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Overview
Dr. Ballestero is interested in development, utility, and effectiveness of hydrologic field methods for measurement of parameters (velocity, dispersion, transmissivity, storage, etc.). Movement, monitoring, and biodegradation of petroleum hydrocarbon contamination in soils, groundwater, cold regions, and salt marshes. Innovative well construction methods for assessment of contaminated sites. Hydrology and hydraulics of liquid and solid waste management practices: land application of sludge, landfill leachate recirculation, mounding under large septic system leach fields.
Selected Publications
Watts A. W., T. P. Ballestero, and K. H. Gardner. 2006. Uptake of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in salt marsh plants Spartina alterniflora grown in contaminated sediments. Chemosphere 62; 1253-1260.
Watts A. W., T. P. Ballestero, K. H. Gardner. Soil and Atmospheric Inputs to PAH Concentrations in Salt Marsh Plants. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 189:253-263. 2008.
Fowler, Lloyd C., et al., 1996. Chapter 5 Groundwater, in Hydrology Handbook, 2nd edition, ASCE Task Committee on Hydrology Handbook, ASCE, New York, NY.
Ballestero, T.P. and E.M. Douglas, 1996, Comparison Between the Nitrogen Fluxes from Composting Farm Wastes and Composting Yard Wastes, Transactions of the ASAE, Vol. 39(5), pp. 1709-1715. St. Joseph, MI.
Ballestero, T.P., L.K. Brannaka, S.R. Nerney, P.E. Currier, and B. Koenen, 1995, "Utility of Small Diameter Wells for Investigation of Ground Water Conditions: Contamination, Permafrost, and Hydraulic Characteristics", Invited Paper in Proceedings of the Conference on Models for Cold-Regions Contaminant Hydrology: Current Uses and Future Needs, Anchorage, AK, August 22-23.
Ballestero, T.P., J.P. Marrone and D.M. Trottier, 1993, "Effects of Transportation Structures and Ice on Salt Water Marsh Hydrology and Hydraulics", in Hydraulic Engineering `93, V. 1, Hsieh Wen Shen, S.T. Su, and Fang Wen eds., ASCE, New York, NY, pp. 150-155.
Teaching Interests
Hydrology and water resources engineering, as exemplified by the following courses: Fluid Mechanics, Open Channel Flow, Engineering Hydrology, Design of Water Transmission Systems, Coastal Engineering, Groundwater Engineering, Hydrologic Monitoring (field course), River Mechanics, and Advanced Groundwater Topics.
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