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Livestock water withdrawals in 2015

Trends in total water withdrawals by water-use category, 1950–2015

Artesian Well (cropped), John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, Key Largo, FL

USGS WAUSP Water Census: Map of National Brackish Groundwater Assessment from USGS professional paper 1833 "Brackish Groundwater In The United States."

USGS gage 01419500 Willowemoc Creek near Livingston Manor, NY

Overview of Water Quality in Principal Aquifers

See data for USGS gage 15275100 Chester Creek at Arctic Boulevard at Anchorage, AK.

Enhancing scientific research with reproducible, collaborative, and scalable data analysis workflows and methodologies.Example R code leveraging a reproducible data pipeline with the package “remake” to handle dependencies and organize workflow.

A U.S. national map with notes about areas of high water use in 2015.

Data Science: Lake Mead Water Level Decline Visualization. Click here to read more about USGS Water Resources Mission Area Data Science. 

The headwaters of the Colorado and Gunnison Rivers was selected in 2019 as an Integrated Water Science Basin.

Snow falls on USGS Hydrologist, Joe Nawikas, as he collects groundwater samples in Mammoth, California.

Research Hydrologist Paul Hsieh collects seismic data during a groundwater study at Pinnacles National Park in California. The red seismometer on the ground measures ambient seismic noise, which includes microtremors induced by wind, ocean waves, and human activity.

USGS scientists collect sediment cores to examine the amount and distribution of metals within Lake Powell.  

Kelvey Merill ADCP measurement at Perdanales River near Fredricksburg - Lynne Fahlquist USGS. 

Drill rig to collect sediment samples on Lake Powell.

USGS scientists work with heavy machinery to collect sediment through the full thickness of the San Juan and Colorado River deltas. 

Core processing hut provides a sheltered environment for scientists to process the cores for shipment to the National Lacustrine Core Facility

USGS scientists collect sediment cores to examine the amount and distribution of metals within Lake Powell.  

In this photo, a small unoccupied aicraft (sUAS) or drone is being prepared to collect thermal infrared data to assess groundwater discharge into Las Vegas Wash, in Clark County, Nevada. The umbrella provides shade to keep the equipment from getting too hot.

Graph of budget components from a MT3D-USGS simulation versus time generated by GW_Chart based on results from a hypothetical model.