Technical Assistance to the USDA - NRCS - National Water Management Center
The National Water Management Center (NWMC) serves as a production support center for the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The NWMC consists of an interdisciplinary, multi-agency team of national specialists helping implement water-related projects across the country.
Functioning in six key areas: environmental compliance, ground water, hydrology & hydraulics, irrigation water management, water quality, and watershed planning / rehabilitation; the NWMC team provides direct assistance, support and training to State and local NRCS offices. The purpose of this study is to provide the NWMC with experienced USGS hydrologists, on a part-time basis, to provide technical assistance to Department of Agriculture water-resources projects.
USGS assistance on NWMC project activities typically includes providing basic water-data, ground-water analysis, ground water modeling, agriculture water supply, ground-water/surface-water interaction, water quality, fluvial geomorphic analysis, training, and/or technical review. The USGS regularly provides stream discharge, suspended sediment, water-quality, water-use, and ground-water data as needed for various NWMC projects across the country. Over the past year, the USGS has participated with NWMC personnel in providing fluvial geomorphic analysis, characterization, and/or training for projects in Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, and Wisconsin. The NWMC, with USGS assistance, has recently provided NRCS policy makers with a critique of a terrace and small reservoir modeling project of the Republican River Basin examining the surface- and ground-water interactions of these structures. USGS personnel are scheduled to assist with NWMC projects in Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Wisconsin in the future.
Geomorphic characterization of the Middle Fork Saline River: Garland, Perry, and Saline Counties, Arkansas
Below are partners associated with this project.
The National Water Management Center (NWMC) serves as a production support center for the U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The NWMC consists of an interdisciplinary, multi-agency team of national specialists helping implement water-related projects across the country.
Functioning in six key areas: environmental compliance, ground water, hydrology & hydraulics, irrigation water management, water quality, and watershed planning / rehabilitation; the NWMC team provides direct assistance, support and training to State and local NRCS offices. The purpose of this study is to provide the NWMC with experienced USGS hydrologists, on a part-time basis, to provide technical assistance to Department of Agriculture water-resources projects.
USGS assistance on NWMC project activities typically includes providing basic water-data, ground-water analysis, ground water modeling, agriculture water supply, ground-water/surface-water interaction, water quality, fluvial geomorphic analysis, training, and/or technical review. The USGS regularly provides stream discharge, suspended sediment, water-quality, water-use, and ground-water data as needed for various NWMC projects across the country. Over the past year, the USGS has participated with NWMC personnel in providing fluvial geomorphic analysis, characterization, and/or training for projects in Arkansas, Kansas, Texas, and Wisconsin. The NWMC, with USGS assistance, has recently provided NRCS policy makers with a critique of a terrace and small reservoir modeling project of the Republican River Basin examining the surface- and ground-water interactions of these structures. USGS personnel are scheduled to assist with NWMC projects in Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Missouri, and Wisconsin in the future.
Geomorphic characterization of the Middle Fork Saline River: Garland, Perry, and Saline Counties, Arkansas
Below are partners associated with this project.