Water resources data for Massachusetts and Rhode Island, water year 1978

Water-resources data for the 1978 water year for Massachusetts and Rhode Island consist of records of stage, discharge, and water quality of streams; contents of lakes and reservoirs; and ground-water levels. This report contains discharge records for 105 gaging stations, month end contents for 30 lakes and reservoirs, water quality for 23 gaging stations, and water levels for 111 observation wells. Also included are data for 18 low-flow and 22 crest-stage partial-record stations. Additional water data were collected at various sites, not part of the systematic data-collection program, and are published as miscellaneous measurements. A few pertinent stations (not included above) in bordering States are also included in this report. These data represent that portion of the National Water Data System operated by the U.S. Geological Survey and cooperating State and Federal agencies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island.