Images

A view of the Sheepscot River in Maine taken by USGS hydrologic technicians while surveying the river. The surveyed cross-section data is used to update flood insurance rate maps for FEMA. 

Phil Woodford (Hydro Tech) driving a boat to service a water quality buoy located in Kingston Bay, Plymouth, MA. The Mayflower replica is in the background.

Summer 2025 Photo Contest Winner: Kaitlin Laabs, USGS at Work category

Hydrologic Technician Conner Caridad observing the purge of a groundwter well located in the Army Base Camp Nett. Groundwater samples were taken and analyzed from this well for a study measuring nitrogen concentrations in groundwater before, during, and after sewering.

Hydrologic Technician Danny Hansen adjusts the speed of peristaltic pump at a groundwater well in the Pine Grove community Grove in Niantic, CT. Groundwater samples were being taken during 2025 as a part of a broader study looking at nitrogen concentrations in groundwater before and after sewer installation.

A buoy carrying water quality monitoring equipment is deployed in Kingston Bay in South Duxbury, Massachusetts, as part of a larger water-quality monitoring project.

A USGS hydrologic technician uses a Van Dorn sampler to collect water quality samples from the Farm River at fixed depths.

USGS hydrologic technicians Sam Banas and Curtis Yeager install a groundwater well (MA-F2W 80) in Franklin, Massachusetts.

A buoy carrying water quality monitoring equipment is deployed in Mount Hope Bay, Massachusetts, as part of a larger water-quality monitoring project.

USGS staff deploy a carbon dioxide sensor (pCO2) from the Beverly Pier into the Danvers River in Beverly, Massachusetts. This water quality sensor deployment is a part of a larger data collection effort in several Massachusetts rivers and embayments.

Newly established continuous streamgage on downstream right bank at Mill Brook at Plainfield, MA - 01178230.  Gage is located on River Road. 

Re-established continuous streamgage on downstream left bank of Sudbury River at Ashland, MA - 01097480. Gage is located on Front Street.  

Nigel Pepin using a rotor hammer to install concrete anchors to secure a new gage to monitor the Poquonnock River in Bluff Point State Park, CT.

Summer 2025 Photo Contest Winner: Paul Solis, Honorable Mention category

USGS Hydrologic Technician, Samantha Robinson, preforming a vertical profile and routine maintenance on continuous water quality monitors on the Norwalk River at Maritime Aquarium Near Southern Norwalk, CT (410606073245700) on May 21, 2025. Discrete water quality samples are also collected at this monitoring location. 

Newly established continuous streamgage downstream right bank on Martha's Vineyard at Tiasquam River at West Tisbury, MA - 412238070403701. Gage is located adjacent to State Road in Chilmark, MA. 

USGS staff installing a new streamgage on the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. This streamgage is a part of the state’s cooperative hydrologic monitoring network with USGS. 

USGS, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the University of Maine, is predicting the potential hydrological impacts based on these climatic changes using the USGS Precipitation Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) to inform the New England farming industry.

Members from the Massachusetts office of the New England Water Science Center conduct bridge crane training for water quality at Hockanum Road in East Hartford, CT, April 29, 2029. 

Spring 2025 Photo Contest Winner:  Paul Solis, Where We Work category

Shaun Donmoyer and Zachary Houston sampling at the point location, three rivers, Pittsburgh PA (Jared Carte, USGS).

Shaun Donmoyer and Zach Houston are collecting a water sample to characterize water quality conditions near a combined sewer overflow as part of the Three Rivers Region Water Quality Monitoring with Allegheny County Sanitary Authority project. 

USGS hydrologic technician Virginia Stanley is towing an acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) behind a kayak on the Quinebaug River in Putnam, Connecticut, to capture streamflow measurements. 

Technicians Laura Yates and Erik Kaseloo complete field activities for a spring habitat assessment at at U.S. Geological Survey streamgage station 0164579245, The Glade, near Pegasus Lane at Reston, VA, on April 24, 2025.

Spring 2025 Photo Contest Winner:  Taylor Camper, Honorable Mention category