David Kreamer

Professor Emeritus of Hydrology, College of Sciences
Expertise: Water resources, Historical climate change, Environmental pollution, Hydrogeology, Groundwater contaminants

Biography

David K. Kreamer is a hydrologist within UNLV's Department of Geoscience who has expertise in topics surrounding water resources, climate change, and pollution.

Kreamer's research includes environmental contamination, spring sustainability in national parks and on public lands, clean water supply in developing nations, radioactive waste disposal, water quality and quantity improvement, groundwater hydrology, landfills, water and international security, and monitoring well design.

His work has been published in more than three dozen journals. Additionally, Kreamer has delivered over 150 invited lectures and keynote speeches around the world. They include testimony before the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on water quality issues associated with uranium mining; lectures for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and U.S. Bureau of Land Management; and a March 2021 address before the United Nations General Assembly on world water challenges.

Kreamer is currently president of the International Association of Hydrogeologists. He is a former president of the Universities Council on Water Resources and past member of the National Ground Water Association's board of directors.

Education

  • Ph.D., Hydrology, University of Arizona
  • M.S., Hydrology, University of Arizona
  • B.S., Microbiology, University of Arizona

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David Kreamer In The News

Mining Technology
Through the decades it is fair to say mining has earned itself a chequered reputation. The industry, driven by the world’s insatiable appetite for minerals, has routinely been linked or found responsible for corruption, human rights abuses and environmental degradation, mostly in the Global South.
Science
Lightly frosted with snow, the peaks of Red Butte look particularly beautiful today, remarks Dianna Sue White Dove Uqualla, an elder of the Havasupai Tribe. This land near the south rim of the Grand Canyon is sacred to her people as the place where their creation story says life began. It was once a hub of ceremony and prayer, but tribal members rarely visit now—not since the Pinyon Plain Mine started to extract uranium just 10 kilometers away.
Las Vegas Review-Journal En Español
As Nevada prepares for the next few years of its lithium boom, a new study is drawing attention to what's at stake: water. Lithium, used in electric vehicle batteries, is considered a critical mineral for the transition from fossil fuels to greener energy sources. Only one lithium mine is fully operational in the country, in the Silver Peak mountain range in Nevada’s Esmeralda County.
Las Vegas Review Journal
As Nevada gears up for the next few years of its lithium boom, a new study is calling attention to what’s most at stake — water. Lithium, used in electric vehicle batteries, is considered a critical mineral for the transition away from fossil fuels to more green sources of energy. Only one lithium mine is fully operational in the country, in the Silver Peak mountain range of Nevada’s Esmeralda County.

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Research | May 11, 2022

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