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USGS New England Water Science Center staff deployed storm-tide sensors and rapid deployment gauges ahead of Hurricane Sandy – and measured high water...
In this issue, we discuss how the summer heat and dry conditions led to a drought in most of New England and record-low streamflows. High temperatures...
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...
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...
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...