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Notable awards
  
William Bowie Medal

Notable award
  
William Bowie Medal

Alma mater
  
University of Chicago

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Born
  
November 28, 1876 Davis, Illinois (
1876-11-28
)

Institutions
  
United States Geological Survey

Thesis
  
The occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles (1922)

Known for
  
Father of groundwater hydrology

Spouse
  
Alice Breckenridge Crawford

Children
  
Robert William Meinzer and Roy Crawford Meinzer

Died
  
1948, Washington, D.C., United States

Institution
  
United States Geological Survey

Books
  
PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE, GROUND WATER FOR IRRI, Geology and Water Resource, Geology and Water Resource, GROUND WATER IN JUAB MIL

Oscar Edward Meinzer (November 28, 1876 – June 14, 1948) was an American hydrogeologist who has been called the "father of modern groundwater hydrology". He was awarded the William Bowie Medal in 1943. The O. E. Meinzer award is named for him.

Selected works

  • — (1923). The occurrence of ground water in the United States, with a discussion of principles (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 489. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015. 
  • — (1923). Outline of ground-water hydrology, with definitions (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 494. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015. 
  • —; Hard, Herbert A (1925). The artesian water supply of the Dakota sandstone in North Dakota, with special reference to the Edgeley quadrangle (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 520. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015. 
  • — (1927). Plants as indicators of ground water (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 577. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015. 
  • — (1928). "Compressibility and elasticity of artesian aquifers". Economic Geology. 23 (3): 263–291. doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.23.3.263. 
  • — (1929). A study of ground water in the Pomperaug Basin, Connecticut : with special reference to intake and discharge (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 597-B. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015. 
  • —; Stearns, Norah Dowell (1929). Problems of the soft-water supply of the Dakota sandstone, with special reference to the conditions at Canton, South Dakota (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 597-C. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015. 
  • — (1932). Outline of methods for estimating ground-water supplies (PDF) (Report). Water Supply Paper 638. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2 September 2015. 
  • —; Fishel, V. C (1934). "Tests of permeability with low hydraulic gradients". Transactions, American Geophysical Union. 15 (2): 405. doi:10.1029/TR015i002p00405. 
  • —, ed. (1942). Hydrology. McGraw-Hill. 

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