DR. TAMIE JOVANELLY, GEOLOGIST, PROFESSOR, AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR

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Research MISSION

WATER QUALITY ASSESSMENTS ON ALL CONTINENTS

 Thus far, I have completed water quality assessments on 5 continents focusing on major rivers (Mississippi, Nile, Ganges, Amazon, and Pjorsa) and transboundary surface water systems (Lake Victoria).  This has allowed me to make comparisons between developed, undeveloped, and developing countries whereby considering population, infrastructure, economics, and human condition. The quantitative data that I collect represents physical, chemical, and the biological health of the water. Putting this raw data into a Water Quality Index (WQI) percentage allows me to easily communicate watershed health without scientific jargon (e.g. 100% excellent water quality; 0% bad). The WQI serve as a straightforward way of communicating watershed health. 

RESEARCH SITES-A BRIEF SUMMARY

NORTH AMERICA

CENTRAL AMERICA

CENTRAL AMERICA

With help of many students I have been able to gather monthly water quality data for Rome, GA since 2006. Also locally, I am interested in creating water budgets to understand groundwater and surfacewater interactions. My sampling on the Mississippi River is another on-going project which I am hoping to expand. 

CENTRAL AMERICA

CENTRAL AMERICA

CENTRAL AMERICA

With support from the Fulbright Foundation Flex Grant I was able to conduct water quality assessments in the majority of National Parks in Costa Rica. This baseline data is particularly important because the country is moving towards 100% renewable energy by 2020. The majority of this energy comes from hydroelectricity. Without a baseline data set it is impossible to make comparisons of degradation over time. Also, the health of the biodiversity in the forests are largely supported by the hydrology of the system.

SOUTH AMERICA

CENTRAL AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA

The shear vastness of the Amazon River basin is astounding. For a relative size comparison the Amazonas rainforest is equivalent to half the size of Europe (3.4 million sq miles). While I only sampled a portion of central basin that includes the Rio Negra, I left with the realization that this system is truly the heartbeat of our planet and is worth preserving. 

ASIA

EUROPE

SOUTH AMERICA

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Sampling of the water quality on the Ganges River began near its Himalayan headwaters in a city called Rishikesh. From there I followed its course to Varanasi where the water becomes choked with E. coli, and likely other toxics that I didn't test for. The Ganges River (called Ganga River, locally) is important to the Hindu religion. 

EUROPE

EUROPE

EUROPE

Iceland is a pristine landscape as is reflected by the fantastic water quality of the island. With low population (< 300,000 permanent residents), little free roaming cattle, and small scale hydroelectric facilities, the country acts as a valuable model of clean water for the world.

AFRICA

EUROPE

EUROPE

I conducted water quality assessments in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya, which are three of the largest countries surrounding Lake Victoria. In addition, I focused my assessments on some of the last remaining forest reserves just before the water enters into the Nile River. In Africa, the connection of animals to the landscape cannot be overlooked. Some of my research with the Kenyan Wildlife Service and Uganda Wildlife Education Center identifies these connections.

ARCTIC

ARCTIC

ARCTIC

In 2022, I was one of 33 research scientists aboard a 3-mast barquentine sailing ship departing out of Longyearbyen, Svlbard. While you would think water quality would be prestine at 80 degrees North, this archipelago was mined for coal for decades. These mines were abandoned, thus exposing coal to acid mine drainage. 

professor seeking water solutions in costa rica

Video

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PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Below you will find some of the relevant papers and publications by myself and collaborators.  

Dr. Tamie Jovanelly extended CV 0122021 (pdf)Download
Evaluating watershed health in Costa Rica 2020 (pdf)Download
Uganda water quality poster 2012 (pdf)Download
Comparative assessment of ambient air standards in rural areas to Ugandan city centers (pdf)Download
WQI standards for Ugandan forest reserves (pdf)Download
Water quality and animal health in Kenyan National Parks (pdf)Download
A comparative study of Iceland and India water quality and what we can learn (pptx)Download
A water budget for a man made lake, Georgia (pdf)Download
Uganda water quality: 5 years later (pdf)Download
Smore-WatchMeWork-TamieJovanelly (pdf)Download
JOVANELLY FINAL PAPER 2020 KENYA (pdf)Download

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