Water Resources Research Act Program

Details for Project ID MT_2025_Sun

Using Ambient Noise Tomography and Machine Learning Techniques to Track Groundwater Levels Across Western Montana

Institute: Montana
Year Established: 2025 Start Date: 2026-01-01 End Date: 2026-12-31
Total Federal Funds: $25,000 Total Non-Federal Funds: $25,000

Principal Investigators: Muchen Sun

Project Summary: Groundwater is vital for Montana's irrigation, municipal water supply, and industry. This project utilizes the relationship between seismic velocity and groundwater fluctuations, analyzing patterns to estimate changes in groundwater levels and storage across the region based on seismic velocity variations observed between monitoring wells.