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The USGS Franklin pipe extensometer with a total depth of 860 feet.
The USGS Franklin pipe extensometer with a total depth of 860 feet.
The USGS Franklin pipe extensometer with a total depth of 860 feet.
Building housing the USGS Suffolk extensometer.
Building housing the USGS Suffolk extensometer
Building housing the USGS Suffolk extensometer
Building housing the USGS Suffolk extensometer

This photograph shows the building housing the USGS Suffolk extensometer. Inside, the extensometer extends to a depth of 1,599 feet below groundlevel.

Period of record: 1982-1995; 2016-present

This photograph shows the building housing the USGS Suffolk extensometer. Inside, the extensometer extends to a depth of 1,599 feet below groundlevel.

Period of record: 1982-1995; 2016-present

The USGS Suffolk pipe extensometer with a total depth of 1,620 feet.
The USGS Suffolk pipe extensometer with a total depth of 1,620 feet.
The USGS Suffolk pipe extensometer with a total depth of 1,620 feet.
The USGS Suffolk pipe extensometer with a total depth of 1,620 feet.

The USGS Suffolk pipe extensometer with a total depth of 1,620 feet.

Period of record: 1982-1995; 2016-present

Building housing the USGS Franklin extensometer.
Building housing the USGS Franklin extensometer
Building housing the USGS Franklin extensometer
Building housing the USGS Franklin extensometer

Building housing the USGS Franklin extensometer. Inside, the extensometer extends 866 feet below land surface.

Period of record: 1979-1995; 2016-present

Building housing the USGS Franklin extensometer. Inside, the extensometer extends 866 feet below land surface.

Period of record: 1979-1995; 2016-present

Learning water quality methods: Sequoya Bua-Iam (2015) calibrates a sonde in the USGS laboratory
Learning water quality methods: calibrating a water quality sodne
Learning water quality methods: calibrating a water quality sodne
Learning water quality methods: Sequoya Bua-Iam (2015) records a sonde in the USGS laboratory
Learning water quality methods: recording a water quality sonde
Learning water quality methods: recording a water quality sonde
Two stormwater culverts
Conveyance Chain at Ramsgate, Hampton Roads
Conveyance Chain at Ramsgate, Hampton Roads
Conveyance Chain at Ramsgate, Hampton Roads

This stormwater monitoring site is a part of the Hampton Roads Regional Water Quality Monitoring Program.

4 images of the damage done to the extensometer pipe at Franklin caused by aquifer rebound.
Franklin Extensometer Pipe Damage
Franklin Extensometer Pipe Damage
Franklin Extensometer Pipe Damage

These four photos show the damage to the decommissioned Franklin extensometer discovered in 2015 before the extensometer was recommissioned. Damage was caused by a reduction in groundwater pumping leading to land surface uplift.

These four photos show the damage to the decommissioned Franklin extensometer discovered in 2015 before the extensometer was recommissioned. Damage was caused by a reduction in groundwater pumping leading to land surface uplift.

The original Franklin extensometer after it was damaged by aquifer rebound. The pipe is bent and the fulcrum is crooked.
2015 Franklin Extensometer Aquifer Rebound Damage
2015 Franklin Extensometer Aquifer Rebound Damage
2015 Franklin Extensometer Aquifer Rebound Damage

Photo of the original Franklin extensometer taken during an inspection in 2015. Recording had ended in 1995, and between 1995 and 2015, groundwater pumping rates lessened causing the aquifer to briefly recover and the land to rebound. This rebound was so significant that it caused the damage to the extensometer seen above.

Photo of the original Franklin extensometer taken during an inspection in 2015. Recording had ended in 1995, and between 1995 and 2015, groundwater pumping rates lessened causing the aquifer to briefly recover and the land to rebound. This rebound was so significant that it caused the damage to the extensometer seen above.

Five USGS scientists inspect equipment at the land subsidence research site in Franklin, Virginia.
USGS Scientists Inspect A Research Site in Franklin, Virginia
USGS Scientists Inspect A Research Site in Franklin, Virginia
USGS Scientists Inspect A Research Site in Franklin, Virginia

USGS Scientists inspect the Franklin Extensometer research site in 2015. The extensometer at Franklin had been measuring land subsidence since 1979 but had been offline since 1995 and would be brought back online the following year.

USGS Scientists inspect the Franklin Extensometer research site in 2015. The extensometer at Franklin had been measuring land subsidence since 1979 but had been offline since 1995 and would be brought back online the following year.

Aquariums Inside a Mobile Fish Exposure Laboratory
Aquariums Inside a Mobile Fish Exposure Laboratory
Aquariums Inside a Mobile Fish Exposure Laboratory
Aquariums Inside a Mobile Fish Exposure Laboratory

Scientists deployed mobile fish exposure laboratories at sites in the Shenandoah River watershed, Virginia, to understand exposure and effects on fish. This photo shows the aquariums in a laboratory where fish were exposed to stream water or wastewater.

Scientists deployed mobile fish exposure laboratories at sites in the Shenandoah River watershed, Virginia, to understand exposure and effects on fish. This photo shows the aquariums in a laboratory where fish were exposed to stream water or wastewater.

Learning water quality methods: Aaron Bartlett (2014) collecting a water quality sample at Fine Creek
Learning water quality methods: collecting a water quality sample
Learning water quality methods: collecting a water quality sample
Water Quality at Fairfax
Water Quality at Fairfax
Water Quality at Fairfax
View of the Cartersville railroad bridge over the James River.
James River - Cartersville Railroad Bridge
James River - Cartersville Railroad Bridge
James River - Cartersville Railroad Bridge

Cartersville railroad bridge over the James River. This site is the location of a River Input Monitoring (RIM) Station.

Station data: James River at Cartersville

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