Links to Sources of Water Information

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources Discipline, investigates the occurrence, quantity, quality, distribution, and movement of surface and underground waters and disseminates the data to the public, State and local governments, public and private utilities, and other Federal agencies involved with managing water resources. The links below allow you to further investigate water.

USGS Water Information

• California Water Science Center
• Ground Water
• National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
• Science in Your State
• Surface Water
• Water Quality
• Water Resources of the United States
• Water Use
• Other programs involving water

USGS NWISWeb - National Water Information System

NWISWeb provides access to water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Other USGS Information

• Earth Science Information Center - Ask USGS
• The USGS and Science Education
• USGS Biological Resources Features
• USGS Home Page
• USGS Mapping Information Products and related subjects
• USGS Publications and Data Products
• USGS Publications Warehouse

Learn About Water

• Aquifer Basics
• Glossaries of hydrology
• Groundwater Foundation
• National Atlas of the United States
• Project WET: Water Education for Teachers
• Rain: A Water Resource
• Science in Your Watershed
• USGS Hydrology Primer
• USGS and Science Education
• USGS Water Education Posters
• USGS Water Science for Schools

Other California Information

• California Department of Natural Resources
• California Department of Water Resources
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Census Bureau: Quick Facts