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Hydrologic technician processing a water quality sample in the field out of one of USGS designated water quality vehicles.

USGS scientists sampling groundwater near the top of the water table in a corn field in Concord, New Hampshire.

USGS divers cleaning an underwater acoustic Doppler current profiler at the Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut.

Sandy Brosnahan and Eric Marsjanik of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center while diving to level previously installed ADCPs. Photo credit: Danny Hansen (USGS) 

Sandy Brosnahan of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center preparing to dive in the Norwalk River to service and level a bottom mounted ADCP.

USGS staff from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center and the New England Water Science Center leveling a bottom mounted ADCP off the pier located in the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. The ADCP will record water level and flow velocity. Photo credit: Danny Hansen (USGS) 

USGS sample location at 01208948, Sasco Brook at Southport, Connecticut on Ingleside Road above Banks Pond.

A new USGS sample location at 01126908, Mount Misery Brook above Lowden Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut.

USGS sample location at 01201995, West Branch Shepaug River at Cornwall Bridge Connecticut.

A new USGS sample location at 01126908, Mount Misery Brook above Lowden Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut.

A new USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut. Pictured are scientists reconning the site for viability.

A new USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut. Pictured are hydrologists reconning the site for viability.

Photograph of the entrance to the New England Water Science Center in Northborough, MA.

River ice remains suspended along the bank-full margin, Black River, Weathersfield, Vermont. Note the rip-rap bank stabilization measures installed since Tropical Storm Irene.

A water temperature sensor cable that was severed due to ice at station 010642505, Saco River at Bartlett, New Hampshire.

A photo of a destroyed orifice line used to determine river stage at station 01010500, St. John River at Dickey, Maine. It was a substantial task to access the damaged line. A temporary line was installed until a permanent line can be installed.

U.S. Geological Survey boat used for PFAS sampling on Ashumet Pond, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

U.S. Geological Survey hydrologic technician collects a sample of soil affected by Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

This ice jam occurred on the Connecticut River in New Hampshire on February 18, 2022. This ice jam caused about 12 ft. of backwater.

A destroyed crest-stage gage (used to verify peak river stage) at station 01169900, South River near Conway, Massachusetts.

An ice jam at the Route 197 bridge over the Quinebaug River at Quinebaug, Connecticut on Feb. 4, 2022. This ice jam led to minor flooding upstream of the bridge.