Water Resources

A SonTek Argonaut mounting plate is fastened to 2" conduit using a structural pipe wall flange.

The AVM-measured velocity used to index mean velocity can be the line velocity from one acoustic path or from multiple acoustic paths.

Missouri boat and mount.

In this photo, USGS scientists Megan Haserodt (Hydrologist) and Jenelle Wempner (Student Intern) install a double ring infiltrometer along a recreated floodplain of Underwood Creek, a tributary to the Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The work is part of a larger study of how overbank flows and shallow groundwater in floodplains are connected for

A 4" aluminum I-beam is used allow an ADVM to be raised and lowered on a stainless steel sled.  The I-beam also serves as a pedestal mount for electronics housing.

2" galvanzied pipe mated to a custom PVC clamp mount are used to fasten a horizontal ADVM.

Missouri boat and mount.

Photo of a newly installed fixed-mount thermal infrared camera installed on the USGS Platte Kill at Dunraven NY streamgage in the Neversink River watershed. The camera is positioned to track focused groundwater discharge along a bedrock contact on the opposite side of the

USGS gage 05293000 YELLOW BANK RIVER NEAR ODESSA, MN with High River Water Level From Flood.

A 4" aluminum I-beam is used allow an ADVM to be raised and lowered on a stainless steel sled.

2-speed sailing winch used by the Illinois Field Office to make low-flow measurements on a tagline.