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USGS Unveils Mobile Flood Tool for the Nation

The U.S. Geological Survey announced Friday the completion of a new mobile tool that provides real-time information on water levels, weather and flood...

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Lending a Hand During COVID-19: Maintaining a Streamgage on the Canadian Border

When USGS personnel were prevented from accessing one of our streamgages along the U.S.-Canadian border, the Water Survey of Canada stepped in to help...

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FLOwPER User’s Guide—For Collection of FLOw PERmanence Field Observations

USGS and USFS develop a mobile application field form for rapid collection of flow/no flow observations.

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USGS Responds to Spring Flooding

U.S. Geological Survey field crews are measuring flooding across the country as spring weather is in full swing. Warming temperatures, increased...

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A Spatially Continuous Model of Annual Streamflow Permanence Throughout the Pacific Northwest

An interdisciplinary team comprised of USGS and university scientists has developed the Probability of Streamflow Permanence Model or PROSPER which...

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New USGS Study Tracks Millions of Tons of Rocks, Gravel and Silt Carried by the Sauk River

TACOMA, Wash. — The U.S. Geological Survey recently published the results of a new five-year suspended-sediment and water temperature study from the...

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New USGS Field Method is a Breakthrough for Contaminant Analysis in Water Samples

The U.S. Geological Survey published a new report highlighting a portable continuous-flow centrifuge which aims to save time and money on contaminant...

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New Tool and Knowledge to Aid Columbia Basin Water Managers

Water managers in eastern Washington now have access to the first U.S. Geological Survey computer model of the East Pasco Basin, allowing them to...

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Scientists from Four USGS Science Centers Collaborate in Study of Coastal Groundwater Exchange in Hood Canal, Washington

In July and August 2012, USGS scientists from across the country, representing three USGS Coastal and Marine Science Centers and the USGS Washington...

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USGS Fact Sheet Summarizes Estimates of Sediment Load from Major Rivers into Puget Sound

USGS Fact Sheet Summarizes Estimates of Sediment Load from Major Rivers into Puget Sound.

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