Nigel
Quinn
Research
Interests Application
of systems analysis techniques to solving complex water resources
problems. Development of decision support systems and simulation
models to improve understanding and facilitate negotiation of solutions
to these problems. Primary research focus during past decade has
been on developing decision making tools for assessing the impacts
of drainage water quality projects on the west side of the San Joaquin
Valley with an emphasis on salinity and selenium drainage. Field
research has included investigations of natural selenium in-transit
losses in a wetland channel used for drainage discharges and surface
water deliveries and participation in microbial mesocosm studies
to identify bacterial species capable of selenium bioremediation.
Results of these natural system bioremediation experiments are being
used to help optimize the performance of an algal-bacterial selenium
bioremediation plant for treating agricultural drain water in the
Panoche Water District in the western San Joaquin Valley.
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