South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)
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Surveying a High-Water Mark
Chris Henry and Daniel McCay, USGS hydrologic technicians, use GPS equipment to survey a high-water mark outside of a flooded elementary school in Denham Springs, Louisiana, August 28. This school was located in one of the hardest hit flood areas and the blue line simulates how high the water was at its peak during this historic flood.
Droughts can affect groundwater levels and freshwater springs..
Comparison of water from an underground spring in Georgia during non-drought and drought periods.
Radium Springs, Albany, Georgia, USA
Freshwater springs on the land's surface are fed by groudwater findings its way to the surface. But, groundwater levels go up and down depending on the supply of water from precipitation and flow through the
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USGS scientist recording at Ellerbe Creek, Durham, NC
USGS scientist recording at Ellerbe Creek, Durham, NC
Thermoelectric power plant Bowen owned by Georgia Power Company
Thermoelectric power plant Bowen owned by Georgia Power Company, from Highway 113, Euharlee, Bartow County, Georgia. Plant Bowen is one of the largest coal-fired power plants in the United States. Plant Bowen uses recirculating cooling, decreasing the amount of water that must be withdrawn.
Map of monitoring locations on Lake Mattamuskeet
Map of monitoring locations on Lake Mattamuskeet
Government agencies working together
USGS and FWS working together at Lake Mattamuskeet
Shale Baseline Sampling of Groundwater in North Carolina
Melinda Chapman and Sharon Fitzgerald discuss the U.S. Geological Survey groundwater sampling program to characterize water-suppy well water quality in the area of North Carolina with potential for shale gas production. The sampling program is designed to provide a pre-devolpment baseline that can be compared with well-water quality after shale gas development has occurred
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Shale Gas Baseline Sampling of Groundwater in NC-- QA/QC
Melinda Chapman and Sharon Fitzgerald discuss the U.S. Geological Survey quality control and quality assurance for the USGS groundwater sampling program to characterize water-suppy well water quality in the area of North Carolina with potential for shale gas production. The sampling program is designed to provide a pre-devolpment baseline that can be compared with well-
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Hydrologist calibrating a station
Hydrologist calibrating a station at Lake Mattamuskeet
Source and Use of Freshwater in North Carolina, 2010
This diagram uses a "cylinder and pipe" layout to show the source (surface water or groundwater) of the North Carolina's freshwater and for what purposes the water was used in 2010. The data are broken out for each category of use by surface water and groundwater as the source. The top row of cylinders represents where America's freshwater came from (source) in 2010,
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