Kansas Water Science Center

USGS scientists showing students how water flows through a village using a model.

USGS scientist teaching students about the water cycle using a groundwater model for demonstration.

USGS scientists demostrating to a group of 7th grade students how a flood could affect a village.

USGS scientists showing students how they test water samples in the lab.

A photo of scientific equipment inside the new Organic Geochemistry Research Lab (OGRL) at the Kansas Water Science Center (KS WSC).

In this video, three speakers explain U.S. Geological Survey research on harmful algal blooms (HABs) and the nutrients that cause these toxic emerald-green blooms in the Nation’s lakes, reservoirs, and coastal waters. Jennifer Graham and Tom Stiles discuss how USGS science is contributing to the development of early warning systems and predictive tools to guide management

Photo taken along Indian Creek in Overland Park Kansas. Two people walk along the bank in the center of the photo. Foliage covers both banks.

Water floods over a road in Easton Kansas.

Photo of the Kansas River and boatramp underneath KS-99 highway at Wamego, Kansas. 

Icicles hang from the bank of the Neosho River near Parsons, Kansas with temperatures below 5 degress Celsius.

John Rosendale installs a pipe to monitor harmful algal blooms at Cheney Reservoir in Kansas. 

Two decades of harmful algal bloom, nutrient and sediment research by the USGS is helping to support Wichita’s long-term vision of a sustainable water supply into the future. Early warning indicators of harmful algal blooms have been developed for Cheney Reservoir, Kansas