Water Resources
Multimedia
This multimedia gallery represents a collection of high-quality images, videos, webcams, posters, presentations, and documents produced by the Water Resources Mission Area.
USGS scientists install a double ring infiltrometer
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
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Florida SpeedRail ADV Mounts
A SonTek Argonaut mounting plate is fastened to 2" conduit using a structural pipe wall flange.
AVM Configurations
The AVM-measured velocity used to index mean velocity can be the line velocity from one acoustic path or from multiple acoustic paths.
Sontek M9
Sontek M9 bridge deployment during flooding event
Photo of an installed fixed-mount thermal infrared camera on a gage
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
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I-Beam and Sled ADVM Mount
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.
Indiana Pier Mount
2" galvanzied pipe mated to a custom PVC clamp mount are used to fasten a horizontal ADVM.
Oceanscience River boat
Planview photograph of the OceanScience Riverboat.
Photo of an Ecomapper autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), and crew
USGS scientists load and check the mission path onto an Ecomapper autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), while other crew members collect vertical profile information using a multiple-parameter water-quality meter. This technology is part of the
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I-beam and sled ADVM mount example 1
A 4" aluminum I-beam is used allow an ADVM to be raised and lowered on a stainless steel sled.