Water resources data for the 1978 water year for Louisiana consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; stage, contents, and water quality of lakes and reservoirs; and water levels and water quality of ground water. This report, in three volumes, contains discharge records for 76 gaging stations; stage records for 66 of these gaging stations; stage only for 32 gaging stations; contents for 1 reservoir; stage only for 12 lakes; water quality for 147 stations; 22 of these at gaging stations;80 miscellaneous sites, 10 lakes, and 169 wells; and water levels for 686 observation wells. Also included are 199 crest-stage partial-record stations and flood-profile partial-record stations. Additional water-data were collected at various sites, not involved in the systematic data-collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. Records for a few pertinent stations in bordering States are also included in this report. These data represent that part of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Louisiana.
