USGS-Illinois Water Science Center Professional Page for PAUL J. TERRIO

PAUL J. TERRIO
Hydrologist

EDUCATION
University of Arizona, Tucson-BS Hydrology, 1982

STARTED WITH THE USGS -- December 1982

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Water quality
Hydrologic data collection
Water-quality data-collection instrumentation
Nutrients in surface waters

CURRENT PROJECTS

Drainage Management to Reduce Nitrate Loads from Tile Drainage and to Improve Crop Production in Central Illinois
National Water-Quality Assessment - Lower Illinois River Basin and Upper Illinois River Basin Study Units
Illinois Water-Quality Monitoring Network
Co-instructor for University of Illinois, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Course 398FM - Introduction to Field Methods for Hydrologic and Environmenatl Studies
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Ground-Water Quality Assurance Review

CONTACT INFORMATION

U.S. Geological Survey, Illinois Water Science Center
1201 W. University Avenue, Suite 100
Urbana, IL 61801-2347
Phone: 217-344-0037, ext 3002
E-mail: pjterrio@usgs.gov

PUBLICATIONS

Holmes, R.R., Terrio, P.J., Harris, M.A., and Mills, P.C., 2001, Introduction to Field Methods for Hydrologic and Environmental Studies: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-509, 241 p.

Sorenson, S.K., Porter, S.D., Akers, K.B., Harris, M.A., Kalkhoff, S.J., Roberts, L.R., and Terrio, P.J., 1999, Water Quality and Habitat Conditions in Upper Midwest Streams Relative to Riparian Vegetation and Soil Characteristics, August 1997: Study Design, Methods, and Data: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 99-202, 53 p.

Terrio, P.J., and Nazimek, J.E., 1997, Changes in Cross-Section Geometry and Channl Volume in Two Reaches of the Kankakee River in Illinois, 1959-94: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 96-4261, 41 p.

Terrio, P.J., 1995, Water-Quality Assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Nutrients, Dissolved Oxygen, and Fecal-Indicator Bacteria in Surface Water, April 1987 through August 1990: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 95-4005, 79 p.

Phipps, R.L., Johnson, G.P., and Terrio P.J., 1995, Dedrogeomorphic Estimate of Changes in Sedimentation Rate Along the Kankakee River Near Momence, Illinois: U.S. Geological Survey Water Resources Investigations Report 94-4190, 30 p.

Terrio, P.J., 1994, Relation of Changes in Wastewater-Treatment Practices to Changes in Stream-Water Quality During 1978-88 in the Chicago Area, Illinois, and Implications for Regional and National Water-Quality Assessments: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4188, 56 p.

Sullivan, D.J., and Terrio, P.J., 1993, Surfacw-Water Quality Assessment of the Upper Illinois River Basin in Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin: Data on Agricultural Organic Compounds, Nutrients, and Sediment in Water, 1988-90: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93+421, 61 p.