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Prof. David Boutt

@davidboutt.bsky.social
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Professor, @UMass-Amherst, Hydrogeologist, Groundwater in Catchment-Scale Hydrologic Processes, he/him #lithium #sustainability #water www.boutthydro.com

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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Important to remember it's the timing of when we get precipitation is more important than the total amount. Summer precip may prevent streamflows from reaching their lowest potential level but the groundwater storage deficit is large and will not recover without significant non-growing season precip
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
US Drought Monitor today droughtmonitor.unl.edu. Wow, the water cycle is really intensifying. For many parts of the US, April and May are when peak water of the year occurs, and we're now heading into the period when ET > P. This map will progressively turn red and expand into late summer and fall.
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Precipitation accumulation for many regions way below normal for the hydrological year @umassamherst.bsky.social @umasshydro.bsky.social
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
As drought conditions dominate most of the US major climate zones we are reaching peak water for the year here in the Northeast at well below normal levels. Forested uplands are drying quickly with streamflow reductions to continue into the fall. @climatechris.bsky.social @efisherwx.bsky.social
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Checking in on #groundwater #Mass #drought recovery after snow melt and big rains this week. Interior has moved into normal range and fully recovered. Cape Cod has a ways to go, but the needle is heading in the right direction. @efisherwx.bsky.social @climatechris.bsky.social
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
The extended lab group will be at @agu.org in New Orleans next week. Catch our team and collaborators in Oral and Poster Presentations across the week on topics from lithium and water from New England to Alaska and places in between. @umasshydro.bsky.social @umasscns.bsky.social
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The storage anomaly is not being realized in deep storage and it appears that the shallow subsurface and surface transient storage is the main culprit for holding over an almost 1 cm depth of additional water across the region! Significant impacts for hydrological processes
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
We document increasing terrestrial water storage with GRACE and show a unique response to increased rainfall as the annual water budget does not close and we are holding over more water from year to year during wet summers. The timing offset between shallow and deep storage is bias towards spring
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Check out new work published recently documenting intensification of the hydrologic cycle across S. New England. Wet periods are becoming more intense, and so have droughts ... but wet periods are winning out! www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/17... @umasscns.bsky.social @umasshydro.bsky.social
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Explore our new manuscript on the response of salar aquifer systems to fresh and brine water abstraction. Density dependent behavior controls magnitude and location of system hydraulics agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... #lithium #water @umasscns.bsky.social @umasshydro.bsky.social
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
As the 2025 drought continues here in the Northeast (not to be confused with the 2016, 2020, 2022, or 2024) terrestrial water storage anomalies respond in different environments in distinct ways. Take for example storage anomalies in the CT river valley of Western Mass compared to those on Cape Cod
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Once again a significant drought beginning to develop here in S. NE. Our new groundwater storage deficit analysis shows that 5 out of the last 9 yrs in a drought state. Interestingly switching from record wet to very dry (see 18, 21, 23) and to some extent last spring. @climatechris.bsky.social
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
We are actively monitoring the developing drought on Cape Cod using USGS and @massdcr.bsky.social supported observation well data. Custom built codes and scripting by @umassamherst.bsky.social undergraduate Gabriel Olland to track trajectory of water storage. @umasshydro.bsky.social
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Finally raining right now in Western Mass. Been an incredible and historical dry streak. The 1" or so of precip will help abate additional fire risk but we have a HUGE soil moisture deficit that needs to be addressed before rivers will run again. Many of the streams near my house are completely dry
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 30/05/2024
Inspired by a post @efisherwx.bsky.social on the other platform. Check out the magnitude of precipitation in the last calendar year here in Western Mass. Pretty similar trend across most of SNE. Just an insane amount of water and no tropical systems in here either. #hydrology #groundwaterflooding
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
A nice fall afternoon bike ride home from @umasshydro.bsky.social #sunderland
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Prof. David Boutt @davidboutt.bsky.social · 21/09/2023
Lovely morning here on the banks of the CT river. This is as low as it’s been all summer.
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