Links and sources of water information

The Water-Resources Discipline of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) operates in every State; with our mission being to provide water information that benefits the Nation's citizens. The links below allow you to further investigate water.

USGS sources of water information

  ♦ Georgia Water Resources
  ♦ National Water Resources
  ♦ USGS home page
  ♦ Surface Water
  ♦ Ground Water
  ♦ Water Quality
  ♦ Water Use
  ♦ National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
  ♦ Other programs involving water

Background information about water

  ♦ Water Science for Schools - all about water
  ♦ The Learning Web
  ♦ Science in Your Watershed
  ♦ Aquifer Basics
  ♦ Learn About Groundwater
  ♦ National Atlas of the United States
  ♦ Water-resources glossaries

NWIS - National Water Information System (new window):

NWIS 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. The USGS 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.

Peachtree Creek:
  ♦ NWIS home page
  ♦ Real time stage/streamflow
  ♦ Recent daily streamflow
  ♦ Historical daily streamflow
  ♦ Daily streamflow statistics
  ♦ Monthly streamflow statistics
  ♦ Annual streamflow statistics
  ♦ Peak streamflow

Georgia:
  ♦ NWIS home page
  ♦ Real time stage/streamflow
  ♦ Surface-water data
  ♦ Ground-water data
  ♦ Water-quality data
  ♦ Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint NAWQA

United States:
  ♦ NWIS home page
  ♦ Real time stage/streamflow
  ♦ Surface-water data
  ♦ Ground-water data
  ♦ Water-quality data