USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.
Water Resources of Massachusetts
USGS to Discontinue Streamgages Due to Sequestration: The U.S.Geological Survey (USGS) will discontinue operation of up to 375 streamgages nationwide due to budget cuts as a result of sequestration. Additional streamgages may be affected if partners reduce their funding to support USGS streamgages. The USGS is working to identify which streamgages will be impacted and when, and will post this information as it becomes available. Streamgages are used nationwide to predict and address drought and flood conditions by monitoring water availability. The USGS and over 850 Federal, State, and local agencies cooperatively fund the USGS streamgaging network, which consists of over 8,000 streamgages. When budget fluctuations occur, the network is impacted.
For more information contact Richard Verdi at 508-490-5064 or rverdi@usgs.gov.
TO FIND INFORMATION ABOUT WATER RESOURCES IN RHODE ISLAND, PLEASE VISIT THE RHODE ISLAND WEB SITE
Welcome to the New England Water Science Center - Massachusetts Office web page. This is your direct link to water-resource information on Massachusetts's rivers and streams, ground water, water quality, and biology. Data collection and interpretive studies are done by the Center to support state-wide water-resource infrastructure and management needs and are part of the USGS science strategy to address the water-resource priorities of the nation and global trends in:
Ecosystem status and change
Climate variability and change
Energy and mineral management
National hazard risk and assessment
Environmental risk to human health
Water use and availability
Monthly Surface Water and Groundwater Conditions Statements:
USGS WaterAlert
sends email or text messages when certain parameters measured by a USGS data-collection station exceed user-definable thresholds.
USGS
sends email response with real-time stream stage and flow data for the USGS station (site) number in subject line of your email request.
iNWS
provides text messaging alerts from the National Weather Service for weather and hydrology.
MA Water Sciences
The USGS Massachusetts Office monitors and analyzes surface-water, groundwater, water-quality and biological parameters throughout the state. Data collection and interpretive studies are done in cooperation with various local, State, or Federal agencies.
Massachusetts provides real-time water-stage and streamflow data at over 140 sites across the state. Flood prediction, stream low-flow characteristics and surface-quality are currently under investigation in 28 studies.
Twenty-two groundwater wells are monitored hourly by the USGS in Massachusetts. Over 30 current groundwater investigations evaluate groundwater-supply and groundwater-quality issues.
Water-quality conditions are continuously monitored by the USGS at 42 sites across the state of Massachusetts. Water-quality issues in groundwater and surface-water are addressed in over 30 current interpretive studies.
Open-File Report 2013–1043
McCallum, B.E., Wicklein, S.M., Reiser, R.G., Busciolano, Ronald, Morrison, Jonathan, Verdi, R.J., Painter, J.A., Frantz, E.R., and Gotvald, A.J., 2013, Monitoring storm tide and flooding from Hurricane Sandy along the Atlantic coast of the United States, October 2012
Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5292
Sorenson, J.R., 2013, Potential reductions of street solids and phosphorus in urban watersheds from street cleaning, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2009–11: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5292, 64 p.
Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5277
Barbaro, J.R., and Sorenson, J.R., 2013, Nutrient and sediment concentrations, yields, and loads in impaired streams and rivers in the Taunton River Basin, Massachusetts, 1997–2008
Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5191
Breault, R.F., Sorenson, J.R., and Weiskel, P.K., 2013, Estimated sediment thickness, quality, and toxicity to benthic organisms in selected impoundments in Massachusetts
Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5172
Eggleston, J.R., Carlson, C.S., Fairchild, G.M., and Zarriello, P.J., 2012, Simulation of groundwater and surface–water interaction and effects of pumping in a complex glacial–sediment aquifer, east central Massachusetts
Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5110
Granato, G.E., 2012, Estimating basin lagtime and hydrograph-timing indexes used to characterize stormflows for runoff–quality analysis
Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5084
Savoie, J.G., and LeBlanc, D.R., 2012, Comparison of no–purge and pumped sampling methods for monitoring concentrations of ordnance–related compounds in groundwater, Camp Edwards, Massachusetts Military Reservation, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, 2009–2010
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