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

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.

Safety is a major concern when it comes to working on ice, especially river ice. The New England Water Science Center conducted an ice safety day on January 31, 2022, at Lake Attitash in Merrimac, Massachusetts, for several new employees who work on ice.

Hydrologic technician drilling a hole in the ice with an ice auger on the Housatonic River, Massachusetts near the USGS streamgage 01198125. This hole will be used to safely collect a water quality sample from the ice.

Hydrologic technician taking surveying notes. A cut bank along the Upper Connecticut river near Stratford, New Hampshire in the background.

Hydrologic technician visiting a streamgage location during winter. USGS streamgage 04288225.

Hydrologic technician is inspecting water quality data taken with a YSI Cast Away device. Sample is being taken on the Norwalk River at Ferry Point, Connecticut (USGS site 410643073243700).

Hydrologic technician is taking a vertical profile with a YSI Cast Away device. Sample is being taken on the Norwalk River at Ferry Point, Connecticut (USGS site 410643073243700).

New England WSC hydrologic technicians collect a Water Quality sample at 410606073245700 location, Norwalk River at the Norwalk Aquarium.

Street flooding at high tide during a storm event on January 17, 2022, at Crescent Beach in Niantic, Connecticut.

Hydrologic technician operates Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) via canoe on Connecticut River.

A USGS monitoring location (Salmon River Near East Hampton, CT - USGS Water Data for the Nation) on the Salmon River is situated near the historic Comstock Covered Bridge. 

Hydrologic technician making a flowtracker measurement during a sunny winter day at Wells River in Wells, Vermont.

Winter water-quality sample collection at USGS gage 01188000, Bunnell Brook near Burlington, Connecticut.

Collection of tap water samples for the USGS and New Hampshire Health and Human Services EMPoWER-U project (Evaluating Metals in Private Wells and people for Exposure Reduction – Uranium). This project evaluates uranium in private wells and couples that information with human exposure biomarkers.

Collection of pre-treatment water samples for the USGS and New Hampshire Health and Human Services EMPoWER-U project (Evaluating Metals in Private Wells and people for Exposure Reduction – Uranium). This project evaluates uranium in private wells and couples that information with human exposure biomarkers.

Carriage road bridge over Duck Brook, Acadia National Park, near Bar Harbor, Maine.

Hydrologic technician controls the remote data collection from the bow, while the other one paddles the canoe-ADCP rig down the Connecticut river to the next cross-section. Stratford, New Hampshire/Maistone, Vermont.

Hydrologic technicians prepare for an early morning down-river Global Navigational Satellite Systems-Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (GNSS-ADCP) survey campaign to collect cross-section measurements, Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.