Lakes, Rivers, and Groundwater
Photo collage of river and lake systems

SAFL brings together researchers from a broad range of disciplines that contribute to understanding the surface environment and in particular, the movement of water through landscapes.  From the formation of river networks, to how flow, sediment and nutrients move through waterways and lakes, to mapping groundwater and contaminant movement, SAFL brings a diverse array of expertise and knowledge to better understand how watersheds form and evolve. 

SAFL Affiliated Faculty
Jacques Finlay
Michele Guala
John Gulliver
Miki Hondzo
Peter Kang
Omid Mohseni
Crystal Ng
Chris Paola
Gary Parker
Fotis Sotiropoulos
Heinz Stefan
Andy Wickert
Judy Yang

Read more about SAFL lakes, rivers, and groundwater related projects/research:
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Photo of a turbine array, and an image of a topographical scan of the same turbine array
Hydropower, Lakes, Rivers, and Groundwater

Harnessing clean energy from rivers through hydrokinetic turbine arrays

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Hydrokinetic turbines are an emerging hydropower technology that take advantage of moving water currents to generate power.

Photo of the SAFL ecoflume from above, during USGS fish experiments
Lakes, Rivers, and Groundwater, Water and Life

SAFL team designs flume to support juvenile fish studies

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The United States Geological Survey (USGS) tasked SAFL researchers with the design of a race-track style flume, with the geometry and hydraulic conditions for early life stages of pallid sturgeon, an ancient but endangered fish species which historically inhabited the Missouri and lower Mississippi rivers

Photo of Ajay Limaye standing outside the main channel during an experiment
Lakes, Rivers, and Groundwater

Channel belt evolution in braided rivers

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Channel belts are wide corridors created by the movement of a river over time, as shown by geologic indicators such as abandoned channels and eroded valley margins. The purpose of this study was to evaluate how channel migration causes individual braided channel belts to grow using SAFL's main channel.