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We have specialist capabilities for water data collection & dissemination, flood & drought response, water-quality science, and geophysics

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Monitor developing conditions

The National Water Dashboard displays streamflow and flooding conditions in context with current weather and hazard conditions.

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Impacts from oil and natural-gas production

Review of land-use, water-quality, and sediment-quality changes associated with oil and natural-gas production in the Eagle Ford.

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Crest-stage data for ungaged west Texas streams

Annual and approximately quarterly peak streamflow data collected from small- to medium-sized watersheds in central and western Texas.

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Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center

Water information is fundamental to national and local economic well-being, protection of life and property, and effective management of water resources. USGS works with partners in Oklahoma and Texas to monitor, assess, conduct targeted research, and deliver information on a wide range of water resources including streamflow, groundwater, water quality, and water use and availability.

Water Dashboard

United States map, Texas and Oklahoma highlighted, showing location of USGS real-time streamgages

Oklahoma and Texas real-time stream, lake, reservoir, precipitation, water quality and groundwater stations in context with current weather and hazard conditions

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Geophysical Logs

Geophysical Logs

Web based tool for storage and retrieval of borehole-geophysical logs and related data files. USGS scientists can upload geophysical logs to the GeoLog Locator database to be explored through this website.

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Data Networks

Publications

Land application of biosolid, livestock, and drilling wastes to US farmland: A potential pathway for the redistribution of contaminants in the environment Land application of biosolid, livestock, and drilling wastes to US farmland: A potential pathway for the redistribution of contaminants in the environment

In the United States (U.S.), waste byproducts generated from the treatment of municipal waste (biosolids), production of livestock (livestock waste), and drilling of oil and gas wells (drilling waste) are commonly applied to agricultural lands. Although this can be a cost-effective reuse/disposal practice, there is limited research on the potential for contaminant exposures and effects...
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Jason Masoner, Dana W. Kolpin, Isabelle Cozzarelli, Denise Akob, Christopher Conaway, Carrie Givens, Michelle Hladik, Laura Hubbard, Rachael Lane, R. Blaine McCleskey, Todd Preston, Clayton Raines, Matthew S. Varonka, Michaelah Wilson
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Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center

Computing discharge using the entropy-based probability concept Computing discharge using the entropy-based probability concept

This report describes the techniques and methods for computing the mean-channel velocity and discharge using the entropy-based probability concept (probability concept). The method is an alternative to or augments standard streamgaging methods adopted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Although sensor technology for measuring the mean velocity and discharge has advanced, standard...
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John Fulton, Frank Engel, Jack R. Eggleston, Chao-Lin Chiu
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Water Resources Mission Area, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Colorado Water Science Center

Drought prediction and water availability: A report on the 2022 ​​USGS-NIDIS National Listening Session Series Drought prediction and water availability: A report on the 2022 ​​USGS-NIDIS National Listening Session Series

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and NOAA’s National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS) conducted a series of four Listening Sessions in 2022 – each with a different application or topical focus – to seek input on priorities and needs related to predicting water availability changes under drought conditions at national and regional scales. This input was gathered to help...
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Marina Skumanich, Erik Smith, Joel Lisonbee, John C. Hammond
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Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center, Drought
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