Personal Profile of Speleogenesis Network Member
| Name: |
Geary Schindel |
| Title: |
MA/MSc |
| Position: |
Chief Technical Officer |
| Principal affiliation: |
Edwards Aquifer Authority |
| Address: |
Chief Technical Officer
Edwards Aquifer Authority
1615 N. St. Mary's Street
San Antonio, Texas USA 78230 |
| Phone: |
210-222-2204 |
| Email: |
Contact this member by email |
| Website: |
www.edwardsaquifer.org |
Research interests
and activity: |
I direct the research program for the Edwards Aquifer Authority in San Antonio, Texas USA. The aquifer is used by over 1.7 million people as a water resource for agricultural, municipal, and industrial purposes. I'm interested in all aspects of water quality and quantity in karst aquifers and how they can be applied to better manage the resource. We have a staff of 8 that performs research on this hypogenic karst system. |
| The Edwards Aquifer is approximately 180 kilometers long and 10 to 60 kilometers wide and extends to a depth of over 1,000 meters. It is located in south-central Texas, within the south-central part of the United States. It is only 100 kilometers from the site of the 2009 International Congress of Speleology. |
| Instrumentation: |
Borehole geophysical logging van, 52 rain gauges, 40+ water level samples, extensive water quality sampling program of wells, springs, and surface streams for full range of analytes. We have an extensive tracer testing program with our own laboratory and perform basic data collection as well as reseach on the Edwards Aquifer.
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