Lake and Reservoir Science in Oklahoma and Texas - Overview Active
The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) collects data and has science projects at more than 200 reservoirs. Visit the links below for more information on our data and science.
LAKE AND RESERVOIR SCIENCE CAPABILITIES
OTWSC has expertise in lake and reservoir science applications, including, but not limited to:
- Surveying gain and loss of storage
- Surveying lakes and reservoirs using bathymetry
- Modeling watersheds
- Monitoring storage and elevation
- Assessing nutrient and major ion occurrence, distribution, and concentration in waters
- Collecting and analyzing water-quality data
- Monitoring for invasive species
- Providing qualitative information regarding surface-water and groundwater exchanges
- Estimating recharge to groundwater using statistical regression techniques
- Monitoring water-quality, streamflow, and water height in real time
Find out more about OTWSC surface-water science expertise in this printable information sheet.
CURRENT LAKE AND RESERVOIR CONDITIONS
TXWSC collects water-surface elevation and(or) reservoir storage data for more than 150 sites. Water-quality data also are collected at many lakes and reservoirs and can be explored and downloaded through the USGS National Water Information System Website (NWISweb).
⇒ Current Lake and Reservoir Conditions
⇒ Combined Streamflow and Lakes
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has specific information about conservation pool elevation, current storage and percent full for major Texas reservoirs on their website: Water Data for Texas
CURRENT LAKE AND RESERVOIR SCIENCE
Invasive Species
Zebra Mussel Monitoring in North Texas
Surface-Water/Groundwater Interaction
Hydrologic Monitoring of Medina and Diversion Lakes, San Antonio Area
Water Quality
Water-Quality Monitoring of the Lake Houston Watershed
Projects related to lake and reservoir science are listed below.
Water-Quality Monitoring of the Lake Houston Watershed
Investigation of Preferential Groundwater Seepage in the Ellenburger – San Saba Aquifer Using Geoelectric Measurements
Hydrologic Monitoring of Medina and Diversion Lakes, San Antonio Area
Dallas Lake Nutrients Study
Cyanobacteria Methods
Zebra Mussel Monitoring Program (ZMMP)
Data and tools related to lake and reservoir science are listed below.
Current Streamflow and Lake Elevations Combined
Real-time streamflow and lake elevations combined.
Current Conditions at Texas Lakes and Reservoirs
Real-time lake and reservoir elevations from 150 sites across Texas.
- Overview
The USGS Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center (OTWSC) collects data and has science projects at more than 200 reservoirs. Visit the links below for more information on our data and science.
LAKE AND RESERVOIR SCIENCE CAPABILITIES
OTWSC has expertise in lake and reservoir science applications, including, but not limited to:
- Surveying gain and loss of storage
- Surveying lakes and reservoirs using bathymetry
- Modeling watersheds
- Monitoring storage and elevation
- Assessing nutrient and major ion occurrence, distribution, and concentration in waters
- Collecting and analyzing water-quality data
- Monitoring for invasive species
- Providing qualitative information regarding surface-water and groundwater exchanges
- Estimating recharge to groundwater using statistical regression techniques
- Monitoring water-quality, streamflow, and water height in real time
Find out more about OTWSC surface-water science expertise in this printable information sheet.
CURRENT LAKE AND RESERVOIR CONDITIONS
TXWSC collects water-surface elevation and(or) reservoir storage data for more than 150 sites. Water-quality data also are collected at many lakes and reservoirs and can be explored and downloaded through the USGS National Water Information System Website (NWISweb).
⇒ Current Lake and Reservoir Conditions
⇒ Combined Streamflow and Lakes
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has specific information about conservation pool elevation, current storage and percent full for major Texas reservoirs on their website: Water Data for Texas
CURRENT LAKE AND RESERVOIR SCIENCE
Invasive Species
Zebra Mussel Monitoring in North Texas
Surface-Water/Groundwater Interaction
Hydrologic Monitoring of Medina and Diversion Lakes, San Antonio Area
Water Quality
Water-Quality Monitoring of the Lake Houston Watershed
- Science
Projects related to lake and reservoir science are listed below.
Water-Quality Monitoring of the Lake Houston Watershed
Real-time water-quality, streamflow and water height information for Lake Houston and the surrounding San Jacinto watershed are now available from a new web application from the U.S. Geological Survey, done in cooperation with the City of Houston.Investigation of Preferential Groundwater Seepage in the Ellenburger – San Saba Aquifer Using Geoelectric Measurements
The USGS Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) is completing a geophysical pilot study adjacent to Hamilton Creek in Burnet County, central Texas. The pilot study is intended to test whether electrical geophysical methods can provide information regarding the locations of dissolution cavities and preferential groundwater flow within in the Ellenburger San-Saba aquifer. Data from this study will give...Hydrologic Monitoring of Medina and Diversion Lakes, San Antonio Area
In 2016, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the San Antonio Water System, began a study to refine previously derived estimates of groundwater outflows from Medina and Diversion Lakes in south-central Texas near San Antonio.Dallas Lake Nutrients Study
The USGS Texas Water Science Center Nutrients Study for Dallas Water Utilities (DWU) provides discrete-depth data for nutrients, major ions, and other water-quality parameters in multiple source-water reservoirs used by DWU. The program is designed to assess nutrient and major ion occurrence, distribution, and concentration in waters by using established field and laboratory methods.Cyanobacteria Methods
Texas Water Science Center (TXWSC) scientists are testing different methods of detecting and quantifying cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in Texas reservoirs. The results of these tests could be used to develop a cost-effective monitoring plan to evaluate the presence and concentration of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in Texas reservoirs.Zebra Mussel Monitoring Program (ZMMP)
The zebra mussel is an invasive species that has spread rapidly in the United States. The first confirmed detection of zebra mussels in Texas occurred in 2009 at Lake Texoma along the Texas–Oklahoma border. The USGS Zebra Mussel Monitoring Program for Texas (ZMMP) began in April 2010 and has expanded over time in response to the continued spread of zebra mussels in Texas. - Data
Data and tools related to lake and reservoir science are listed below.
Current Streamflow and Lake Elevations Combined
Real-time streamflow and lake elevations combined.
Current Conditions at Texas Lakes and Reservoirs
Real-time lake and reservoir elevations from 150 sites across Texas.