David Kreamer - Educator, Author, Environmentalist, and Visionary

The WaTER Center is so very happy to welcome Dr. David Kreamer as a member of the selection jury to choose the 2019 University of Oklahoma International Water Prize recipient.  Dr. Kreamer is a Professor of Hydrology in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He currently serves as Vice President for the International Association of Hydrogeologists for Science and Program. Dave has served as a Director for the National Ground Water Association (NGWA), and a Board member and President for the Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR). 

Dr. David Kreamer

Dave’s love for hiking and paddling on the Colorado River near the Grand Canyon National Park, during the early years of his career, has led him to create partnerships with government and private groups who are now offering cooperation and support for his research on groundwater exploitation. His research includes topics such as environmental contamination, spring vulnerability and sustainability, and clean water and energy supply in developing nations. 

Dr. Kreamer has been an oarsman on the Colorado River, through the Grand Canyon, since the early 1980's.

Dave's research involves many water related topics around the world, particularly in developing countries.

He has authored over 65 professional publications and currently is co-author of the recently released 3^rd edition of textbook “Contaminant Hydrogeology” from Waveland Press.  He has given more than 150 invited lectures, seminars, and workshops in recent years for groups such as the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, and more than 50 universities. Dr. Kreamer has given presentations and short courses for over half of the states and commonwealths in the United States, and also in Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, Australia and the Pacific island nations, South America, Africa and the Middle East.

Professor Kreamer appeared as an expert witness for U.S. Congressional hearings on groundwater polution.

Dr. Kreamer shares his professional expertise in lectures, seminars, workshops, and courses around the globe.

Dave appeared as a professional consultant and expert witness in legal proceedings for the U.S. Congress concerning his expertise on groundwater pollution challenges. He served as an external peer reviewer for numerous groups and projects involving risk assessment and remediation methodologies. In 1997, he was awarded the Joseph Malone Fellowship. Dr. Kreamer’s future goals include efforts to bring a focus on new perspectives in global groundwater science and challenges, with debates that lead to recommended, coordinated efforts and effective, quality action.