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The US Department of State sponsored the US Army Corps of Engineers and USGS to conduct a water quality workshop for the benefit of the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department 14 - 20 June 2025.
The US Department of State sponsored the US Army Corps of Engineers and USGS to conduct a water quality workshop for the benefit of the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department 14 - 20 June 2025.
View from the Mae Ngat Somboon Chon Dam, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand on 19 June 2025. The reservoir impounded by this dam is managed by the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department for the benefit of diverse farm communities below.
View from the Mae Ngat Somboon Chon Dam, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand on 19 June 2025. The reservoir impounded by this dam is managed by the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department for the benefit of diverse farm communities below.
Participants in the water quality workshop gather on the Mae Ngat Somboon Chon Dam, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand on 19 June 2025. The reservoir impounded by this dam is managed by the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department (RID) for the benefit of diverse farm communities below.
Participants in the water quality workshop gather on the Mae Ngat Somboon Chon Dam, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand on 19 June 2025. The reservoir impounded by this dam is managed by the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department (RID) for the benefit of diverse farm communities below.
Zulimar (Zuli) Lucena (Hydrologist, Oklahoma - Texas Water Science Center) leads a water quality workshop for the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department on 16 June 2025. The workshop was conducted in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Zulimar (Zuli) Lucena (Hydrologist, Oklahoma - Texas Water Science Center) leads a water quality workshop for the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department on 16 June 2025. The workshop was conducted in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Ariele Kramer (Hydrologist, Kansas Water Science Center) leads a water quality workshop for the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department on 16 June 2025. The workshop was conducted in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Ariele Kramer (Hydrologist, Kansas Water Science Center) leads a water quality workshop for the Thailand Royal Irrigation Department on 16 June 2025. The workshop was conducted in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
The Mae Suai Dam reservoir, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand on 14 June 2025. The Thailand Royal Irrigation Department operates this dam for flood control and to benefit the farming cooperatives below.
The Mae Suai Dam reservoir, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand on 14 June 2025. The Thailand Royal Irrigation Department operates this dam for flood control and to benefit the farming cooperatives below.
The outflow of the Mae Suai Dam in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand on 14 June 2025. The Thailand Royal Irrigation Department operates this dam for flood control and to benefit the farming cooperatives below.
The outflow of the Mae Suai Dam in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand on 14 June 2025. The Thailand Royal Irrigation Department operates this dam for flood control and to benefit the farming cooperatives below.
This Landsat 9 image of the Strait of Belle Isle, acquired April 8, 2025, uses the shortwave infrared, near infrared, and red spectral bands (bands 6,5,4) to highlight land cover. In this combination, healthy vegetation appears bright green, snow and ice appear in shades of cyan and blue, and water appears dark.
This Landsat 9 image of the Strait of Belle Isle, acquired April 8, 2025, uses the shortwave infrared, near infrared, and red spectral bands (bands 6,5,4) to highlight land cover. In this combination, healthy vegetation appears bright green, snow and ice appear in shades of cyan and blue, and water appears dark.
Sampling location at the Kukuavile community along Ankobra River, Ghana highlighting the highly turbid water found near mining sites.
Sampling location at the Kukuavile community along Ankobra River, Ghana highlighting the highly turbid water found near mining sites.
Grated cassava root soaking in alum-processed river water, Kukuavile community along Ankobra River, Ghana.
Grated cassava root soaking in alum-processed river water, Kukuavile community along Ankobra River, Ghana.
USGS chemist Grace Armstrong is accessing Ankobra River sampling site with community consent and accompaniment.
USGS chemist Grace Armstrong is accessing Ankobra River sampling site with community consent and accompaniment.
USGS chemist Grace Armstrong collecting a sediment core for mercury analysis at the Kukuavile community along Ankobra River, Ghana.
USGS chemist Grace Armstrong collecting a sediment core for mercury analysis at the Kukuavile community along Ankobra River, Ghana.
Trainees in the remote sensing class working to develop potential groundwater maps from multiple satellite data sources.
Trainees in the remote sensing class working to develop potential groundwater maps from multiple satellite data sources.
Kolobeng River, Botswana, downstream of a streamflow monitoring station currently recording zero streamflow.
Kolobeng River, Botswana, downstream of a streamflow monitoring station currently recording zero streamflow.
USGS employees John Lane (L) and Molly Wood (R) learning about field processes conducted at a streamgage on the Limpopo River near Mahalapye, Botswana.
USGS employees John Lane (L) and Molly Wood (R) learning about field processes conducted at a streamgage on the Limpopo River near Mahalapye, Botswana.
Letsibogo Dam, Botswana’s third largest dam based on capacity, currently at 40 percent capacity due to the drought.
Letsibogo Dam, Botswana’s third largest dam based on capacity, currently at 40 percent capacity due to the drought.
USGS employees Molly Wood (L) and John Lane (R) visiting a managed aquifer recharge injection well pilot site operated by the Botswana Ministry of Land Management and Sanitation Services, Department of Water and Sanitation, Mahalapye, Botswana.
USGS employees Molly Wood (L) and John Lane (R) visiting a managed aquifer recharge injection well pilot site operated by the Botswana Ministry of Land Management and Sanitation Services, Department of Water and Sanitation, Mahalapye, Botswana.
Calf drinking from an overflow point at a groundwater pump station in Mahalapye, Botswana.
Calf drinking from an overflow point at a groundwater pump station in Mahalapye, Botswana.
Banner presenting the Tana and Athi River basin groundwater mapping project outside the Ministry of Water, Sanitation, and Irrigation (Maji House) in Nairobi, Kenya.
Banner presenting the Tana and Athi River basin groundwater mapping project outside the Ministry of Water, Sanitation, and Irrigation (Maji House) in Nairobi, Kenya.
USGS employees Molly Wood (3rd from left) and John Lane (3rd from right) with staff from the Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, after a workshop on geophysics data collection.
USGS employees Molly Wood (3rd from left) and John Lane (3rd from right) with staff from the Namibia Ministry of Mines and Energy and the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, after a workshop on geophysics data collection.
Aerial photograph of the arid Namibian landscape near Windhoek showing ephemeral streambeds.
Aerial photograph of the arid Namibian landscape near Windhoek showing ephemeral streambeds.