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2022 Drought in New England

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Deicing New England’s Roads, Parking Areas, and Walkways is Changing the Region’s Water Quality

Deicing New England’s Roads, Parking Areas, and Walkways is Changing the Region’s Water Quality

New England winters are synonymous with low temperatures, snowfall, and freezing rain. And, unless you plan on staying cozied up by the fire for the...

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Meet our New Staff at the New England WSC - December 2022

Meet our New Staff at the New England WSC - December 2022

Join us in welcoming our recently hired staff at the New England Water Science Center.

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New England WSC Products in the Fourth Quarter of 2022

New England WSC Products in the Fourth Quarter of 2022

List of products from the New England Water Science Center released in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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New Brochure Informs Public about Merrimack River Watershed Monitoring

New Brochure Informs Public about Merrimack River Watershed Monitoring

The USGS New England Water Science Center has created an informational brochure about the current water-quality monitoring taking place in the...

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Remembering Hurricane Sandy Ten Years Later

Remembering Hurricane Sandy Ten Years Later

USGS New England Water Science Center staff deployed storm-tide sensors and rapid deployment gauges ahead of Hurricane Sandy – and measured high water...

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Meet our New Staff at the New England WSC - September 2022

Meet our New Staff at the New England WSC - September 2022

Join us in welcoming our recently hired staff at the New England Water Science Center.

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New England WSC Products in the Third Quarter of 2022

New England WSC Products in the Third Quarter of 2022

List of products from the New England Water Science Center released in the third quarter of 2022.

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Scituate Reservoir Watershed Sees Rise in Chloride and Sodium

Scituate Reservoir Watershed Sees Rise in Chloride and Sodium

An increase in chloride and sodium concentrations were detected throughout the Scituate Reservoir watershed, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey...

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New Map Identifies Optimal Stream Reaches for Endangered Atlantic Salmon

New Map Identifies Optimal Stream Reaches for Endangered Atlantic Salmon

The new web application uses certain environmental parameters to show which stream reaches in Maine may have deeper, colder waters that are ideal...

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Provisional Data Detects Record-Low Streamflows from Drought

Provisional Data Detects Record-Low Streamflows from Drought

Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Massachusetts had the second, tenth, and 16th driest Julys, respectively, since 1895, according to the National Centers...

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Extreme Fluctuations in Dissolved Oxygen Measured in Norwalk River

Extreme Fluctuations in Dissolved Oxygen Measured in Norwalk River

Sustained high temperatures and continued drought this summer have led to below-normal streamflows in the Northeast, which can adversely affect water...

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