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Surface water quality
Chemical, physical, and biological characteristics of water in lakes, rivers, or streams related to its fitness for use.
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WaterQualityWatch -Continuous Real-Time Water Quality of Surface Water in the United States [New Window]
Maps and explanations of continuous real-time data collection methods and results, including water temperature, turbididty, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, and stream discharge values.
National highway runoff water quality data and methodology synthesis [New Window]
Cooperative national project with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to evaluate FHWA's guidelines for highway-runoff quality. Links to searchable online bibliography of related publications by the USGS, EPA, FHWA, and state agencies.
New Jersey District - surface water information [New Window]
Links to water data for New Jersey including streamflow, sampling stations, and water-quality data with links to reports on stream gages, hydrology, networks, and floods.
Real-time water-quality monitoring and regression analysis to estimate nutrient and bacteria concentration in Kansas streams. [New Window]
Report on the use of regression equations from measurements made by water quality monitors and analytical results of manually collected samples estimating nutrient, bacteria, and other constituent concentrations to study streams in Kansas.
Standard reference samples for water quality analysis [New Window]
Standard reference samples for laboratory quality assurance testing and are available to purchase for internal quality control. The majority of samples are prepared with water from Colorado streams.
Surface-water data and statistics from U.S. Geological Survey data-collection networks in New Jersey on the world wide web [New Window]
Streamflow-gaging and water quality sampling sites with real-time and historical surface-water data for many of the sites in New Jersey.
Surface-water data for the Nation [New Window]
Homepage for USGS national surface-water data with more than 850,000 station years of time-series data for stream levels, streamflow (discharge), reservoir and lake levels, surface-water quality, and rainfall plus real-time data and tutorial.
Upper Mississippi River basin: water quality, water elevation, and discharge [New Window]
Information on flood potential and water quality in the upper Mississipi River, including downloadable data and map images.
Water quality information pages [New Window]
Homepage of the Office of Water Quality programs on the quality of the Nation's surface water and ground water resources, with links to general information, quality assurance, software, data, publications, USGS facilities, techniques, and programs.
Endocrine Disruption Found in Fish Exposed to Municipal Wastewater [New Window]
Research findings and examples of application to real problems--cause and potential effects of wastewater on fish in streams is explored.
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