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Continuous water quality station on the Mystic River at the Mystic Seaport, Mystic Connecticut (Site ID 412141071580200). Setup includes top and bottom multiparameter sondes and velocity uplooker.

A tide gage that measures water levels at 5-minute intervals installed in Academy Cove in 2021. Wickford, Rhode Island.

Hydrologic technicians collecting discrete water quality samples at Norwalk River at Ferry Point near Norwalk, Connecticut (USGS Site ID 410643073243700)

High flow event at Mount Hope River near Warrenville, CT (USGS station 01121000).

An acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP) on the Natchaug River near Chaplin, CT (USGS station 01120790).

Landsat image of the Yukon River near Stevens Village, Alaska collected on July 8, 2021.

Photo Contest Winner | July 2021 | Honorable Mention 1

Taking a w​​​​​ater sample in Green River

Continuous water quality gaging station located at Norwalk Harbor at the Cove Marina near East Norwalk, Connecticut (USGS site ID 410502073236000)

Continuous water quality gaging station located at Norwalk River at Norwalk Aquarium near South Norwalk, Connecticut (USGS site ID 410606073245700)

The view from the river of the USGS gaging station on the Kennebec River at The Forks, station 01042500 during summer.

A buoy is deployed at the Merrimack River estuary (USGS site 011008745) just off of Salisbury MA from May to October each year.

Scituate Reservoir on Plainfield Pike, Scituate, RI.

Photo taken on the eastern side of the reservoir, facing northwest. 

Photograph of U.S. Geological Survey technician measuring water quality properties at USGS streamgage 01115265, Hemlock Brook at King Road near Foster, Rhode Island.

Installation of continuous water quality gaging station at Mystic River at RAM Island Yacht Club at Noank, Connecticut (USGS site ID 411940071590300)

(A) Examples of the multi-parameter water-quality probes used for continuous fixed-station monitoring, moving boat surveys, and vertical water-quality profiles. (B) Example of smaller temperature and dissolved oxygen sensors with and without a wiper unit.

Hydrologic technician conducting a discharge measurement at USGS site 011006988, Merrimack River at Bates Bridge, Haverhill Massachusetts.

Hydrologic technicians collecting a water-quality sample from a boat at USGS site 011006988, Merrimack River at Bates Bridge, Haverhill, Massachusetts.

Examples of monitoring buoys deployed in (A) 2018 and (B) 2019 and (C) example of a bottom cage containing a sensor.

USGS station ID 01075000 Pemigewasset River at Woodstock, New Hampshire. The high-water mark monument was installed in May 2021, and shows the peak for the period of record at this gage was from Tropical Storm Irene. It still remains the highest peak to this day.

This covered bridge is on Salmon River at site 01193500 near East Hampton, Connecticut.

A bridge board sampler used for collecting water-quality samples set up at USGS site 01100000, Merrimack River, Lowell, Massachusetts.