{"id":22318,"date":"2015-06-15T14:44:45","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T18:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/?p=22318"},"modified":"2021-11-10T16:40:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T20:40:53","slug":"western-michigan-hydrogeology-field-course-prepares-students-for-field-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/western-michigan-hydrogeology-field-course-prepares-students-for-field-work.htm","title":{"rendered":"Western Michigan Hydrogeology Field Course Prepares Students For Field Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hydrogeology Field Course at Western Michigan University is one of the few such courses available in the United States. It aims to train students on the equipment involved in field work like collecting measurements, keeping records and filing reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe provide students with a capstone opportunity to get a vocational, or applied, portion of training that they didn\u2019t get in the classroom,\u201d said Tom Howe, director of the field course. \u201cIt helps make them employable by providing that experience to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howe says that a number of students have gone on to work for government agencies including the U.S. EPA and U.S. Geological Survey, or have gained positions as staff geologists at environmental consulting firms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re going in and, right off the bat, they\u2019re doing the things we taught them to do,\u201d said Howe.<\/p>\n<p>The six-week summer course is taught at the Asylum Lake Preserve, which is preserved as a recreation and research area under an agreement between the City of Kalamazoo and Western Michigan University. It involves an intensive training on monitoring gear, including handheld meters and sondes, soil samplers and groundwater pumps, like a Proactive Stainless Steel Hurricane XL Pump.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_22310\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22310\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22310\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wmu_fieldcourse2.jpg\" alt=\"Western Michigan students learn the ins and outs of groundwater and soil sampling, as well as hazard response preparation. (Credit: Tom Howe, Western Michigan University)\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wmu_fieldcourse2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/news.fondriest.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wmu_fieldcourse2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-22310\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Western Michigan students learn the ins and outs of groundwater and soil sampling, as well as hazard response preparation. (Credit: Tom Howe, Western Michigan University)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWith the Hurricane, we\u2019re usually training students to do low-flow sampling, running into something with a flow cell, where we need to control the flow,\u201d said Howe. \u201cThat\u2019s where we use YSIs (sondes) to monitor things like temperature, pH, conductivity, ORP and turbidity. And also dissolved oxygen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The field course uses several Proactive pumps, says Howe, but he got the Hurricane XL because there was a need for a high-quality, submersible pump with minimal maintenance concerns. One of the features he likes is how easy it is to swap out motors when the time comes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t seen another stainless (pump) where you can just unscrew it, put the new motor in there and then turn it on,\u201d said Howe.<\/p>\n<p>The course not only educates college students, but it also trains industry professionals in hazard response situations. Howe says that the Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response unit of the course is always packed with both students and pros. The course also gets international students, says Howe, and has taught pupils from Denmark, Japan, Norway and Peru, among other countries.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Top image:\u00a0Western Michigan students use a groundwater pump. (Credit: Tom Howe, Western Michigan University)<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instructors at Western Michigan University lead one of the few hydrogeology field courses in the United States.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":22311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,49],"tags":[239,129,60,140,109,314],"class_list":["post-22318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-articles","category-rivers-streams","tag-applications","tag-environmental-education","tag-featured","tag-groundwater","tag-news-ticker","tag-western-michigan-university"],"remote_post_permalink":false,"remote_post_featured_image":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Western Michigan Hydrogeology Field Course Prepares Students For Field Work<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Instructors at Western Michigan University lead one of the few hydrogeology field courses in the United States.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/western-michigan-hydrogeology-field-course-prepares-students-for-field-work.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Western Michigan Hydrogeology Field Course Prepares Students For Field Work\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Instructors at Western Michigan University lead one of the few hydrogeology field courses in the United States.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/western-michigan-hydrogeology-field-course-prepares-students-for-field-work.htm\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Environmental Monitor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-15T18:44:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-10T20:40:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.fondriest.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wmu_fieldcourse.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"470\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Daniel Kelly\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Daniel Kelly\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/western-michigan-hydrogeology-field-course-prepares-students-for-field-work.htm#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/western-michigan-hydrogeology-field-course-prepares-students-for-field-work.htm\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Daniel Kelly\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/847643ff7cab0510299c8b13d204eac7\"},\"headline\":\"Western Michigan Hydrogeology Field Course Prepares Students For Field Work\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-15T18:44:45+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-11-10T20:40:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/western-michigan-hydrogeology-field-course-prepares-students-for-field-work.htm\"},\"wordCount\":438,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.fondriest.com\\\/news\\\/western-michigan-hydrogeology-field-course-prepares-students-for-field-work.htm#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/news.fondriest.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/wmu_fieldcourse.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"applications\",\"environmental education\",\"featured\",\"groundwater\",\"news ticker\",\"Western Michigan University\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured Articles\",\"Rivers &amp; 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