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Click through our gallery of photographs showcasing New England Water Science Center research projects and monitoring work throughout the region.

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Hydrologic technician taking surveying notes with a cut bank along the river in the background
Taking surveying notes
Taking surveying notes
Taking surveying notes

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

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

Hydrologic Technician is taking a vertical profile with a YSI Cast Away device.
Taking a vertical river profile
Taking a vertical river profile
Taking a vertical river profile

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).

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).

Collecting Water Quality sample
Collecting a Water Quality sample
Collecting a Water Quality sample
Collecting a Water Quality sample

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

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

Inspecting water quality data taken with a YSI Cast Away device
Inspecting water quality data
Inspecting water quality data
Inspecting water quality data

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 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 operates ADCP via canoe on Connecticut River
ADCP measurement via canoe on Connecticut River
ADCP measurement via canoe on Connecticut River
ADCP measurement via canoe on Connecticut River


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

Hydrologic technician making a flowtracker measurement
Making a flowtracker measurement
Making a flowtracker measurement
Making a flowtracker measurement

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

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

Winter water-quality sample collection
Winter water-quality sample collection
Winter water-quality sample collection
Winter water-quality sample collection

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

Collecting a tap water sample
Collecting a tap water sample
Collecting a tap water sample
Collecting a tap water sample

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 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.

Collecting a pre-treatment water sample
Collecting a pre-treatment water sample
Collecting a pre-treatment water sample
Collecting a pre-treatment water sample

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.

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
Carriage road bridge over Duck Brook, Acadia National Park
Carriage road bridge over Duck Brook, Acadia National Park
Carriage road bridge over Duck Brook, Acadia National Park

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

Taking Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements
Taking Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements
Taking Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements
Taking Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements

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 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.

Preparing for collecting cross-section measurements
Preparing for collecting cross-section measurements
Preparing for collecting cross-section measurements
Preparing for collecting cross-section measurements

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.

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.

Preparing for ADCP measurements
Preparing for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements
Preparing for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements
Preparing for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements

Hydrologic technicians prepare for Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) measurements on Connecticut River, Maidstone, Vermont.

Performing Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying
Performing Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying
Performing Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying
Performing Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying

USGS Hydrologic technicians perform Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) cross-section surveying on the Connecticut River, above Janice Peaslee Bridge, near Maidstone, Vermont.

Hydrologist collecting a soil sample
Collecting soil samples
Collecting soil samples
Collecting soil samples

Hydrologist collecting soil samples for PFAS analysis, Brentwood, New Hampshire.

Hydrologist collecting soil samples for PFAS analysis, Brentwood, New Hampshire.

A waterfall cascades down several rock shelves surrounded by Fall foliage.
Fall foliage on a waterfall
Fall foliage on a waterfall
Fall foliage on a waterfall

Fall foliage on Bristol Falls near Bristol, Vermont. A waterfall cascades down several rock shelves.

Fall foliage on Bristol Falls near Bristol, Vermont. A waterfall cascades down several rock shelves.

Collecting a discharge measurement using a tethered River Pro
Collecting a discharge measurement using a tethered River Pro
Collecting a discharge measurement using a tethered River Pro
Collecting a discharge measurement using a tethered River Pro

USGS employees standing on opposite banks of a river under a bridge using a River Pro. Hydrologic technicians tethered a River Pro and are pushing/pulling it across the Ware river to collect a discharge measurement.

USGS employees standing on opposite banks of a river under a bridge using a River Pro. Hydrologic technicians tethered a River Pro and are pushing/pulling it across the Ware river to collect a discharge measurement.

The rocky shore of a fog covered river in Maine
The rocky shore of a fog covered river in Maine
The rocky shore of a fog covered river in Maine
The rocky shore of a fog covered river in Maine

Hydrologic technician wades into the St John River in Allagash, Maine near the Dickey streamgage 01010500 stringing a tag line in the early morning.

Hydrologic technician wades into the St John River in Allagash, Maine near the Dickey streamgage 01010500 stringing a tag line in the early morning.

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