Ricardo César Aoki Hirata
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Geociências (IGC) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Ricardo Hirata is a Certified Geologist (UNESP, Brazil), with MSc (USP, Brazil), DSc (USP, Brazil) and Post Doctorate (University of Waterloo, Canada) in hydrogeology. He is currently a Full Professor at University of São Paulo (USP), Director of CEPAS|USP (Groundwater Research Center), former member of the Groundwater Management Advisory Team of World Bank (GW-MATE), an adviser for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), PAHO/WHO and UNESCO, Visiting Professor at the University of Calgary and also a 1B-Level Brazilian CNPq Research Fellow. Dr. Hirata has 34-year experience working intensively in many aspects of groundwater and water resources for private and government companies in more than 26 countries in areas that include, among others, groundwater contamination, groundwater resource development, water resource management and governance, and groundwater protection policy. He was also a Chief Hydrogeologist for São Paulo Geological Institute (Environmental Secretariat of Sao Paulo State) and Water and Energy Department (DAEE, Water Resource Secretariat) and a research associate at the Earth Science Department of the University of Waterloo (Canada), where he did his post-doctoral fellow. He also served as a hydrogeologist for World/Pan American Health Organization and a professor for University of Costa Rica (CARAS Program: a Canadian Graduate Program for Central and South America) and Visiting Professor at University of Calgary (Canada). Dr. Hirata has been a coordinator in a large number of research project involving many national and international institutions, which have resulted in a significant number of trained high-level students (MSc and DSc) and publications, including some technical manuals for WHO/PAHO, World Bank, and UNESCO. He also has registered a patent to remediate contaminated groundwater. Since 2011, he has been Associate Editor of the Brazilian Journal of Geosciences, Bulletin of Water Resources and Development and Groundwater Resources and Management and Chief Editor of the EMS Environmental Sciences Journal. Hirata was nominated as Honorary Citizenship of Sucre (Bolívia) and Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) and also a Latin America Distinguish Hydrogeology by Latin America Hydrogeologist Association (ALSHUD). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
| News published in Agência FAPESP Newsletter about the researcher |
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- Phytoremediation of nitrate in an unconfined aquifer using eucalyptus - FITOREM, AP.R
Abstract
Nitrate is one of the most common contaminants in aquifers. Its origin is usually related to agricultural practices and on situ sanitation. In São Paulo, several studies have pointed to this problem, which also has occurred in many cities, even if they have sewerage mains for decades. The remediation of aquifers contaminated by nitrate is a major challenge in management, because, althou...
- Coqueiral Project: challenge of water quality in urban environmental issue: Recife aquifers and land use: how to face groundwater salinization and contamination under global environmental change in its societal context, AP.PFPMCG.TEM
Abstract
Due to an increasing demographic pressure, the Metropolitan Region of Recife (RMR, the fifth largest metropolitan area in Brazil), went through remarkable water and land use changes over the last decades. These evolutions gave rise to numerous environmental consequences, such as a dramatic decline of the piezometric levels, groundwater salinization and contamination, This degradation of...
- MINISIS: a new method for evaluation of water resource contamination caused by on-site sanitation, AP.R
(Only some records are available in English at this moment)
- Nature based solutions for the recovery of urban aquifers contaminated by nitrate, BP.MS
Abstract
Classic solutions, such as the in situ remediations of extensive nitrate contamination in urban aquifers, are inefficient, expensive and with reduced applicability. Nature-based solutions (NbS) are in situ and/or water extraction management technologies that use environmentally sound principles to induce aquifer treatment, reducing costs, and generating less environmental impact. These ...
- Hydrogeological characterization and an implementation of a management model for underground water resources in aquifers karst, Sete Lagoas city (mg), BP.DR
Abstract
The City of Sete Lagoas (MG) has faced a strong and rapid population and economic growth, exacerbating the problems arising from increased demand for water that is extracted from a karst aquifer system, such as those associated with restraint in the public supply, contamination soil and aquifer, and cuts the flow of surface water courses. The aim of this PhD project is to develop a mana...
- Origin of metropolitan aquifer salinization in Recife, BP.MS
Abstract
Environmental problems associated with large urban centers are a global issue. In Brazilian northeastern is located the Metropolitan Region of Recife (RMR, in Portuguese), the fourth biggest in the country, comprising 15 cities, totaling 3.7 million habitants in an area of 2.766 km² and therefore 1.334 habitants/km². This region has a water supply based on capitation of surface and grou...
- Numerical modeling of groundwater flow in São José do Rio Preto (SP), BP.IC
(Only some records are available in English at this moment)
- Groundwater management in Recife: aligning the private and public uses in a perspective of global climate change, BE.PQ
Abstract
Management of groundwater is at an incipient stage in Brazil. Limitations are still greater in urban areas, where the location of many wells is not known and the problems, when detected, are related to several activities and users. Legislation on existent water resources does not comprehend the characteristics of groundwater. Thus, as in other metropolitan areas, Recife is inserted in a...
- Hydrogeological characterization and water resources management in karst aquifers, city of sete LAGOAS (mg), BE.EP.DR
Abstract
The city of Sete Lagoas (Minas Gerais, Brazil) has experienced a strong and rapid socio-economic growth, aggravating resource problems, resulting in high population densities with increased groundwater exploitation from a karst aquifer system. In this context, the doctoral thesis aims to evaluate the groundwater resources, both quantitatively and qualitatively, to develop a water manage...
| 12 / 4 | Completed research grants |
| 1 / 1 | Ongoing scholarships in Brazil |
| 25 / 5 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 2 / 2 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 40 / 12 | All research grants and scholarships |
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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
| Publications | 13 |
| Citations | 71 |
| Cit./Article | 5.5 |
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BERTOLO, REGINALDO; BOUROTTE, CHRISTINE; MARCOLAN, LEONARDO; OLIVEIRA, SONIA; HIRATA, RICARDO. Anomalous content of chromium in a Cretaceous sandstone aquifer of the Bauru Basin, state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, v. 31, n. 1, p. 69-80, FEB 2011. Web of Science Citations: 15.
STIMSON, JESSE; CHAE, GI-TAK; PTACEK, CAROL J.; EMELKO, MONICA B.; MESQUITA, MARIA M.; HIRATA, RICARDO A.; BLOWES, DAVID W.. Basic oxygen furnace slag as a treatment material for pathogens: Contribution of inactivation and attachment in virus attenuation. WATER RESEARCH, v. 44, n. 4, SI, p. 1150-1157, FEB 2010. Web of Science Citations: 5. (05/00315-5)
GALVAO, PAULO; HALIHAN, TODD; HIRATA, RICARDO. The karst permeability scale effect of Sete Lagoas, MG, Brazil. Journal of Hydrology, v. 532, p. 149-162, JAN 2016. Web of Science Citations: 12. (12/12846-9)
BERTOLO, REGINALDO; BOUROTTE, CHRISTINE; HIRATA, RICARDO; MARCOLAN, LEONARDO; SRACEK, ONDRA. Geochemistry of natural chromium occurrence in a sandstone aquifer in Bauru Basin, Sao Paulo State, Brazil. APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY, v. 26, n. 8, p. 1353-1363, AUG 2011. Web of Science Citations: 13.
MARTINS, VERIDIANA T. DE S.; PINO, DAPHNE SILVA; BERTOLO, REGINALDO; HIRATA, RICARDO; BABINSKI, MARLY; PACHECO, DIEGO FELIPE; RIOS, ANA PAULA. Who to blame for groundwater fluoride anomaly in Sao Paulo, Brazil? Hydrogeochemistry and isotopic evidence. APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY, v. 90, p. 25-38, MAR 2018. Web of Science Citations: 1. (10/20876-0, 08/08601-5)
GALVAO, PAULO; HIRATA, RICARDO; HALIHAN, TODD; TERADA, RAFAEL. Recharge sources and hydrochemical evolution of an urban karst aquifer, Sete Lagoas, MG, Brazil. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES, v. 76, n. 4, FEB 2017. Web of Science Citations: 2. (12/12846-9)
VARNIER, CLAUDIA; HIRATA, RICARDO; ARAVENA, RAMON. Examining nitrogen dynamics in the unsaturated zone under an inactive cesspit using chemical tracers and environmental isotopes. APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY, v. 78, p. 129-138, MAR 2017. Web of Science Citations: 3.
SUHOGUSOFF, ALEXANDRA VIEIRA; HIRATA, RICARDO; FERRARI, LUIZ CARLOS K. M.; ROBERTSON, WILLIAM D.; STIMSON, JESSE; FORBES, DON; BLOWES, DAVID W.. Field performance of two on-site wastewater treatment systems using reactive media layers for nutrient and pathogen removal. JOURNAL OF WATER PROCESS ENGINEERING, v. 32, DEC 2019. Web of Science Citations: 1. (05/00315-5)
SUHOGUSOFF, ALEXANDRA VIEIRA; HIRATA, RICARDO; ARAVENA, RAMON; ROBERTSON, WILLIAM D.; FERRARI, LUIZ CARLOS K. M.; STIMSON, JESSE; BLOWES, DAVID W.. Dynamics of nitrate degradation along an alternative latrine improved by a sawdust permeable reactive barrier (PRB) installed in an irregular settlement in the municipality of Sao Paulo (Brazil). ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, v. 138, p. 310-322, NOV 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0. (05/00315-5)
PETELET-GIRAUD, EMMANUELLE; CARY, LISE; CARY, PAUL; BERTRAND, GUILLAUME; GIGLIO-JACQUEMOT, ARMELLE; HIRATA, RICARDO; AQUILINA, LUC; ALVES, LINCOLN MUNIZ; MARTINS, VERIDIANA; MELO, ANA MARIA; et al. Multi-layered water resources, management, and uses under the impacts of global changes in a southern coastal metropolis: When will it be already too late? Crossed analysis in Recife, NE Brazil. Science of The Total Environment, v. 618, p. 645-657, MAR 15 2018. Web of Science Citations: 2. (11/50553-0)
FERNANDES, AMELIA J.; MALDANER, CARLOS H.; NEGRI, FRANCISCO; ROULEAU, ALAIN; WAHNFRIED, INGO D.. Aspects of a conceptual groundwater flow model of the Serra Geral basalt aquifer (Sao Paulo, Brazil) from physical and structural geology data. HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL, v. 24, n. 5, p. 1199-1212, AUG 2016. Web of Science Citations: 5. (04/15543-0)
GALVAO, PAULO; HALIHAN, TODD; HIRATA, RICARDO. Transmissivity of Aquifer by Capture Zone Method: An Application in the Sete Lagoas Karst Aquifer, MG, Brazil. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, v. 89, n. 1, p. 91-102, MAR 2017. Web of Science Citations: 2. (12/12846-9)
GALVAO, PAULO; HALIHAN, TODD; HIRATA, RICARDO. Evaluating karst geotechnical risk in the urbanized area of Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, Brazil. HYDROGEOLOGY JOURNAL, v. 23, n. 7, p. 1499-1513, NOV 2015. Web of Science Citations: 10. (12/12846-9)
(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)
BATISTA, Jonathan Carvalhaes. Existe superexplotação nos aquíferos de Recife (PE)?. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Instituto de Geociências. Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo. (12/12506-3)
WAHNFRIED, Ingo Daniel. Modelo conceitual de fluxo do Aquitarde Serra Geral e do Sistema Aquífero Guarani na região de Ribeirão Preto, SP. Tese (Doutorado) - Instituto de Geociências. Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo. (04/15543-0)
SUHOGUSOFF, Alexandra Vieira. Minimização de impactos nos recursos hídricos causados por sistemas de saneamento in situ: estudo piloto em Parelheiros - São Paulo (SP). Tese (Doutorado) - Instituto de Geociências. Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo. (04/03484-0)
MALDANER, Carlos Henrique. Recarga de aquífero em área urbana: estudo de caso de Urânia (SP). Dissertação (Mestrado) - Instituto de Geociências. Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo. (07/51992-2)
VARNIER, Claudia Luciana. Avaliação da contaminação de uma fossa negra desativada na zona não-saturada do aqüífero Adamantina em Urânia (SP). Tese (Doutorado) - Instituto de Geociências. Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo. (01/13931-5)
VARNIER, Claudia Luciana. O Efeito do nitrogênio proveniente de sistemas de saneamento \"In Situ\" na qualidade das águas subterrâneas em aqüíferos livres e rasos. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Instituto de Geociências. Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo. (98/10481-4)
GALVÃO, Paulo Henrique Ferreira. Modelo hidrogeológico conceitual de Sete Lagoas (MG) e implicações associadas ao desenvolvimento urbano em regiões cársticas. Tese (Doutorado) - Instituto de Geociências. Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo. (12/12846-9)
MONDIN, Marcos. Avaliação e quantificação do processo de recarga do aqüífero livre e raso no Parque Ecológico do Tiête-SP. Dissertação (Mestrado) - Instituto de Geociências. Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo. (02/06358-0)
BERTOLO, Reginaldo Antonio. Hidrodinâmica e hidrogeoquímica da Zona não saturada do Aqüífero Adamantina em Urânia - SP. Tese (Doutorado) - Instituto de Geociências. Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo. (98/15340-0)
Solicitação em análise e dentro do prazo legal de sigilo previsto na legislação BR1020170200701 - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Solicitação em análise e dentro do prazo legal de sigilo previsto na legislação - September 2017, 19