Ke
vin Masarik
Director & Extension Specialist, Center for Watershed Science and Education
Assistant Professor of Fisheries and Water Resources, College of Natural Resources
Contact Information
Phone: 715-346-4276
Email:kmasarik@uwsp.edu
Office: TNR 224F
Biography
Kevin Masarik is the Director of the Center for Watershed Science and Education, a partnership between the College of Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point and University of Wisconsin - Madison, Division of Extension. His extension teaching and research focuses on groundwater and drinking water quality targeted towards populations served by rural residential well water systems. Other aspects of his work include understanding the relationship between agricultural landuse and water quality, geologic related groundwater contaminants, and utilizing expanding access to groundwater quality data for education and groundwater management.
Education
PhD, Environment and Resources, University of Wisconsin - Madison
MS, Soil Science, University of Wisconsin - Madison
BS, Water Resources, Minor in Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Select Publications
Silver, M., Phelps, W., Masarik, K., Burke, K., Zhang, C., Schwartz, A., Wang, M., Nitka, A. L., Schutz, J., Trainor, T., Washington, J. W., Rheineck, B. D. (2023). Prevalence and Source Tracing of PFAS in Shallow Groundwater Used for Drinking Water in Wisconsin, USA. Environmental Science & Technology 57(45): 17415-17426. Link to publication
Campbell, T. A., Masarik, K.C., Heinemann, E.M., Kucharik, C.J. (2023). Quantifying the spatiotemporal variability of nitrate in irrigation water across the Wisconsin Central Sands. J Environ Qual. Link to publication
Shrestha, D., Masarik, K.C., Kucharik, C.J. (2023). Nitrate losses from Midwest US agroecosystems: Impacts of varied management and precipitation. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 78(2): 141-153. Link to publication
McGinley, P., K. Masarik, M. Gotkowitz, and D. Mechenich. (2016) The Impact of Aquifer Geology and Anthropogenic Acidification on Groundwater Phosphorus. Applied Geochemistry. 72:1-9. Link to publication
Luczaj, J.; Masarik, K. Groundwater Quantity and Quality Issues in a Water-Rich Region: Examples from Wisconsin, USA. Resources 2015, 4, 323-357. Link to publication
Masarik, K., Norman, J. and Brye, K. (2014) Long-Term Drainage and Nitrate Leaching below Well-Drained Continuous Corn Agroecosystems and a Prairie. Journal of Environmental Protection, 5, 240-254. Link to publication
Masarik, K. 2009. On-site water reuse systems: Using water to its full potential (G3882). University of Wisconsin-Extension, Cooperative Extension Publishing Unit.
Masarik, K. 2007. Improving Your Private Well Water Quality (G3826). University of Wisconsin-Extension, Cooperative Extension Publishing Unit.
Masarik, K.C., J.M. Norman, K.R. Brye, and J.M. Baker. 2004. Improvements to measuring water flux in the vadose zone. J. Environ. Qual. 33:1152-1158.
Online Media Outreach
WisContext Articles
Wisconsin Public Television - University Place. Nitrate in Wisconsin's Groundwater. Wed Nite @ the Lab Lecture Series. January 20, 2016.
Wisconsin Public Television - University Place. Private Wells and Water Quality in Wisconsin. Wed Nite @ the Lab Lecture Series. April 10, 2019.
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