Water resources data for the 1982 water year for Louisiana consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report, in two volumes, contains records for water discharge at 77 gaging stations (including stage for 65 of these stations); stage only for 64 gaging stations and 9 lakes; contents for 1 reservoir; water quality for 104 surface-water stations (including 31gaging stations) 20 miscellaneous sites, and 8 lakes, and 223 wells; and water levels for 526 observation wells. Also included are data for 209 cres-stage and flood-profile partial-record stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites not involved in the systematic data-collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. Records for a few pertinent stations in bordering states are also included in this report. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Louisiana.