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The USGS is conducting a study to characterize groundwater and surface water-quality to address the need for a better understanding of nutrient inputs to the coastal waters. The initial focus of the study is on local-scale hydrologic monitoring adjacent to Academy Cove.

Groundwater sampling along the shoreline of Academy Cove, Wickford, Rhode Island, February 9, 2021

The snowy gage at Indian River, Clinton, CT 01195100 monitoring location.

The water quality sample is being taken at Saugatuck River near Westport, CT 01209500.

Field team took advantage of a warmer winter day and stopped on their way between sites to eat a socially distanced lunch at Otter Brook State Park, managed by the Army Corps of Engineers.

U.S. Geological Survey station 01194000, Eight Mile River at North Plain, Connecticut, February 4, 2021.

USGS hydrologic technician sampling at 01208990 Saugatuck River in Redding, CT streamgage location.

Taftville stream​gage (011230695​​) on the Shetucket River, Connecticut during a grey, snowy day​​​.​

Panoramic view of the USGS streamgage 011230695​​ (Shetucket River) surroundings during a grey, snowy day​​​.​

Taftville stream​gage (011230695​​) on the Shetucket River, Connecticut during a grey, snowy day​​​.​

Bunnel Brook at USGS streamgage 01188000 near Burlington, Connecticut with snow covered banks flowing during the winter.

Streamgage location (0110588340) on the Santuit River at Old Kings Road, Barnstable MA.

Circa 1928 railroad bridge spans the White River, Royalton, Vermont. This bridge is one of dozens the applied hydrology surveying unit surveyed for modelers for new flood inundation models. The model data are then used to produce flood insurance rate maps for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

USGS boat used to collect water samples in a PFAS-impacted lake on Cape Cod.

2020 drought impact on Little River near the USGS station 01124500 near Oxford, Massachusetts

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

​​USGS employee in a canoe hold a prism and survey rod level while the channel point is collected with a total station from shore.

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

Hydrologic Technician Gunther Schletter takes a channel measurement using a Total Station on a river near St. Johnsbury, VT.​​

Hydrologic technician using a GPS receiver to collect cross-section data for flood surveying on Otter Creek in Rutland, Vermont. A covered bridge is in the background.

The New England Water Science Center continuously monitors the status of New England's principal rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers to compare current hydrologic conditions with normal and extreme recorded values. Displayed on the photo is a drought impact on Cochituate Brook at Framingham, Massachusetts.

USGS hydrologist and a grad student from University of Massachusetts Lowell recording water-quality field parameters on the Merrimack River, Massachusetts.

Merrimack River estuary in Salisbury, Massachusetts. The view is from the Salisbury Beach State Reservation boat ramp looking south. The red pyramid is the "Butler Toothpick", the US Coast Guard Day Beacon 10.