Brian P. Kelly
Hydrologist, Project Chief
Education
- January 1987 - August 1991 - University of Missouri - Columbia,
Department of Geology. MS received August 1991. Emphasis in
hydrogeology. Master's thesis topic: The role of macropores in
unsaturated zone chemical transport.
- August 1980 - December 1986 - University of Missouri - Columbia,
Department of Geology. BS received Deceber 1986.
Professional Societies:
- National Ground Water Association, Association of Ground Water
Scientists and Engineers
Professional Experience:
- October 1995 - Present: Project Chief, Ground-water monitoring in the
Missouri River Alluvium. The study monitors ground water levels in 25
wells and river stage at three sites in the Missouri River alluvium.
- October 1995 - September 1996: Project Chief, Transmissivity Estimates
of the Missouri River Alluvium. The study results estimated aquifer
transmissivity from the changes in water levels in wells near the Missouri
River in response to changes in river stage using an analytical technique.
- October 1994 - September 1996: Project Chief,Monitoring Well Network
Design for the City of Independence, Missouri. The study determined
possible locations for 75 monitoring wells in 35 well clusters around the
City of Independence, Missouri, well field. Contributing recharge areas,
and time of ground-water travel from each well in the network to the well
field were determined using ground-water flow and particle tracking
analysis combined with a geographic information system.
- May 1992 - September 1996: Project Chief, Missouri River Alluvial
Aquifer Ground Water Simulation The study determined the contributing
recharge areas for all known and operating public and industrial wells in
the Missouri River alluvial aquifer in the Kansas City metropolitan area
under several river stage, well pumping scenarios. The contributing
recharge areas were determined using ground-water flow and particle
tracking analysis combined with a geographic information system. Results
of the study form the basis of a comprehensive regional ground-water
protection plan developed by the Mid-America Regional Council.
- May 1991 - Present: Project Chief, Unsaturated zone preferential flow
and transport at the Missouri Management Systems Evaluation Area near
Centralia, Missouri. The study results characterized unsaturated zone
water flow and transport in a claypan soil using nitrogen isotopes and
bromide tracers applied to an agricultural study plot.
- December 1990 - May 1991: Ground water hydrologist, Burns and
McDonnell Engineers, Architects, and Consultants. Project
investigations included: monitoring well network assessment and design,
petroleum contamination in ground water beneath a refinery, TCE
contamination of ground water at several industrial sites, ground-water
modeling for contaminant remediation and construction dewatering,
ground-water sampling, geotechnical drilling, and soil sampling.
Professional Registration and Licenses:
- Registered Geologist - State of Missouri License No. RG0509
- Licensed Monitoring Well Installer - State of Missouri Permit No.
02917M
Published Papers:
- Kelly, B.P., 1996, Design of a monitoring well network for the
City of Independence well field using simulated ground-water flowpaths and
travel times: U.S.Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report
96-4264, xx p.
- Kelly, B.P., 1996, Simulation of ground-water flow and
contributing recharge areas in the Missouri River alluvial aquifer at
Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources
Investigations Report 96-4250, 87 p.
- Kelly, B.P., and Blevins, D.W., 1995, Vertical hydraulic
conductivity of soil and potentiometric surface of the Missouri River
alluvial aquifer at Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas--August 1992 and
January 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-322, 22 p.
- Kelly, B.P., and Blevins, D.W., 1993a, Hydrologic budget and
nitrogen distribution for an agricultural test plot in claypan soil and
glacial till near Centralia, Missouri--May 1991 to May 1992, in
Proceedings of Agricultural Research to Protect Water Quality;
Minneapolis, Minn., 1993, Soil Conservation Society, p. 545-547.
- Kelly, B.P., 1993b, Hydrologic budget and nitrogen distribution
for an agricultural study plot in claypan soil and glacial till near
Centralia, Missouri--May 1991 to May 1992, in Proceedings of the 3rd
Annual Water Quality Conference: Columbia, Mo., Feb. 4-5, 1993, Missouri
Agricultural Experiment Station, p. 100-105.
- Blevins, D.W., Wilkison, D.H., Kelly, B.P., and S.R. Silva, 1996,
Movement of nitrate fertilizer to glacial till and runoff from a claypan
soil. J. Environ. Qual. v. 25, n. 3, p. 584-593.
- Blevins, D.W., Wilkison, D.H., Silva, S.R., and Kelly, B.P., 1995,
Use of 15N to trace movement of nitrogen fertilizer at a field plot, in
Morganwalp, D.W., and Aronson, D.A., (eds.), Proceedings of the technical
meeting of the U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program:
Monterey, Calif., March 11-15, 1991, U.S. Geological Survey
Water-Resources Investigations Report 94-4015.
- Wilkison, D.H., Blevins, D.W., Kelly, B.P., and Wallace, W.C.,
1995, Hydrology and water quality in claypan soil and glacial till at the
Missouri Management Systems Evaluation Area near Centralia, Missouri--May
1991 to September 1993: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-705, 64
p.
Published Abstracts:
- Kelly, B.P., and Blevins, D.W., 1996, Interactions between river
stage, ground-water levels, and floodplain water bodies in the Missouri
River alluvium. First Annual Conference on Natural Resources of the
Missouri River Basin.
- Kelly, B.P., 1995, Simulation of ground-water flow in the Missouri
River alluvial aquifer at Kansas City, Missouri and Kansas. 40th Annual
Midwest Groundwater Conference, Programs and Abstracts. p. 14.
- Kelly, B.P., and Blanchard, P.E., 1989, The role of macropores in
unsaturated zone chemical transport. in Geological Society of America
Abstracts With Programs, v. 21, n. 6.
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