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Emitt C. Witt III
Emitt C. Witt III, PH
Director, Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center
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USGS Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center
1400 Independence Road
Rolla, Missouri 65401
Phone: (573) 308-3679
Fax: (573) 308-3794
Cell: (573) 465-1849
Email: ecwitt@usgs.gov
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Expertise:
- Surface-water and water quality investigations
- Storm water runoff engineering and pollutant mitigation
- Hydrogeochemical characterizations
- Environmental sampling network design
- Military environmental program management and project
execution
- USGS-DoD program management
- Program and partnership development
Current Projects:
- Director, Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center
Education:
- M.S., Aqueous Geochemistry, University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh, PA (1990)
- B.S., Environmental Engineering/Marine Ecology/Seaport
Systems, Old Dominion University (1980)
Professional Experience:
- Current: Director, Mid-Continent Geographic Science Center
- 2002-2005: Chief, USGS Department of Defense Earth Science
Program, Rolla, MO
- 1995-2001: Storm Water Program Manager, U.S. Army Reserve
Command, Ft. McPherson, GA
- 1993-2001: Supervisory Hydrologist/Water-Quality Specialist,
USGS Missouri District Office
- 1989-1992: Staff Hydrologist, USGS Pennsylvania District
Office
- 1980-1988: Staff Hydrologist, USGS Pittsburgh Subdistrict
Office
Professional Affiliations/Achievements:
- Certified Professional Hydrologist (Water Quality), American
Institute of Hydrology
- General Secretary, American Institute of Hydrology
- Society of American Military Engineers, Ft. Leonard Wood
Post
- The Army Engineer Association
- Association of Old Crows
- Numerous USGS performance awards received during career
Selected Publications:
- Witt III, E.C., 2002, Cold War Legacy Not A Post-Dismantlement Environmental
Concern: USGS Fact Sheet 085-02, 4p.
- Witt III, E.C. and Ford, J., 2001, Ambient Water Quality Monitoring in Missouri:
USGS Fact Sheet 062-01, 4p.
- Davis, J.V., and Witt III, E.C., 2000, Microbiological and Chemical Quality
of Ground Water used as a source of public supply in southern Missouri:
Water Resources Investigation Report 00-4038.
- Davis, J.V., and Witt III, E.C. 1998, Microbiolobical quality of public
water supplies in the Ozark Plateaus Aquifer System, Missouri: USGS Fact
Sheet 028-98, 4p.
- Witt III, E.C., Mugel, D.N., Kleeschulte, M.J., Caton, R.L., and Emmett,
P.F., 1995, Geohydrologic and Water-quality Reconnaissance of the Minuteman
II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Deployment Area, West-Central Missouri:
Administrative Report 1420 p.
- Witt III, E.C., Hippe, D.J., and Giovannitti, R.M., 1992, Evaluation of
nutrient quality assurance data for Alexanders and Mount Rock Springs Basins,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania: U.S.Geological Survey Open-File Report
92-165, 31 p.
- Sams III, J.I., and Witt III, E.C., 1992, Simulation of streamflow and sediment
transport in two surface-coal-mined basins in Fayette County, Pennsylvania:
U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigation Report 92-4093 p. 52.
- Witt III, E.C.,1991, Geochemical mass-balance of a small forested watershed
in southwestern Pennsylvania: In proceedings of the American Society of
Civil Engineers National Conference on Irrigation and Drainage Engineering
Honolulu, Hawaii, p. 516-523.
- Witt III, E.C.,1991, Water-resources data for North Fork Bens Creek, Somerset
County, Pennsylvania August 1983 through September 1988: U.S. Geological
Survey Open-File Report 89-584, 61 p.
- Barker, J.L., and Witt III, E.C., 1990, Effects of acid precipitation on
the water quality of Laurel Hill, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1983-86:
U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigation Report 89-4113, 72p.
- Barker, J.L., and Witt III, E.C.,1987,Effects of acid precipitation on the
water quality of Laurel Hill, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, 1983-86, Task
Group Project EPA 6A-01.3 1: Proceedings of meetings, 17p.
- Barker, J.L., and Witt III, E.C.,1985, Monitoring the effects of acid rain
on the water quality of Laurel Ridge, Somerset County, Pennsylvania: Regional
Approved State Publication.
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