Pennsylvania Water Science Center
Multimedia
In addition to PaWSC multimedia below, also see:
• 2015 water withdrawals (use) in Pennsylvania
Geonarrative: Locations of Domestic Wells
A new geonarrative shows locations of domestic (private) wells and the numbers and percentages of people in the conterminous United States who rely on them for their drinking water.
Read the StoryU.S. River Conditions, January to March 2021
This is an animation showing the changing conditions of USGS streamgages from January through March 2021.
Visualization
Low (top) and high (bottom) flow video images, Frankford Creek, PA
Still images from videos of surface water flow overlaid with velocity vectors during low (top) and high (bottom) flow conditions in Frankford Creek, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, September 2020. These videos were processed using large-scale particle imaging velocimetry (LSPIV) to estimate streamflow in a location where standard methods are inadequate.
Low streamflow at USGS streamgage Young Womans Creek near Renovo, PA
Low streamflow in late September, 2020 at USGS streamgage Young Womans Creek near Renovo, Pennsylvania (01545600). At the time of these photographs, the streamflow was 1.5 cubic feet per second (673 gallons per minute), which is equal to the 7-day, 10-year low flow statistic
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Low streamflow at USGS streamgage Young Womans Creek near Renovo, PA_2
Low streamflow in late September, 2020 at USGS streamgage Young Womans Creek near Renovo, Pennsylvania (01545600). At the time of these photographs, the streamflow was 1.5 cubic feet per second (673 gallons per minute), which is equal to the 7-day, 10-year low flow statistic
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Flooded Pennsylvania Streamgage after Hurricane Isaias
This USGS streamgage on Schantz Spring near Wescosville, Pennsylvania was partially submerged after floodwaters from Tropical Storm Isaias quickly rose and flooded the area. USGS crews arrived on scene August 4 to
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A beautiful morning for an ADCP measurement on the Allegheny River, PA
A beautiful morning for an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler measurement on the Allegheny River, Pennsylvania.
Mountain Sunset over Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania
Mountain Sunset over Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania
Pipeline Trenching in Lycoming, Pennsylvania
Panoramic view of pipeline constuction in Hepburn Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
NGWOS EcoMapper Retrieval Delaware River Fort Mifflin
Photo Contest Winner | Jan. 2020 | Honorable Mention
NGWOS EcoMapper Retrieval Delaware River Fort Mifflin
Hydrologist Hilary Abraham measuring flow in Fishing Creek, PA
USGS Hydrologist Hilary Abraham measuring stream discharge during sampling, to allow calculation of loads, in Fishing Creek, Logan Township, Clinton County, Pennsylvania, just below the Logan Mills Covered Bridge.
Quarry walls showing dipping sedimentary rocks of Newark Basin, Penn.
Photograph showing dipping sedimentary rocks of the Newark Basin in southeastern Pennsylvania. Taken during the 2018 Field Conference of Pennsylvania Geologists.
Fair weather cumulus at Chester County, PA Observation Well CH 10
Chester County, Pennsylvania Observation Well CH 10. The well is 33.5 feet deep, and lies in the local Cockeysville Marble Aquifer, part of the larger Piedmont and Blue Ridge carbonate-rock National Aquifer. The well is relatively new to the Groundwater Quality Monitoring Network (GWMN) consisting of 27 wells distributed over 26 counties in Pennsylvania. Wells are sampled
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Strom sensor deployed in Pennsylvania for Hurricane Florence
This photo shows one of 8 storm sensors deployed in Pennsylvania to monitor the potential effects Hurricane Florence could have on already high rivers across the state. Photo by Matthew Gyves, USGS.