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The New Jersey Water Science Center's mission is to collect, and disseminate reliable scientific information on issues affecting rivers, lakes, estuaries, groundwater, and water resources across the state of New Jersey and its neighbors. These data provide the scientific knowledge that engineers, planners, and managers can use to make informed water-resources decisions. 

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Surface Water and Groundwater Monitoring

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Water Quality

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Advanced Capabilities and Modeling

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Hazards

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Coastal Science

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Water Availability and Use

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Major aquifers in New Jersey

Major aquifers in New Jersey consist of regionally extensive areas where the geologic formation or group of formations provide sufficient quantity of groundwater to wells for potable water supply.

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Major aquifers in New Jersey

Major aquifers in New Jersey consist of regionally extensive areas where the geologic formation or group of formations provide sufficient quantity of groundwater to wells for potable water supply.

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Groundwater Response to Earthquakes

Did you know? Earthquakes can affect groundwater levels?

 

We often see a response to large (and sometimes not so large) earthquakes in groundwater levels in wells. The USGS maintains a network of wells for monitoring various things like natural variability in water levels and response to pumping and climate change across the U.S.

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Groundwater Response to Earthquakes

Did you know? Earthquakes can affect groundwater levels?

 

We often see a response to large (and sometimes not so large) earthquakes in groundwater levels in wells. The USGS maintains a network of wells for monitoring various things like natural variability in water levels and response to pumping and climate change across the U.S.

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USGS Data Delivery Tools

The USGS provides access to many different data and analytical tools that are useful for understanding the water-resource data that we collect. These tools allow the public, state and local governments and utilities, and other Federal agencies to view and understand the quality, quantity, distribution, and movement of surface and underground waters in New Jersey.

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USGS Data Delivery Tools

The USGS provides access to many different data and analytical tools that are useful for understanding the water-resource data that we collect. These tools allow the public, state and local governments and utilities, and other Federal agencies to view and understand the quality, quantity, distribution, and movement of surface and underground waters in New Jersey.

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