Office of Water Quality -- Interdiscipline Links

• Biology/Ecology
• Chemistry/Geology
• Geophysics
• Hydraulics/Hydrology
• Sediment
• National Water-Quality Assessment Program (NAWQA): Collects and analyzes data and information in multiple river basins and aquifers, and aquatic ecosystems
• USGS National Research Program: Encompasses a broad spectrum of scientific investigations, including and integrating hydrological, geological, chemical, climatological, and biological information related to water resources and environmental hazards

Biology/Ecology

• USGS Biological Resources

  Chemistry/Geology

  • Toxics Substances Hydrology Program

  • USGS Geochemical Software

  • Surface-water quality and flow modeling interest group (SMIG)

  • Geologic Division Scientific Capabilities
    • Geochronology, Geochemistry, and Tracer Studies
    • Chemical Analyses

  Geophysics

  • Borehole Geophysics Applied to Geohydrology Project Page

  Hydraulics/Hydrology

  • Office of Ground Water
    • Climate Response Network; Water Use; USGS National Aquifer codes; Geophysics; Ground-water models

  • Office of Surface Water
    • Real-time and historical streamflow data, suspended sediment, benchmark glaciers, hydraulics laboratory, flood frequency, global change, watershed modeling

  • Surface-water quality and flow modeling interest group (SMIG)

  Sediment

• Office of Surface Water

• Geologic Division Scientific Capabilities
  • Sedimentologic Analyses

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