Images

New England WSC hydrologic technician inspecting the gage equipment at 410606073245700, Norwalk River at the Norwalk Aquarium. 

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

New England WSC scientists inspecting the continuous water quality monitoring equipment deployed at 410606073245700, Norwalk River at the Norwalk Aquarium.

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

A wave crashes on the sand at a beach in Reid State Park in Georgetown, Maine. 

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

Hydrologic technician conducting a discharge measurement 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.

Hydrologic Technician Andy Cloutier visited USGS gaging station 01069500 on the Mousam River at West Kennebunk, Maine in mid-April of 2021.

Continuous stage only gaging station located at Mystic River at Rt. 1 bridge, Connecticut (USGS Site ID 412117071580800)

Tidal monitoring gage on a drawbridge over the Mystic River in Mystic, Connecticut.

Studying the mountain streams and rivers of New England means never being too far from a scenic and historic waterfall, like the Burlington Falls on Bunnell Brook pictured here. This natural resource attracted small industries to a mostly rural Burlington, CT in the early-19th century.

The south side of the Gainer Memorial Dam, Scituate Reservoir, Rhode Island. The reservoir began storing water on November 10, 1925.

The north side of the Gainer Memorial Dam, Scituate Reservoir, Rhode Island.