Water resources data for the 1981 water year for Pennsylvania consist of records of discharge and water quality of streams; elevation and contents of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels of ground-water wells. This volume contains records for water discharge at 86 gaging stations; elevations and contents at 3 lakes and reservoirs; water quality at 35 gaging stations; and water levels at 20 observation wells. Also included are data for 11 crest-stage, 7 low-flow and 322 water-quality partial-record stations. Locations of these sites are shown on figures 4 through 7. Additional water data were collected at various sites not involved in the systematic data-collection program and are published as miscellaneous measurements and analyses. These data together with the data in Volumes 1 and 2 represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State, local, and Federal agencies in Pennsylvania.