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The Ups and Downs of Groundwater Levels after the July 2019 Ridgecrest, CA Earthquakes

The Ups and Downs of Groundwater Levels after the July 2019 Ridgecrest, CA Earthquakes

Effects from the two July 2019 Ridgecrest, CA earthquakes were observed in several USGS continuous groundwater-level monitoring sites in California...

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USGS Science at Work in the San Francisco Bay Estuary

USGS Science at Work in the San Francisco Bay Estuary

In an article written for the Interagency Ecological Program for the San Francisco Estuary, Dr. Paul Work and Dr. Maureen Downing-Kunz, of the...

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California Water Science Center Scientists Will Discuss Their Research on Drinking Water Sources at the 2019 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona

California Water Science Center Scientists Will Discuss Their Research on Drinking Water Sources at the 2019 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona

The annual meeting of the Geological Society of America supports the geological community in the scientific discovery, communication, and application...

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Comparing Restored vs. Historic Salt Marshes

Comparing Restored vs. Historic Salt Marshes

California Water Science Center Research Hydrologist Dr. Judith Drexler and others have published an article in the journal Restoration Ecology...

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California Water Science Center Scientists Present at 2019 Federal Interagency Conference

California Water Science Center Scientists Present at 2019 Federal Interagency Conference

California Water Science Center (CAWSC) hydrologists Joseph Hevesi, Scott Wright, Alexandra Etheridge, Mathieu Marineau, and Michelle Stern will...

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California Water Science Center Hydrologist Receives Award for Intervention Training

California Water Science Center Hydrologist Receives Award for Intervention Training

California Water Science Center Hydrologist, Alexandra (Alex) Etheridge will receive an excellence in leadership award at this year’s USGS Honor...

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USGS Participates in Earth Day Festivities on Alcatraz Island

USGS Participates in Earth Day Festivities on Alcatraz Island

On April 20th, the USGS California Water Science Center (CAWSC) participated in annual Earth Day festivities on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay...

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Scientists Present Bay-Delta Research at 2019 Interagency Ecological Program Workshop

Scientists Present Bay-Delta Research at 2019 Interagency Ecological Program Workshop

Earlier this month, over 40 scientists from the California Water Science Center attended the 2019 Interagency Ecological Program (IEP) Workshop in...

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Effects of Water Treatment on Neonicotinoids (insecticides) and drinking water quality: Study results published

Effects of Water Treatment on Neonicotinoids (insecticides) and drinking water quality: Study results published

This month California Water Science Center Scientist Dr. Michelle Hladik and others published an article on water treatment processes and their...

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Low-flying Helicopter in Southern San Joaquin Valley Surveying Groundwater and Geology

Low-flying Helicopter in Southern San Joaquin Valley Surveying Groundwater and Geology

A low-flying helicopter under contract to the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the California State Water Resources Control Board, has...

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USGS Hydrologist Interviewed about Fire Effects on Water Quality, and on Debris Flow

USGS Hydrologist Interviewed about Fire Effects on Water Quality, and on Debris Flow

As part of an article on the effects of wildfires on the health of infants, Santa Rosa Press Democrat reporter, Guy Kovner, interviewed Scott Wright...

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2018 Bay-Delta Science Conference: Our Estuary at an Intersection

2018 Bay-Delta Science Conference: Our Estuary at an Intersection

The San Francisco Bay and Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta estuary provides water to more than 25 million California residents, farmlands, and key fish...

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