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- Katharine Dahm
Katharine Dahm
Reclamation Office: Technical Service Center, Environmental Applications and Research
Contact Information: (303) 445-2495, kdahm@usbr.gov
Research Funded by the Science and Technology Program
Katharine Dahm began doing research for the Science and Technology Program in the 2011 fiscal year, with funding provided by the program as recently as the 2014 fiscal year. Projects were funded under the Science and Technology Program research topics Desalination and Water Treatment, Ecosystem Needs and Water Quality.
The following research projects were funded in whole or in part by the Science and Technology Program. Katharine Dahm is listed as the principal investigator, or primary researcher. Click the project's title to view more information.
Produced Water Treatment Primer for Oil and Gas Operations
Project ID: 1617
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2013 - 2014
Research Results:
- Guidance for the evaluation of produced water as an alternative water supply (interim, PDF, 2.3MB)
- EUCI_Produced Water Management in the West_Water Management Planning Guidelines_BOR (interim, PDF, 2.3MB)
- EUCI_Produced Water Management in the West_Produced Water Reuse Case Studies_BOR (interim, PDF, 2.3MB)
- Guidance to Evaluate Water Use and Production in the Oil and Gas Industry (final, PDF, 2.3MB)
- Produced Water Treatment Primer: Case Studies of Treatment Applications (final, PDF, 2.3MB)
- Produced Water Treatment and Management for Oil and Gas Production in the Western United States (final, PDF, 2.3MB)
Oxnard Saline Treatment Wetlands
Project ID: 9424
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2012 - 2013
Research Results:
- Oxnard Saline Treatment Wetlands: Monitoring Plan, Baseline Monitoring Results, and Supplemental Research Topics (final, PDF, 1.6MB)
- Presentation: Reclamation Research at the Oxnard Saline Demonstration Wetland (interim, PDF, 1.6MB)
- Saline Treatment for Salt Marsh Coastal Wetlands (final, PDF, 1.6MB)
Projected Impacts of Climate Change Induced Water Quality Trends on Reclamation Operations
Project ID: 4311
Fiscal Year of Funding: 2013
Research Results:
Projected Impacts of Climate Induced Water Quality Trends on Reclamation Operations (final, PDF, 877KB)
Treatment and Beneficial Use of Produced Water in the western U.S.
Project ID: 3259
Fiscal Years of Funding: 2011 - 2012
Research Results:
- Composite Geochemical Database for Coalbed Methane Produced Water Quality in the Rocky Mountain Region (interim, PDF, 3.3MB)
- Identifying Well Contamination through the use of 3-D Fluorescence Spectroscopy to Classify Coalbed Methane Produced Water (final, PDF, 3.3MB)
- International Petroleum Environment Conference Presentation (final, PDF, 3.3MB)
- Produced Water Treatment and Management for Oil and Gas Production in the Western United States (final, PDF, 3.3MB)
