New & Noteworthy

Press Release: Study Explores Groundwater and Geothermal Energy in Drought-Stricken Eastern Oregon and Neighboring States

Technical Announcement: USGS Issues Revised Framework for Hydrogeology of Floridan Aquifer

Press Release: High Plains Aquifer Groundwater Levels Continue to Decline

Regional Groundwater Availability Study Geospatial Data

Press Release: USGS Assesses Current Groundwater-Quality Conditions in the Williston Basin Oil Production Area

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USGS Groundwater Watch

USGS maintains a network of active wells to provide basic statistics about groundwater levels.

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USGS in Your State

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

Past GWRP "New & Noteworthy" Listings

2014

• HydroClimATe -- Hydrologic and Climatic Analysis Toolkit
• National Groundwater Awareness Week 2014

2013

• National Brackish Groundwater Assessment
• Press Release: New USGS Tool Expedites Assessment of Seawater Intrusion in Coastal Aquifer Systems
• Press Release: Deficit in Nation's Aquifers Accelerating
• Press Release: New USGS Report Updates Decline of High Plains Aquifer Groundwater Levels
• Journal Article: Review: Groundwater in Alaska

2012

• Technical Announcement: Groundwater's Greater Role in Waterways Demonstrated in Virginia
• Technical Announcement: How Does Groundwater Pumping Affect Streamflow?

• Media Advisory: Briefing on Groundwater
• Press Release: Irrigation Causing Declines in the High Plains Aquifer

2011

• Press Release: New Study Lends Insight to Decreasing Denver Basin Groundwater Availability
• Press Release: Groundwater Storage Losses Substantial Across Eight State Aquifer System
• Report: Groundwater availability of the Mississippi embayment
• Report: New tool to assess groundwater resources in the Mississippi embayment
• Report: Selected approaches to estimate water-budget components of the High Plains, 1940-1949 and 2000-2009
• Map: Potentiometric surface of the Upper Floridan aquifer in Florida and parts of Georgia, South Carolina, and Alabama, May – June 2010
• Fact Sheet: Using Models for the Optimization of Hydrologic Monitoring
• Fact Sheet: Changes in Water Levels and Storage in the High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment to 2009
• Report: Water Availability and Use Pilot: Methods Development for a Regional Assessment of Groundwater Availability, Southwest Alluvial Basins, Arizona (SIR 5071)
• Press Release: New USGS Science for Managing Arizona's Groundwater
• Press Release: New USGS Science: Groundwater Study of the Eastern Great Basin
• Report: Conceptual Model of the Great Basin Carbonate and Alluvial Aquifer System (SIR 5193)
• Fact Sheet: Assessing groundwater availability in the Northern Atlantic Coastal Plain aquifer system
• Press Release: Water regionally abundant in Great Lakes Basin, but not always when and where it's needed | Podcast
• Video: 3D Geologic model of the Columbia Plateau Aquifer System

Note: This page includes listings starting in February 2011.