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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.

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.

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.

Landscape view Lake Mattamuskeet, North Carolina

► Project: Continuous Water-Quality Monitoring at Lake Mattamuskeet, North Carolina

Hillabahatchee Creek, GA; Nick Henry and Jeff Riley doing Rich Target Habitat (RTH) sampling.

Chris Walls (left) and Alan Cressler (right) at Kingfisher Pond, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge, Panacea Unit, Wakulla County, Florida

Aneides aeneus (Green salamander) Howards Waterfall Cave, Southeastern Cave Conservancy Preserve, Dade County, Georgia 1.

USGS scientists measured the concentrations of select endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in Spirit Creek, Georgia, as part of an assessment of the effects of the closure of a wastewater treatment plant. Sprit Creek is typical of a stream in coastal environments.

Water quality sampling in a creek, Atlanta, Georgia
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Scientists from the USGS South Atlantic Water Science Center are sampling Sope Creek, Cobb County, west of Atlanta, Georgia. 

Peachtree Creek at Atlanta (USGS 02336300) Water Monitoring Site

Epic flooding conditions at Peachtree Creek, Atlanta, Ga., September 2009.

Epic Flooding in Georgia, 2009

Metropolitan Atlanta—September 2009 Floods

Many days of continuous heavy rain in mid-September have resulted in flooding in many parts of Georgia, especially in north Georgia and the Atlanta region. These rains have been producing streamflows of record proportions.

Epic September 2009 Flooding
Chattahoochee River near Whitesburg (02338000)

Ryan Rasmussen and Cassandra Pfeifle, Hydrologic Technicians, collect samples at Little River Reservoir, 2009. 

The eft stage of a red-spotted newt in Walker County, Georgia (Crockford-Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area)

Volunteer picking up trash along Walnut Creek Tributary, Raleigh, North Carolina. Litter from upstream often gets caught in the wetlands along Walnut Creek, degrading an important habitat refuge in the urban watershed.

Taylor Slough in the setting sun.

Noses Creek at Powder Springs Road, Georgia. Part of the USGS safety protocol is to wear a PFD (personal flotation device) around any surface water. This scientist may not look like he has one on, but he does--it is under his rain coat. This DH-81 sampler is used to sample flood water for suspended-sediment concentrations and water quality.

USGS scientists collecting water samples on the Upper Mississippi River.

A USGS scientist about the collect a water sample with a DH-95 sampler (the white torpedo looking device). After sampling, another scientist takes the bottle of water and pours it into the churn. Having another scientist do this prevents contamination of the sample.