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South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)

Welcome to USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center's (SAWSC) Website. We offer water information for Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

News

USGS experts responding simultaneously to two major natural hazards

USGS experts responding simultaneously to two major natural hazards

Hurricane Helene Weakens to Tropical Storm, Brings Flooding to Georgia and Western Carolinas

Hurricane Helene Weakens to Tropical Storm, Brings Flooding to Georgia and Western Carolinas

USGS crews in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas measuring floodwaters and deploying additional gauges

USGS crews in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas measuring floodwaters and deploying additional gauges

Publications

​​Integrated Hydro-terrestrial Modeling 2.0: Progress and path forward on building a national capability​

Growing societal pressures on U.S. water resources and the challenges inherent in understanding how future water risks may evolve are driving major investments to improve our knowledge of the integrated water cycle. This improved understanding as captured in innovations in our data, knowledge, and modeling capabilities, needs to be accelerated through better integration and coordination...
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Katherine Skalak, Nathalie Voisin, Patrick Read, Ying Fan Reinfelder, David P Benson, Jared Entin, Laura Lautz, David P. Lesmes, Brenda Rashleigh, Bob Vallario, Ilana Herold, Yishen Li, Austin Scheetz, Alison P. Appling, R. Cifelli, Martyn Clark, Christopher Dunn, Hedeff I. Essaid, David Gochis, Rob Hetland, John Johnston, Ian Kraucunas, Jacob H. LaFontaine, Debbie Lee, Ruby Leung, Jordan Read, Lauren Schmied, Paul Ulrich, Chris Vernon, Roland J. Viger

Public, bottled, and private drinking water: Shared contaminant-mixture exposures and effects challenge

BACKGROUND: Humans are primary drivers of environmental contaminant exposures worldwide, including in drinking-water (DW). In the United States (US), point-of-use DW (POU DW) is supplied via private tapwater (TW, predominantly private wells), public-supply TW, and bottled water (BW). Differences in management, monitoring, and messaging and lack of directly intercomparable exposure data...
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Paul M. Bradley, Kristin M. Romanok, Kelly Smalling, Stephanie Gordon, Bradley J. Huffman, Katie Paul Friedman, Daniel L. Villeneuve, Brett R. Blackwell, Suzanne C. Fitzpatrick, Michael Focazio, Elizabeth Medlock-Kakaley, Shannon M. Meppelink, Ana Navas-Acien, Anne E. Nigra, Molly L. Schreiner

Assessment of fresh groundwater discharge and saline surface-water intrusion at Operable Unit 2, North Chevalier Field Disposal Area (Site 11), Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, 2018–22

Site 11 is a former landfill at North Chevalier Field Disposal Area in Operable Unit 2 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, in northwest Florida. Site 11 is adjacent to Bayou Grande, a shallow, tidally influenced, saline estuary of the Pensacola Bay watershed. Federal and Florida regulators have expressed concern that contaminants detected in groundwater beneath the inland parts of Site 11...
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James E. Landmeyer, W. Scott McBride, Chad H. Tripp, Michael A. Singletary

Science

Atlanta Urban Hydrology Unit

In the Atlanta metropolitan area, a hydrologic data-collection network has been established to collect real-time streamflow, precipitation, continuous and discrete water-quality data. The USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC) Urban Hydrology Unit (UHU), located in Norcross, Georgia, has been working in cooperation with local municipal and county agencies in and around the Atlanta...
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Atlanta Urban Hydrology Unit

In the Atlanta metropolitan area, a hydrologic data-collection network has been established to collect real-time streamflow, precipitation, continuous and discrete water-quality data. The USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC) Urban Hydrology Unit (UHU), located in Norcross, Georgia, has been working in cooperation with local municipal and county agencies in and around the Atlanta...
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South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC) Student Corps Employment

About the SAWSC Student Corps The United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC) offers part-time and full time entry-level, paid positions in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia to current students and recent graduates. These positions are ideally suited for talented individuals seeking hands on experience in environmental science, hydrology, physical...
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South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC) Student Corps Employment

About the SAWSC Student Corps The United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC) offers part-time and full time entry-level, paid positions in North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia to current students and recent graduates. These positions are ideally suited for talented individuals seeking hands on experience in environmental science, hydrology, physical...
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A National Predictive Model for PFAS Occurrence in Groundwater

In October of 2024, USGS Scientist’s published a study where they created a model to predict PFAS occurrence in groundwater at the depths of drinking water supplies. This model can help guide our partners to sample areas where PFAS in drinking water could be an issue for the public.
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