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

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GWRP Photo Gallery

Real-time data collection platform (DCP) installation in North Carolina	Monitoring well installation in the High Plains aquifer near Muleshoe, Texas	Aerial view of center pivot irrigation in southwestern Kansas.
Center pivot springler irrigation in Cochran County, Texas	Rhodamine dye injected in stream to trace water movement through a karst aquifer.	Aerial view of south Denver metropolitan area looking west towards the Front Range overlying the Denver Basin aquifers.
Denver Basin public-supply well in residential area of south Denver metropolitan area. Well is completed in Dawson aquifer.	Monitoring well completed in Denver Formation east of Denver, Colorado.	Installation of monitoring well completed in Denver Fomation east of Denver, Colorado
Monitoring well completed in the High Plains aquifer near a center pivot in the Panhandle of Texas.	USGS personnel making ground-water level measurement.	Center-pivot sprinkler irrigation in Nebraska