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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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Installing real-time equipment onto a groundwater well
Installing real-time equipment onto a groundwater well
Installing real-time equipment onto a groundwater well
Installing real-time equipment onto a groundwater well

Hydrologic technician adjusting a solar panel while install​ing new real-time equipment and gage house onto a groundwater well. The site ID is: 423715072042801 MA-TMW 3R TEMPLETON, MA.

Collection samples hourly at a private domestic bedrock well, Seabrook, New Hampshire
Collection samples hourly at a private domestic bedrock well
Collection samples hourly at a private domestic bedrock well
Collection samples hourly at a private domestic bedrock well

Assessing the variability of arsenic over multiple time scales project.

Collection samples hourly at a private domestic bedrock well, Seabrook, New Hampshire.

Assessing the variability of arsenic over multiple time scales project.

Collection samples hourly at a private domestic bedrock well, Seabrook, New Hampshire.

Hydro tech, Alex Wong, collecting stream flow data
Hydro tech, Alex Wong, collecting stream flow data
Hydro tech, Alex Wong, collecting stream flow data
Hydro tech, Alex Wong, collecting stream flow data

Northeast Region Photo Contest, August 2019, Honorable Mention
Hydro tech, Alex Wong, collecting stream flow data

Randy Orndorff examines limestone on Lake Champlain, VT
Randy Orndorff examines limestone on Lake Champlain, VT
Randy Orndorff examines limestone on Lake Champlain, VT
Randy Orndorff examines limestone on Lake Champlain, VT

Photo Contest Winner | Nov. 2019 | USGS at Work
Randy Orndorff examines limestone on Lake Champlain, VT

Tuckerman Ravine, White Mountains, New Hampshire, in winter
Tuckerman Ravine, White Mountains, New Hampshire, in winter
Tuckerman Ravine, White Mountains, New Hampshire, in winter
Tuckerman Ravine, White Mountains, New Hampshire, in winter

Tuckerman Ravine on the southeast face of Mt. Washington in White Mountains, New Hampshire covered in snow.

Monitoring wells adjacent to Sailfish Drive, Falmouth, MA
Monitoring wells adjacent to Sailfish Drive, Falmouth, MA
Monitoring wells adjacent to Sailfish Drive, Falmouth, MA
Monitoring wells adjacent to Sailfish Drive, Falmouth, MA

Photo showing monitoring wells adjacent to Sailfish Drive, Falmouth, Massachusetts.

USGS employee showing holiday spirit while conducting a tape down measurement in a groundwater well
USGS employee showing holiday spirit at groundwater well
USGS employee showing holiday spirit at groundwater well
USGS employee showing holiday spirit at groundwater well

Hydrologic technician performing an electric tape down measurement of a real-time recording groundwater well station while showing some holiday spirit. The site ID is: 415546071474701 RI-BUW 395 located in Burrillville, Rhode Island.

Hydrologic technician performing an electric tape down measurement of a real-time recording groundwater well station while showing some holiday spirit. The site ID is: 415546071474701 RI-BUW 395 located in Burrillville, Rhode Island.

USGS groundwater well in front of a large maple tree
USGS groundwater well in front of a large maple tree
USGS groundwater well in front of a large maple tree
USGS groundwater well in front of a large maple tree

A USGS groundwater well in front of an large maple tree. The station ID is: 415710071402201​ RI-BUW 187 located in Burrillville​, Rhode Island.

Scientist sitting in ​the bow of a canoe with a GPS unit mounted on a 13 foot rod resting across her shoulders.​
Housatonic channel measurements
Housatonic channel measurements
Housatonic channel measurements

FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

A two teams of two USGS employees measured structures and channel cross sections along a section of the Housatonic River.

FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

A two teams of two USGS employees measured structures and channel cross sections along a section of the Housatonic River.

Channel surveying using total station on the West Aspetuck River, Maine
Channel surveying using total station
Channel surveying using total station
Channel surveying using total station

Paul Solis gets the rod into the channel for total station work on the West Aspetuck River which is being surveyed as part of our cooperation with FEMA. This is 11/21/19 on the West Aspetuck River just north of New Milford, CT.

Paul Solis gets the rod into the channel for total station work on the West Aspetuck River which is being surveyed as part of our cooperation with FEMA. This is 11/21/19 on the West Aspetuck River just north of New Milford, CT.

 Hydrologic Technicians set up a total station near a covered bridge on the Housatonic River in Connecticut
Surveying a bridge in Connecticut
Surveying a bridge in Connecticut
Surveying a bridge in Connecticut

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

Hydrologic Technician Brendan McCarthy and Alex Butcher set up a total station near a covered bridge on the Housatonic River in Connecticut. 

A crew of two teams worked on measuring structures and channel cross sections along a reach of the Housatonic River.

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

Hydrologic Technician Brendan McCarthy and Alex Butcher set up a total station near a covered bridge on the Housatonic River in Connecticut. 

A crew of two teams worked on measuring structures and channel cross sections along a reach of the Housatonic River.

Drillers using a sonic drilling rig to install monitoring wells in Barnstable, Massachusetts
Drillers using a sonic drilling rig to install monitoring wells
Drillers using a sonic drilling rig to install monitoring wells
Drillers using a sonic drilling rig to install monitoring wells

Drillers from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development (Ada, OK) using a sonic drilling rig to install monitoring wells in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Drillers from the Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development (Ada, OK) using a sonic drilling rig to install monitoring wells in Barnstable, Massachusetts.

Calibrate the tide gage 01194815 Connecticut River
Surveying at the Tide Gage in Connecticut
Surveying at the Tide Gage in Connecticut
Surveying at the Tide Gage in Connecticut

Hydrologic technician operates a survey gun to calibrate the equipment used to measure the water elevation at the tide gage 01194815 located in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

Hydrologic technician operates a survey gun to calibrate the equipment used to measure the water elevation at the tide gage 01194815 located in Old Saybrook, Connecticut.

Water quality sample collection at Station 20, Herring River at Route 6 in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Water quality sample collection at Herring River in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Water quality sample collection at Herring River in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Water quality sample collection at Herring River in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) NPS staff collecting a water quality sample at Station 20, Herring River in Wellfleet, Massachusetts as a part of the large-scale Herring River Restoration Project. The Station 20 site is one of three sites to monitor dissolved oxygen concentrations.

Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) NPS staff collecting a water quality sample at Station 20, Herring River in Wellfleet, Massachusetts as a part of the large-scale Herring River Restoration Project. The Station 20 site is one of three sites to monitor dissolved oxygen concentrations.

Water quality sample collection at Herring River estuary in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Water quality sample collection at Herring River estuary in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Water quality sample collection at Herring River estuary in Wellfleet, Massachusetts
Water quality sample collection at Herring River estuary in Wellfleet, Massachusetts

Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) NPS staff collecting a water quality sample at Station 14, Herring River in Wellfleet, Massachusetts as a part of the large-scale Herring River Restoration Project. The Station 14 site is one of 11 sites which samples were analyzed for concentrations of sediment, chlorophyll, nitrogen, and phosphorus.

Cape Cod National Seashore (CACO) NPS staff collecting a water quality sample at Station 14, Herring River in Wellfleet, Massachusetts as a part of the large-scale Herring River Restoration Project. The Station 14 site is one of 11 sites which samples were analyzed for concentrations of sediment, chlorophyll, nitrogen, and phosphorus.

Meteorological Weather and Real-Time Groundwater Site Inspection
Meteorological Weather and Real-Time Groundwater Site Inspection
Meteorological Weather and Real-Time Groundwater Site Inspection
Meteorological Weather and Real-Time Groundwater Site Inspection

Shown in this photo is Hydrologic Technician Sam Banas performing a routine site inspection of this meteorological weather and real-time groundwater well station.

USGS employee using survey data to model water surface elevation for different storm events.
Modeling FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps
Modeling FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps
Modeling FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

USGS employee using survey data to model water surface elevation for different storm events.

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

USGS employee using survey data to model water surface elevation for different storm events.

The photo is taken over the shoulder of a USGS employee as he uses the Collector App to locate the survey site.
Locating survey site using Collector app
Locating survey site using Collector app
Locating survey site using Collector app

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

USGS employee uses Collector App to locate the survey site.​

Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.

USGS employee uses Collector App to locate the survey site.​

USGS employees are setting up a total station on the edge of a field in preparation to make a channel measurement.
Setting up a total station on the edge of a field
Setting up a total station on the edge of a field
Setting up a total station on the edge of a field

​Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.    

USGS employees are setting up a total station on the edge of a field in preparation to make a channel measurement.

​Surface Water Modeling for FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Maps.    

USGS employees are setting up a total station on the edge of a field in preparation to make a channel measurement.

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