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Water Resources of Colorado

Welcome to the USGS Colorado Water Science Center. These pages are your source for water-resource information collected and interpreted by the U.S. Geological Survey in Colorado.

Explanation of percentile classes

Water-resource activities include:

• Presentation of real-time streamflow, water-quality, ground-water levels data
• Operation and oversight of an extensive network of water-resource monitoring gages
• Archive of water-resource information collected for more than 100 years
• Data collection and investigative studies related to issues of concern to water-management entities and citizens
• Publishing data and topical reports

USGS Colorado Water Science Center Highlights

Events

USGS Monitoring and Analysis of River and Stream Restoration Projects

Many rivers and streams in the United States have been mechanically reconfigured in an attempt to "restore" or modify the channel's function or habitat. However, the long-term performance of these projects usually is not evaluated in a consistent way. Several reconfigured rivers in Colorado are being monitored and their geomorphic responses to floods are being assessed by the USGS Colorado Water Science Center.

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Of Current Interest

USGS Investigations on Ground-Water Trends Released in Journal of Environmental Quality (JEQ)

The September/October issue of Journal of Environmental Quality (JEQ) features in-depth U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) investigations of national and regional trends in ground-water quality in the United States. The release of these investigations, primarily focusing on nitrate, pesticides, and pesticide degradates, marks the first of many trends-studies to follow by the USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program.

Included in the JEQ are two reports by Colorado authors:

Suzanne S. Paschke and others - Near-Decadal Changes in Nitrate and Pesticide Concentrations in the South Platte River Alluvial Aquifer, 1993–2004

Michael G. Rupert - Decadal-Scale Changes of Nitrate in Ground Water of the United States, 1988–2004

Overall findings, summaries of the other USGS investigations featured in the JEQ, and author contact information are available at http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/Rosen.trends.09262008.pdf