Sediment Related Links

USGS Water Mission Area

The USGS Water Mission Area works with partners to monitor, assess, conduct targeted research, and deliver information on a wide range of water resources and conditions

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

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Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project

The Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project (FISP) was created in 1939 to unify and standardize the research and development activities of Federal agencies involved in fluvial sediment studies. The FISP has developed and approved a suite of physical sediment and water quality samplers that are available to collect accurate sediment samples. In addition to development, quality assurance, sales, and support of physical samplers, the FISP conducts and sponsors research on emerging tools and technologies for measurement and analysis of sediment properties. Recent research is often focused on indirect methods of measuring sediment characteristics with improved resolution, accuracy, and cost. FISP instrumentation and research addresses suspended sediment, bedload sediment, bed material, bed topography, and water quality. Sponsoring agencies and the public benefit from the cooperative action that leads to comparable, meaningful sediment information obtained using common instruments, standards, and procedures.

The FISP is sponsored by:

• U.S.D.A. Agricultural Research Service
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• U.S. Bureau of Land Management
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Forest Service
• U.S. Geological Survey

FISP Sampler Catalog

FISP Sponsored Research

Publications

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