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USGS in Your State

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

Other Water Sites

Office of Surface Water

Office of Ground Water

Office of Water Quality

Office of Hydrologic Research

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Federal Interagency Sedimentation Project (FISP) Research

FISP interacts with other organizations including federal agencies, academia and private industry in research and development of standardized, calibrated equipment and methods to allow consistent and accurate quantification of sediment characteristics and transport in surface waters. FISP activities focus on the measurement and analysis of suspended sediment, bedload sediment, bed material, bed topography, adsorbed constituents, and sediment characteristics using physical samplers and surrogate technologies.

FISP 2013 Call for Proposals

Selected FISP Proposals for FY2012

• Digital Imaging for Partical Analysis and Characterization
• Pilot Study for Evaluation of Multi-Frequency Acoustics as a Surrogate for Bedload
• ADCP/LISST-SL/SSC Data Analysis and Surrogate Testing

Selected FISP Proposals for FY 2011

• 2010 Abraham and McElory, COE and USGS, Proposal
• Acoustic backscatter/attenuation discrimination of particle size with in-situ particle-size measurement
• Verification of New Technology to Reduce Solids Stratification Bias in Urban Runoff Sampling
• LISST-SL Testing

Sediment Acostics Leadership Team (SALT) Meeting Notes and Presentations, January 10, 2012

• SALT Charter
• Meeting Summary Notes, January 10, 2012
• Example Applications Georgia
• Example Applications Idaho
• Example Applications Illinois
• Example Applications Washington
• Example Applications Arizona/California

LISST Web-Ex Meeting Presentations and Notes, January 30, 2012

• Agenda for LISST Web-Ex of January 30, 2012
• Meeting Summary LISST Web-Ex
• LISST-SL Summary Washington WSC
• LISST-SL Evaluation for FISP (IL WSC)
• LISST-Streamside Evaluation (GA WSC)
• Sequoia Scientific Presentations
• Opening Presentation
• Method to determine flocculation
• Review of FISP Straub Report
• What is Effective Density
• 2008 FISP Evaluation of LISST-SL