Links to Sources of Water Information
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Water Resources Discipline, 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. The links below allow you to further investigate water.
USGS Water Information
- California Water Science Center
- Ground Water
- National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program
- Science in Your State
- Surface Water
- Water Quality
- Water Resources of the United States
- Water Use
- Other programs involving water
USGS NWISWeb - National Water Information System
NWISWeb 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.
NWISWeb home page: California | United StatesReal-time data: California | United States
Surface-water data: California | United States
Ground-water data: California | United States
Water-quality data: California | United States
Other USGS Information
- Earth Science Information Center - Ask USGS
- The USGS and Science Education
- USGS Biological Resources Features
- USGS Home Page
- Maps, Imagery, and Publications
- USGS Publications and Data Products
- USGS Publications Warehouse
Learn About Water
- Aquifer Basics
- Groundwater Foundation
- National Atlas of the United States
- Project WET: Water Education for Teachers
- Rain: A Water Resource
- Science in Your Watershed
- Hydrology Glossaries
- USGS Hydrology Primer
- USGS and Science Education
- USGS Water Education Posters
- USGS Water Science for Schools
Other California Information
- California Department of Natural Resources
- California Department of Water Resources
- U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- Census Bureau: Quick Facts
GIS Data for California
Spatial/GIS data sets for California and the United States are available from numerous spatial data clearinghouses.
Data Portals
California:
- Cal-Atlas: California Geospatial Clearinghouse
- California DWR Water Data Library - includes links to CIMIS, CDEC, IEP and IWRIS
- California DWR Land and Water Use
- California Dept. of Pesticide Regulation
- CalTrans Geospatial Library
- California Water Plan
- California Dept. of Fish and Game
USGS:
- National Elevation Dataset
- National Hydrologic Dataset
- National Water information System
- Mineral Resources Spatial Data
- Earth Resources and Observation and Science Center (EROS)
- The National Atlas
- The National Map
