ten years, with the increasing proposals for exploitation of groundwater on the Coconino Plateau near the Grand Canyon National Park. Support and cooperation for Dr. Kreamer's research has been received from many groups, including the National Park Service, the non-profit Grand Canyon Association, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Selected Research Grants Received At UNLV

Active Grants – (PI)

• Virgin Valley Water District: Investigation of Groundwater Abundance and Migration through Analysis of Chemical Hydrologic Tracers and Mathematical Simulation of Groundwater Movement in the lower Virgin River Watershed, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah

• Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU) Network Occurrence and Mobility of Uranium and Other Elements in the Grand Canyon Groundwater and Springs

Current Grant as Part of Cooperating Team of Faculty

• National Science Foundation – EPSCOR:  Nevada Infrastructure for Climate Change Science, Education, and Outreach, 8/01/08 to 8/01/13, $ 15,000,000

Past Grants

• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:  Investigation of BIS (2-Chloroethyl) Ether Leachability from Solid Waste Material at Lapari Landfill Superfund Site, Gloucester County, New Jersey

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency:  Controlled Laboratory Experiments - To Investigate the Subsurface Movement of Petroleum Fuels

• Reynolds Electric and Engineering Company: Determination of Sorption and Diffusion Coefficients for Seven Volatile Organic Compounds 

• Las Vegas Valley Water District:  Evaluation of Sources of Salinity on the Lower Virgin River

• Mojave Water Agency:  Stable Isotope Studies of Groundwater Associated with Potential Recharge Sites in the Morongo Basin/ Johnson Valley Subarea, Southern California

• National Park Service, and the Grand Canyon Historical Society:  Grand Canyon Groundwater Tracing

• Rocky Mountain University Consortium:  Review of Incremental Risk Assessment Methodology for Rocky Flats, and Remediation Selection at OU-1

• Raytheon Services Nevada:  Subsurface Fuels Contamination at Johnston Island, Pacific

• University Grants and Fellowships Committee.  Dating Grand Canyon Groundwater

• U.S. Department of Energy:  Fingerprinting of Groundwater 

• U.S. Department of Energy:  Fluid Migration and Subsidence of NTS Landfill Caps

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Selected Research Publications

Kreamer, D.K., 2010.  The Meaning of Hydrophilanthropy.  Impact, American Water Resources Association. September 2010, Volume 12, Number 5, p. 3-5

Kreamer, D.K., 2010.  The Need for Hydrophilanthropy.  Journal of Comtemporary Water Research and Education, Universities Council on Water Resources. August 2010, Issue 145, p. 1-4

Kreamer, D.K. and B. Usher, 2010.  Sub Saharan African Ground Water Protection - Building on International Experience. Ground Water, National Ground Water Association.  March 2010, 48 -2 (257-268)

Kreamer, D.K., 2010.  Uranium Mining in the Grand Canyon – Biting My Tongue in Front of Congress. Boatman’s Quarterly Review, Volume 22, Number 4, Winter 2009-2010, p. 8-12

Kreamer, D.K., 2009.  Invited Feature Article – From Dry Dock to Wet Tap – Converting old ships into mobile desalination plants. Earth, May 2009, p.44-51

Luke, B., Kreamer, D.K., and Y. Tan, 2008. Mechanical model of monofill-type landfill cover subjected to subsidence, International Journal of Geotechnical Engineering, vol. 1, issue 2, January 2008  

Kreamer, D.K. and A.E. Springer, 2008.  The Hydrology of Desert Springs in North America, in Aridland Springs in North America, Ecology and Conservation, eds. L.E. Stevens and V. J. Meretsky, University of Arizona Press, Tucson ISBN 978-0-8165-2645-1

Springer, A.E., Stevens, L.E., Anderson, D.E., Parnell, R.A., Kreamer. D. K., Levin, L. and S. P. Flora, 2008.  A Comprehensive Springs Classification System:  Integrating Geomorphic, Hydrochemical, and Ecological Criteria, in Aridland Springs in North America, Ecology and Conservation, eds. L.E. Stevens and V. J. Meretsky, University of Arizona Press, Tucson ISBN 978-0-8165-2645-1

Yu, Z., Y. Huang, A. Baron, X. Chen, C. Yang, D. Kreamer, and M. Johnson, 2008. Contaminants in groundwater and the subsurface. In Groundwater: Modeling, Management, and Contamination, edited by L.F. Konig and J.L. Weiss, Nova Science Publishers, 131-150

Kreamer, D.K., Luke, B., Tan, Y. and J. Griest, 2009.  Visualization Techniques for Environmental Education - Laboratory Modeling of Landfill Cover Subsidence.  Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education

Garrett,  L.D. Stevens, L.E., Haas, W.E., Kreamer, D.K., Valdez, R., and E.E. Wohl, 2003. A Review of the Second Administrative Draft “Conservation Plan For the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program. January 18, 2003,  192 pages

Kreamer, D.K., Jacobson, E. and Jon Wilson, 2002.  Hydrogeology of Southern Nevada and the Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, in Geology of the Southern Nevada Region, editors Rowland S.M. and R.L. Orndorff

Kreamer, D.K. , 2001.  Down the Rabbit Hole with Alice - Sucking Soil Gas All the Way.  Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation, Vol. 21, No. 4,  p. 52-56

Kreamer, D.K., 2001.   Historical Geochemical Studies Done in the Grand Canyon, Proceedings of the First Coconino Plateau Hydrology Workshop, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, October 26-27, 2000.  P. 15-19, Editors:  Springer, A., and N. Ramsey
 
Kreamer, D.K., Luke, B. A. Cardle, J.A. and J.N. Griest, 2001.   Physical and Mathematical Modeling of fluid Migration in Monofill Covers Affected by Subsidence; In Soil and Water Issues in the Arid Southwest, Proceedings of the 36th Annual Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering Symposium, March 28-30, 2001, p.15 -19, Editors:  Luke, B, Jacobson, E. and J. Werle

Ingraham, N.,  K. Zukosky, and D.K. Kreamer, 2001. The Application of Stable Isotopes to Identify Problems in Large-Scale Water Transfer in Grand Canyon National Park.  Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 35, 1299-1302

Doremus, L and D.K. Kreamer, 2000. Water Quantity and Quality at Bryce Canyon National Park, Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest, Vol. 30, pp.81-95

Johannessonn, K.H., Stetzenbach K. J. Hodge, V.F., Kreamer, D. K., And X. Zhou, 1997.  Delineation of Ground-Water Flow Systems in the Southern Great Basin Using Aqueous Rare Earth Element Distributions.  Ground Water Vol. 35, No. 5, p. 807-819

Kreamer, D.K., Stetzenbach, K.J., Hodge, V.F., Johanneson, K. and I. Rabinowitz, 1996.  Trace Element Geochemistry in Water from Selected Springs in Death Valley National Park, California.  Ground Water.  34-1, p.95-103 (Jan-Feb. 1996)

Steinberg, S.M., Schmeltzer, J.S., and D.K. Kreamer, 1996.  Sorption of Benzene and Trichhloroethylene (TCE) on a Desert Soil:  Effects of Moisture and Organic Matter.  Chemosphere, Vol. 33, No. 5, 961-980

James, D.E., Johnson, T.E. and D.K. Kreamer, 1996.  Interference of Avian Guano in Analysis of Fuel-Contaminated Sites. ASCE J. of Envirn. Engineering, (122-1) p. 74-78

Johannesson, K.H., Stetzenbach, K.J., Kreamer, D.K., and V.F. Hodge, 1996.  Multivariate Statistical Analysis of Arsenic and Selenium Concentrations in Groundwaters from South-Central Nevada and Death Valley, California.  J. of Hydrology. Vol.178, 1-4, pp.181-204

Steinberg, S.M., Fairley, J. and D.K. Kreamer, 1994. Slow Desorption of Toluene from Several Ion-Exchanged Montmorillonites.  J.Soil Contamination 3(3):249-264

Stetzenbach, K.J., Amano, M., Kreamer, D.K., and V.F. Hodge, 1994.  Testing the Limits of ICP-MS:  Determination of Trace Elements in Ground Water at the Part-Per-Trillion Level.  Ground Water. Vol 32. No. 6, p. 976-985  

Johnson, T.E. and D.K. Kreamer, 1994.  Physical and Mathematical Modeling of Diesel Fuel Liquid and Vapor Movement in Porous Media.  Ground Water, Vol. 32, No. 4., p. 551-560

Kreamer, D.K, Oja K.J., Steinberg, S.M., and H. Phillips, 1994.  Vapor Adsorption of a Solvent on Quartz Sands of Varying Grain Size.  Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Vol. 120, No. 2, p. 348-358 

Steinberg, S.M. and D.K. Kreamer, 1994.  Determination of Sorption Isotherms for Volatile Organic Compounds on Unsaturated Calcareous Soil from Southern Nevada Using Inverse Chromatography.  Environmental Science and Technology. Vol. 27, No. 5, 883-888

Kreamer, D.K., 1997.  Determination of Pollutant Movement by Controlled Laboratory Experiments: Summary Report, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publication ISBN B000106QWYXO

Kreamer, D.K., 1997.  Determination of Pollutant Movement by Controlled Laboratory Experiments, SuDoc EP 1.89/2:600/S-97/004, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publication ISBN B00010YZS2

Kreamer, D.K., 1997.  Environmental Organic Chemistry Applied to Contaminant Hydrogeology.  St. Paul, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Pollution Control, ISBN B0006R759Q

Kreamer, D.K., 1994.  Groundwater Monitoring, Chapter 5 from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Guidance Document, Design, Operation, and Closure of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

Kreamer, D.K., 1994.  Release Characterization and Remediation, Chapter 6 from U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Guidance Document, Design, Operation, and Closure of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

Suchomel, K.H., Kreamer, D.K., and A. Long, 1990.  Production and Transport of Carbon Dioxide in a Contaminated Vadose Zone: A Stable and Radioactive Carbon Study. Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 24, No. 12, p.1824-1831
 
Kreamer, D.K. and K.J. Stetzenbach, 1990. Development of a Standard, Pure-Compound Base Gasoline Mixture for Use as a Reference in Field and Laboratory Experiments.  Ground Water Monitoring Review, Spring 1990, p.135-145

Houston, S.L., Kreamer, D.K. and R. Marwig, 1989.  A Batch-Type Testing Method for Determination of Adsorption of Gaseous Compounds on Partially Saturated Soils. Geotechnical Testing Journal, ASTM, March 1989, p.3-10

Houston, S.L. and D.K. Kreamer, 1989.  Effect of Temperature on the Potential for Gaseous Adsorption by Partially Saturated Soils, Engineering Geology and Geotechnical Engineering, Watters (ed.) p.357-361. A.A.Balkema/Rotterdam/Brook, Hardbound, ISBN 90 6191 878 2

Kreamer, D.K., Weeks, E.P. and G.M. Thompson, 1988.  A Field Technique to Measure the Tortuosity and Sorption-Affected Porosity for Gaseous Diffusion of Materials in the Unsaturated Zone with Experimental Results from near Barnwell, South Carolina.  Water Resources Research, Vol. 24, No. 3, p.331-341

Johannesson, K.H., Stetzenbach, K.J., Frum, C.I., Loa, K., Rabinowitz, I., Farnham, I., Guo, C. Hodge, V.F., and D.K. Kreamer, 1994.  Geochemistry and Speciation of the Rare Earth Elements in Groundwaters from Ash Meadows, Nevada, and Death Valley, California and Nevada.  EOS, Vol. 75, No. 16, p. 149

Johnson, T.E., James, D.E., and D.K. Kreamer, 1994. Modeling of Subsurface Dioxin Transport in a Tropical Near-Shore Marine Environment.  Pacific Northwest/ Oceania Conference;  Assessment of Models for Groundwater Resources Analysis and Management.  Oahu, HI, March 21-23, 1994

Johnson, T.E., Kreamer, D.K. and D.E. James,  1994. Results and Limitations of Semianalytical Modeling of Flow and Hydrocarbon Transport in a Coral Atoll Environment.  Pacific Northwest/ Oceania Conference;  Assessment of Models for Groundwater Resources Analysis and Management.  Oahu, HI, March 21-23, 1994

Kreamer, D.K., 1992.  Water Transfers - The Last Resort.  (Invited Paper) American Water Resources Association 28th Annual Conference and Symposium on Managing Water Resources During Global Change, (International Conference). Reno, NV, November, 1992

Steinberg, S.M. and D.K. Kreamer, 1993.  Persistence of Several Volatile Organic Compounds in a Low Organic Carbon, Calcareous Soil from Southern Nevada.  Proceedings of the National Symposium on Measuring and Interpreting VOCs in Soils:  State of the Art and Research Needs.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Jan.12-14, Las Vegas, NV

Oja, K.J. and D.K. Kreamer, 1992.  (Invited Paper). The Effect of Moisture on Adsorption of Trichloroethylene Vapor on Natural Soils.  Proceedings of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and National Center for Ground Water Research Symposium on Soil Venting, April 29 - May 1, 1991, Houston, TX, p 13-28.  Softbound

Steinberg, S.M. and D.K. Kreamer, 1992.  Determination of Sorption Isotherms for Volatile Organic Compounds on Soil using Gas Chromatography.  Structure, Bonding, and Kinetics at Mineral Surfaces Symposium, American Chemical Society, April 5-10, 1992, San Francisco

Deacon, J. and D.K. Kreamer, 1992.  A Water Strategy for Southern Nevada, Joint Conference of the Nevada Water Resources Association, and Aquavision.  Las Vegas, NV, February 1992

Kreamer, D.K., Starr, K., Chaganti, S., Johnson, T. and H.A. Phillips, 1990.  Gasoline Vapor Compound Ratios as a Tool to Locate Subsurface Fuel Leaks; from Minimizing Risk to the Hydrologic Environment, Selected Papers from the American Institute of Hydrology Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 13-15, 1990, p.243-249. Softbound

Weaver, J., Enfield, C.G., Yates, S., Kreamer, D.K. and D. White, 1989.  Predicting Subsurface Contaminant Transport and Transformation:  Considerations for Model Selection and Field Validation.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publication EPA/600/S6-87/005, 60p

Tyler, S.W., Whitbeck, M.R., Kirk, M.W., Hess, J.W., Everett, L.G., Kreamer, D.K., Wilson, B.H., and J. van Ee, 1987.  Processes Affecting Subsurface Transport of Leaking Underground Tank Fluids. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publication EPA/600/2-89/045

Kreamer, D. K., 1983. An Evaluation of Selected Halocarbon and Trace Gases for Potential Use as Indicators of Groundwater Movement and Source.  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Publication. ISBN B0006YCQ02

Thurnblad, T.W., Bentley, H.W. and D.K. Kreamer, 1982.  An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotopes used in Concert with Chemical Water-Quality Parameters as Indicators of Surface Water Movement and Source.  U.S. Office of Water Research and Technology, USGS OCLC No: ocm09307263

Kreamer. D.K., 1976.  Future Effects of the Central Arizona Project on the Thermal Regime of Lake Havasu, Arizona.  Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest, Vol. 6., p.75-80

Ince, S., Kreamer, D.K., Young, D.W., and C.L. Constant, 1976.  Water Quality Study of Lake Havasu, Arizona Near the Central Arizona Project Intake Area.  Hydrology and Water Resources in Arizona and the Southwest, Vol. 6., p.81-88

Video

Physical Modeling of Subsurface Fuel Migration by Controlled Laboratory Tests. (10 mins.)

Effects of Water Table Fluctuations on the Distribution of Light Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids. (15 mins.)

Selected Recent Abstracts

Noble, P.J., Hunter, D., Chandra, S., and D.K. Kreamer.  Seasonal Changes in Cyclotelloid Abundance and Composition in Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe Basin, Sierra Nevada, California, USA. North American Diatom Symposium, Sept. 1-4, 2010. Milford, Iowa

Kreamer, D.K. Extended Abstract - Converting Ships to Mobile Desalination and Power Plants for Security/ Humanitarian Purposes. 2010 Universities Council On Water Resources/ National Institutes for Water Resources Annual Conference; HydroFutures: Water Science, Technology & Communities, July 13-15, 2010, Seattle, WA

Asante, J. and D.K. Kreamer, Enhancing the Definition of Hydrochemical Facies to Evaluate Recharge Sources and Hydrodynamics of the Lower Virgin Basin, USA, Nevada Water Resources Association Annual Conference, March 2-4, 2010, Las Vegas, NV

Hancock, L., Kreamer, D.K., and D.D. Werkema, When Surfactants are Used to Remediate Chlorinated Solvents:  Measuring Geoelectrical Responses in Saturated Sand/Clay Mixtures in Support of Geophysical In-Situ Monitoring, 2010 Ground Water Summit and 2010 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting, Denver, CO. April 11-14, 2010

Kreamer, D.K., Universities and Water Sanitation and Hygiene:  Linking Research and Policy, October 23-27, 2010, Water and Health:  Where Science Meets Policy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Kreamer, D.K., The Possibility of Developing a Professional Organization/ University Consortium for Clean Water in the Developing World, Arizona Hydrological Society, September 1, 2010, Tucson, AZ

Kreamer, D. K.. Uranium in Grand Canyon Spring Water – the Potential for Contamination and Aquifer Disruption From Mining Activities.  2010 Ground Water Summit and 2010 Ground Water Protection Council Spring Meeting, Denver, CO. April 11-14, 2010

Kreamer, D.K., University Opportunities and Activities on Global Drinking Water and Public Health, National Institutes of Water Annual Meeting, March 1-3, 2010, Washington, D.C.

Noble, P.J., Chandra, S., and D.K. Kreamer.  Variations in the vertical diatom distribution in a deep near-oligotrophic alpine lake during the onset of stratification, Fallen Leaf Lake, California.  North American Diatom Symposium, Sept. 23- 27, 2009. Milford, Iowa

Kreamer, D.K., 2009.  Mobile Desalination for Humanitarian Water Supply.  National Ground Water Association Ground Water Summit, April 19-22, 2009, Tucson, AZ

Magill, M.T., Werkema, D.D., and D.K. Kreamer, 2008.  Spectral Induced Polarization Response of Unconsolidated Saturated Sand and Surfactant Solutions.  American Geophysical Union, Dec. 2008 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

Kreamer, D.K., 2008. Feasibility of Using Large, Retired and Mothballed Ocean Vessels as Mobile Desalinization Plants, Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Oct. 5-8, 2008, Houston, TX. (Note:  Selected for GSA Press Release)

Kreamer, D.K., 2008.  Hydrophilanthropy - The Possibility Developing a Professional Organization/University Consortium For Clean Water in the Developing World, Annual Meeting of the Universities Council on Water Resources, July 22-24, 2008, Durham, NC

Kreamer, D.K., 2008.  Water Quality Strategies for Sub Saharan Africa, National Ground Water Association Ground Water Summit, March 30-April 2, 2008, Memphis, TN

Kreamer, D.K., 2008.  Getting Dirty for Clean Water, National Ground Water Association Ground Water Summit, March 30-April 2, 2008, Memphis, TN

Baron, A, Yu, Z., Kreamer, D.K., and J. Zhu, 2007. Simulation of Response to Rainfall Events in the Virgin River Floodplain, 2nd Annual Geosymposium, UNLV

Kreamer, D.K., 2007.  A Strategy for Groundwater Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa, Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, CO. November, 2007

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Student Advisement

Dr. Kreamer presently is serving, or has served since 1991, on the committees of 59 graduate students, 8 of which are at the Ph.D. level.  He is, or has been, committee chair or co-chair for 25 students.

Selected Past Graduate Students

• Fairley, Jerry Paul, Jr., 1992, Desorption hysteresis in five ion exchanged montmorillonites [MS thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 43 p.

• Sabapathi, Jaishankar, 1993, Effect of water table fluctuations on petroleum contamination distribution [MS thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 125 p.

• Schmeltzer, John S., 1993, Effects of soil moisture, soil carbonate and organic matter contents on vapor phase sorption of volatile organic compounds using inverse gas chromatography [MS thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 115 p.

• Rajagopalan, Vasanthakumar, 1995, Influence of grain size of a porous medium on the movement of diesel fuel due to water table fluctuations [MS thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 73 p.

• Zukosky, Kim A., 1995, An assessment of the potential to use water chemistry parameters to define ground water flow pathways at Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona [MS thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 105 p.

• Fitzgerald, Jim, 1996, Residence time of groundwater issuing from the South Rim Aquifer in the eastern Grand Canyon [MS thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 103 p.

• Squire, Joseph J., 1996, Effect of unsaturated zone soil moisture content on vapor phase pollutant propagation in controlled laboratory experiments [MS thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 127 p.

• Yelken, Mary A., 1996, Trace element analysis of selected springs in the Virgin River Basin [MS thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 156 p.

• Lawson, Stephen M., 1997, Sublimation from snow packs in Toiyabe National Forest, Nevada and Dixie National Forest, Utah [MS thesis]: University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 87 p.

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