Bill Banks, Hydrologist
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Contact Information
U.S. Geological Survey
5522 Research Park Drive
Baltimore, Maryland 21228
Phone: (443) 498-5604
Fax: 443-498-5510
Email: wsbanks@usgs.gov
Education
- B.S.
- James Madison University (1985), Geology major, Computer Science minor
- M.B.A.
- (2007) Loyola University
Associations/ Memberships
American Public Health Association, Environmental Section
American Geophysical Union, Ground Water Section
National Ground-Water Association
Research or professional focus / current projects
- Fate and Transport of sediment in municipal water bodies
- Pathogens in ground water
- Drinking water issues
- Coastal surficial hydrology
- Effects of human activities on shallow ground-water systems.
Selected Bibliography
Banks, W.S.L., 2006, Anthropogenic organic compounds in source and finished groundwater of community water systems in the Piedmont Physiographic province of the Potomac River basin, Maryland and Virginia, 2003-2004, (in press).
Banks, W.S.L., 2006, Chemical properties and the volume and distribution of sediment discharged to the Potomac River from the Washington Aqueduct, Washington, D.C., 2004-05, U.S. Geological Survey: Scientific Investigations Report (in press).
Gellis, A. C., Pavich, M.J., Banks, W.S.L., Landland, M.J., Landwehr, J.M., 2006, Suspended-sediment yields in the Chesapeake Bay watershed (1952-2001): Abs. The Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section-41st Annual Meeting (March 2006).
Gellis, A.C., Banks, W.S.L., Langland, M.J., and Martucci, S., 2005, Suspended-sediment data for streams draining the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Water Years 1952-2002: Scientific Investigations Report 2004-5056.
Banks, W.S.L., Battigelli, D.A., 2001, Occurrence and distribution of microbiological contamination and enteric viruses in shallow ground-water in Baltimore and Harford Counties, Maryland. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 01-0210, 22 p