Jeff Steuer
Hydrologist
U.S. Geological Survey
Wisconsin Water Science Center
8505 Research Way
Middleton, Wisconsin 53562
Phone: 608-821-3830
Fax: 608-821-3817
Email: jjsteuer@usgs.gov
Education
- M.S. Hydraulic Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1983)
- B.S. Ocean Engineering, U.S. Coast Guard Academy (1976)
Areas of Expertise
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Toxic contaminant transport in surface waters
- Urban stormwater pollution
- Rainfall-runoff modeling
- Hydrology-stream ecology interaction
Current Projects
- NAWQA Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecology
Professional Activities
- State of Connecticut–Engineer in Training 1976
- American Water Resources Association (Wisconsin Chapter) – board of directors 1996 to 1998
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation – Lay Review Committee (research grant selection) 1999 to present. Not my profession – but very important in my life.
Experience and Employment
- 1976 to 1981 Navigator and Intelligence officer in the U. S. Coast Guard.
- 1982 to 1983 Attended and completed graduate school at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- 1983 to 1988 Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Mobile, Alabama and New York, New York
- May 1988 to present – Hydrologist U. S. Geological Survey
- Dec 1988 – Oct 1992 WDNR exchange assignment – Fox River PCB
- Oct 2000 – Oct 2001 BRD liaison at La Crosse WI
- April 2003 – July 2005 Nawqa Study Unit Chief
Selected Publications
USGS series publications
Steuer, J.J., Selbig, W.R. and Hornewer, N.J. 1996. Contaminant Concentrations in Stormwater from Eight Lake Superior Basin Cities, US Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-122, 16 p.
Fitzgerald, Sharon A.; Steuer, Jeffrey J., 1996, The Fox River PCB transport study : stepping stone to a healthy Great Lakes ecosystem: USGS Fact Sheet FS 116-96.
Steuer, Jeffrey; Selbig, William; Hornewer, N. J.; Prey, Jeffrey, 1997, Sources of contamination in an urban basin in Marquette, Michigan and an analysis of concentrations, loads, and data quality: USGS WRIR 97-4242.
Distribution and Transport of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Associated Particulates in the Milwaukee River System, Wisconsin, 1993-95. J.J Steuer, S.A. Fitzgerald, D.W. Hall. 1999. WRIR 99–4100.
Distribution and Transport of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Associated Particulates in the Hayton Millpond, South Branch Manitowoc River, Wisconsin, 1993-95. J.J. Steuer, D.W. Hall, S.A. Fitzgerald. 1999. WRIR 99-4101
Graczyk, D.J., Robertson, D.M., Rose, W.J., and Steuer, J.J., 2000, Comparison of water-quality samples collected by siphon samplers and automatic samplers in Wisconsin, U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet FS-067-00.
Hunt, R.J., and Steuer, J.J., 2000, Simulation of the recharge area for Frederick Springs, Dane County, Wisconsin : USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4172. 33 p.
Steuer, J.J., 2000, A Mass-Balance Approach for Assessing PCB Movement During Remediation of a PCB-Contaminated Deposit on the Fox River, Wisconsin: USGS WRIR 00-4245.
Steuer, J.J., and Hunt, R.J., 2001, Use of a Watershed-Modeling Approach to Assess Hydrologic Effects of Urbanization, North Fork Pheasant Branch Basin near Middleton, Wisconsin. USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-4113. 49 p. HTML
Hunt, R.J., and Steuer, J.J., 2001, Evaluating the Effects of Urbanization and Land-Use Planning Using Ground-Water and Surface-Water Models. USGS Fact Sheet FS 102-01, 4 p. HTML
Journal articles, reports, and other publications
Effects of hydrologic variability on aquatic assemblages in urban streams of the North Carolina Piedmont, USA. E.M. Giddings, J.J. Steuer (in review).
Relation of stream ecological conditions to simulated hydraulic metrics across a gradient of basin urbanization. J.J. Steuer, J. D. Bales, E.M. P. Giddings (in review).
Importance of physical and hydraulic characteristic to unionid mussels: a retrospective analysis in a large river reach. S.J. Zigler, T.J. Newton, J.J. Steuer. Hydrobiolgia (2008) 598:343-360.
Use of complex hydraulic variables to predict the distribution and density of unionids in the Upper Mississippi River. J.J. Steuer., T.J. Newton, S.J. Zigler. Hydrobiologia (2008).
Delineating a Recharge Area for a Spring using Numerical Modeling, Monte Carlo Techniques, and Geochemical Investigation. Hunt, R.J., Steuer, J.J., Mansor, M. T., Bullen, T.D. Ground Water 39, no.5:702-712.
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Remediation Dredging: The Fox River Deposit N Demonstration Project, November 1998 – January 1999. Hurley, J.P., Armstrong, D.E., Keillor, J.P., Manchester, J., Steuer, J.J. 2000. Water Resources Institute Special Report, WRI SR 00-01.
Polychlorinated Biphenyls as Probes of Biogeochemical Processes in River. S.A. Fitzgerald, J. J. Steuer. Molecular markers in Environmental Geochemistry. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 671.
Polychlorinated Biphenyl Concentrations in the Mississippi River near Red Wing, Minnesota in the Spring of 1996. Sullivan, J.F., Steuer, J.J. 1999. DNR Report.
Mobility of 2,2’,5,5’-tetrachlorobiphenyl in model system countering bottom sediment and water from an industrialized river basin in northeastern Wisconsin. John F. Elder, Ronald V. James and Jeffrey J. Steuer. Journal of Great Lakes Research 22(3):697-706. 1996.
The Green Bay mass balance project, historical perspective and future implications. D. J. Patterson, P. Joebke, J. J. Steuer, X. Zhang. 1995. Unpublished
A deterministic PCB transport model for the Lower Fox River between Lake Winnebago and DePere, Wisconsin. Jeffrey Steuer, Steve Jaeger, Dale Patterson. WDRN PUBL WR 389-95.
Long-term simulation of PCB export from the Fox River to Green Bay. M. Velleux, D Endicott, J Steuer, S Jaeger, D Patterson. J. Great Lakes Research 221(3):359-372. 1995.
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