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Water Resources Mission Area

Water Resources Mission Area

Water information is fundamental to national and local economic well-being, protection of life and property, and effective management of the Nation’s water resources. The USGS works with partners to monitor, assess, conduct targeted research, and deliver information on a wide range of water resources and conditions including streamflow, groundwater, water quality, and water use and availability.

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Water Resources Mission Area

Water Resources Mission Area

Water information is fundamental to national and local economic well-being, protection of life and property, and effective management of the Nation’s water resources. The USGS works with partners to monitor, assess, conduct targeted research, and deliver information on a wide range of water resources and conditions including streamflow, groundwater, water quality, and water use and availability.

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Critical zone as a mediator of hydroclimate-ecosystem asynchrony

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Global Synthesis of Flood Impacts diagram

A Global Synthesis of Flood Impacts: Understanding the Country-level Vulnerability and Causes

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Stormwater Mapping

Integration of Urban Stormwater Infrastructure in Modeling Water Quality Patterns in Small Urban Streams

publication
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Lidar estimation of storage capacity for managed water resources used by Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana) at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona

Data Release
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Compilation of surface water diversion sites and daily withdrawals for the Upper Colorado River Basin, 1980-2022

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Water temperature modeling in Mount Rainier National Park

Water temperature modeling in Mount Rainier National Park

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River Silica working group photo

Are we experiencing a riverine silicon surge? Implications for the global carbon cycle

Data Release
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Water Quality and Toxic Algal Presence in Burrow Pits in Eastern Lake Pontchartrain: 2021-2023

Data Release
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Surface Water and Groundwater Hydrology and Temperature, Beaver Creek, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, 2022-2023

Photography
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Collage of water resources activities in New England

Infographics
Infographic saying: The USGS Energy Resources Program studies energy resources and their interactions with other natural resources. The infographic has icons for: Oil and gas, geothermal, hydrogen, carbon dioxide, wind, solar, coal, gas hydrates, uranium, and water

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Data Release
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Mean annual water-budget components for Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Maui, and the Island of Hawaiʻi for a set of recent and future climate conditions, and 2020 land cover

Data Release
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Produced water major ion geochemistry, water isotopes, radium content, and field parameters and gas compositions from Niobrara Formation petroleum wells in the Denver-Julesburg Basin

Data Release
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Monthly dissolved silicon concentrations from 198 rivers in the Northern Hemisphere

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Rock Creek, south-central Idaho

Characterizing the Water Resources of the Camas Prairie, Southern Idaho

Data Release
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Spatial Data in Support of the Characterization of Water Resources near the Southeastern Part of Puget Sound, Washington

Data Release
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Example Groundwater-Level Datasets and Benchmarking Results for the Automated Regional Correlation Analysis for Hydrologic Record Imputation (ARCHI) Software Package

Presentations and Events
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Saline Lake Ecosystems IWAA Fall 2024 Webinar Series: Physical and Chemical Monitoring in Support of Water Budgets of Select Great Basin Saline Lakes

Data Release
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Hydrogeologic Framework and Chloride Data for Kings, Queens, and Nassau Counties, Long Island, New York

Data Release
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Water Chemistry Data for Samples Collected at Groundwater Sites in the Placerita Oil Field Study Area, June 2018–November 2018, Los Angeles County, California

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The Energy-Water Nexus

Data Release
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Statistical Methods in Water Resources - Supporting Materials

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South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC) Employment Opportunities

Data Release
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MODFLOW 6 Groundwater Flow Model for the Des Moines River Alluvial Aquifer near Des Moines, Iowa

Photography
Water Resources Monitoring at Castle Creek

Water Resources Monitoring at Castle Creek

Presentations and Events
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Susquehanna River Story — What does the science say about water quality?

Data Release
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Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Watershed Synthesis: an Excel-based model for irrigation months in 2021–2024

Data Release
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Daily potable water deliveries and effluent discharge by Colorado Springs Utilities: 2008–22

Records

1968 Space Applications in Water Resource Development

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Mapping ecohydrological headwater refugia

Mapping ecohydrological headwater refugia

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