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USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

A Welcome from William Guertal, USGS Indiana Water Science Center Director

The USGS was established by Congress in 1879 to provide the Nation with reliable and impartial information in order to understand the Nation's natural resources. This information is used to protect life and property from natural disasters, manage the Nation's natural resources, and protect the environment. The USGS is a scientific organization concerned with providing credible, relevant, impartial, and timely information to all.
As Director for the U.S. Geological Survey Indiana Water Science Center, I am committed, along with the rest of the IN staff, to help provide the hydrologic information and understanding needed for the optimum use and management of Indiana's waters.

The USGS is unique among Government organizations because we have neither regulatory nor developmental authority--our sole product is impartial, credible, relevant, and timely information, equally accessible and available to all interested parties.
The USGS IN Water Science Center has about 50 employees providing the information used in the management, assessment, and vulnerability analyses of water-supply, water quality, flood hazard, drought, and watershed issues associated with Indiana’s rich water resources. We have a diverse source of funding with over 35 partners. About 45 percent of our funding is from Federal sources and the other 55 percent is from State and local agencies.

We are very interested in hearing about your water-resource needs and working together to help you make decisions, based on objective and credible information, in your roles as managers, scientists, policy makers, and other interested citizens of the State. If you would like more information, please contact me or any of the Indiana staff.

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