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The New Croton Dam is part of New York City's water supply system, Croton-on-Hudson, Westchester County, New York.

Impervious Surface Effects Rockland County NY

USGS staffer sitting on sandy beach on Long Island collecting a water sample

Meads Creek Valley, NY

Adirondack stream in New York

A group of 5th graders from a New York City school in the Bronx learn about how contaminants spilled on the ground travel through a sandy aquifer and can impact nearby waterways from USGS hydrologist Shawn Fisher as part of the Urban Waters Initiative community outreach at Roberto Clemente State Park during the week-long Harlem River Festival.

USGS scientist collecting soil samples

Northeast Region Photo Contest Winner | November 2018 | Where We Work
R. Behrens on bridge protection pier, Rockaway Inlet station, NY

Water Tower - Long Island

Core samples from Herricks Lane North test boring showing contact between the upper glacial (Pleistocene) and Magothy (Cretaceous) aquifers

305(b) groundwater quality sampling 

USGS scientist measuring high water marks on a jetty into the Long Island Sound during flooding in October of 2015.

Wild Esopus Creek Rainbow Trout

Servicing Water Level sensor at Fire Island Breach. Long Island

Sensor housing mid-bay-deployment screw-anchor

Groundwater Sampling on Long Island

Collecting data on coastal wetland on Long Island, NY

New York Riparian Wetlands

New York City Reservoirs - Ashokan Reservoir

ADCP Stream measurement Connetquot Brook in Suffolk County, Long Island, NY

USGS hydrologist Tristen Tagliaferri collecting pre-sampling measurements in a coastal wetland after an aerial application of the mosquito insecticide methoprene