Water availability

This website provides an application for exploring modeling results from a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) project titled Mapping Climate Change Resistant Vernal Pools in the Northeastern U.S. The purpose of this project was to improve understanding of the factors that control inundation patterns in vernal pools of the northeastern United States, so as to identify pools that might function as...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and USGS will jointly lead the development of foundational components for Gulf region-wide monitoring.

Where: Westdale Heights Academic Magnet school, Baton Rouge, LA Background: Dennis Demcheck has been volunteering at the public school since 2012, discussing bird identification, migration patterns, and drawing birds. The presentation emphasized scientific observation and the importance of accurate data collection. Partners/Stakeholders: None. Dennis talked to about 75 students from three 4th...

The Sparta aquifer is Union County's only source of municipal and industrial ground water. Since development began in the early 1920's ground-water levels have declined more than 390 feet in some areas. As a result, Union was among five southern Arkansas counties designated as the state's first "Critical Ground Water Area" in 1996. Partners include: Union County Water Conservation District...

Short Title: Ground-Water Data Network Project Chief: Anna Nottmeier Cooperators: Arkansas Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Division , Arkansas Geological Survey , Cabot Water Works , Grand Prairie Water Users Association , Natural Resources Conservation Services , Union County Conservation District Project Time Frame: 1985 - present Arkansas is the fourth largest user of ground water...

Short Title: North Ground-Water Model Project Chief: Phillip Hays Cooperators: Arkansas Natural Resources Commission Project Time Frame: 2005 - present Several counties in eastern and southern Arkansas have been designated Critical Ground-Water Areas (areas where alluvial aquifer water levels dropped below 50 percent of the original saturated thickness or below the top of the Sparta Sand) by the...

Short Title: Water-Use Data Program Project Chief: Drew Westerman Cooperators: Arkansas Naural Resources Commission Project Time Frame: 1985 - present Every 5 years since 1950, the USGS has conducted an inventory of water use in the United States. In 1978, the USGS initiated the National Water-Use Information Program to establish a nationwide water-use database. In 1985, the Arkansas Natural...

Short Title: Well Log Database Project Chief: Drew Westerman Cooperators: Arkansas Naural Resources Commission Project Time Frame: 2005 - present Arkansas water regulations require metering on ground-water withdrawals for all sustaining aquifers named by the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission (ANRC). Repercussions of these regulations have resulted in ground-water users contesting the aquifer...

About the Louisiana Water Science Center Office Locations What We Do Data Collection Database Capabilities

The objective of the Mississippi water-use effort is to collect site-specific or aggregated water-use information to be used in studying and managing the water resources of our State, to store the information in a computerized data base, and to disseminate it to the public through reports and publications.

Long-term water-level records are needed to evaluate the effects of climatic variations on the recharge to and discharge from the ground-water systems, to provide a data base from which to measure the effects of development, to assist in the prediction of future supplies, and to provide data for management of the resource.

The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service, Mississippi Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Forest Service, and the Mississippi Automated Resource INformation System developed a 1:24,000-scale Watershed Boundary Dataset for Mississippi including...