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USGS buoy floating in the water
USGS buoy platform with water quality equipment
USGS buoy platform with water quality equipment
USGS buoy platform with water quality equipment

USGS deployed this buoy platform with connected water quality equipment in Saugatuck Harbor, CT in May 2022.

USGS deployed this buoy platform with connected water quality equipment in Saugatuck Harbor, CT in May 2022.

Water Quality sampling in Hunters Brook in Acadia National Park, Maine
Water Quality sampling
Water Quality sampling
Water Quality sampling

USGS Hydrologist sampling in Hunters Brook in Acadia National Park, one of the stations used for water quality and quantity sampling.

USGS Hydrologist sampling in Hunters Brook in Acadia National Park, one of the stations used for water quality and quantity sampling.

Monitoring station in tidal section of Connecticut River, Essex, Connecticut
Monitoring station in tidal section of Connecticut River, Essex, Connecticut
Monitoring station in tidal section of Connecticut River, Essex, Connecticut
Monitoring station in tidal section of Connecticut River, Essex, Connecticut

Connecticut River at Essex, Connecticut, station 01194750. The monitoring site houses the data logger and satellite transmitter for data collected by water quality and stage sensors in this tidal part of the Connecticut River.

Connecticut River at Essex, Connecticut, station 01194750. The monitoring site houses the data logger and satellite transmitter for data collected by water quality and stage sensors in this tidal part of the Connecticut River.

Hunters Brook in Acadia National Park
Hunters Brook in Acadia National Park
Hunters Brook in Acadia National Park
Hunters Brook in Acadia National Park

Hunters Brook in Acadia National Park, one of the stations used by the Park for water quality and quantity sampling. This project involves an assessment of the water quantity data collected at this site (and others).

Hunters Brook in Acadia National Park, one of the stations used by the Park for water quality and quantity sampling. This project involves an assessment of the water quantity data collected at this site (and others).

Two USGS employees sit in a motorized boat towing an ADCP
ADCP measurement from the boat
ADCP measurement from the boat
ADCP measurement from the boat

Surveyors using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) mounted on the boat to measure the depth of the Connecticut river near Hanover, New Hampshire.

Surveyors using an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) mounted on the boat to measure the depth of the Connecticut river near Hanover, New Hampshire.

Completing a discharge measurement
Completing a discharge measurement
Completing a discharge measurement
Completing a discharge measurement

Hydrologic technician preparing to complete discharge measurement at the USGS sample location 0119665996 (Denison Brook at Beach Pond Road near Voluntown, Connecticut).

Hydrologic technician preparing to complete discharge measurement at the USGS sample location 0119665996 (Denison Brook at Beach Pond Road near Voluntown, Connecticut).

Collecting a discharge measurement in conjunction with a water quality sample
Collecting a discharge measurement in conjunction with a water quality sample
Collecting a discharge measurement in conjunction with a water quality sample
Collecting a discharge measurement in conjunction with a water quality sample

Hydrologic technician collecting a discharge measurement in conjunction with a water quality sample at USGS site 01195149, Huzzle Guzzle Brook near Madison, Connecticut.

Hydrologic technician collecting a discharge measurement in conjunction with a water quality sample at USGS site 01195149, Huzzle Guzzle Brook near Madison, Connecticut.

Hydrologic Technician preparing to complete water quality sample
Preparing to complete water quality sample
Preparing to complete water quality sample
Preparing to complete water quality sample

Hydrologic technician preparing to complete water quality sample at the USGS sample location at 01122875, Downing Brook at Colburn Road near Canterbury, Connecticut.

Hydrologic technician preparing to complete water quality sample at the USGS sample location at 01122875, Downing Brook at Colburn Road near Canterbury, Connecticut.

Hydrological Technician processing a water quality sample
Processing a water quality sample
Processing a water quality sample
Processing a water quality sample

Hydrologic technician processing a water quality sample in the field out of one of USGS designated water quality vehicles.

Hydrologic technician processing a water quality sample in the field out of one of USGS designated water quality vehicles.

USGS scientists sampling groundwater in Concord, New Hampshire
Groundwater sampling for PFAS
Groundwater sampling for PFAS
Groundwater sampling for PFAS

USGS scientists sampling groundwater near the top of the water table in a corn field in Concord, New Hampshire.

USGS scientists sampling groundwater near the top of the water table in a corn field in Concord, New Hampshire.

Divers clean an underwater water quality instrument
USGS divers cleaning an underwater acoustic Doppler current profiler at the Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut.
USGS divers cleaning an underwater acoustic Doppler current profiler at the Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut.
USGS divers cleaning an underwater acoustic Doppler current profiler at the Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut.

USGS divers cleaning an underwater acoustic Doppler current profiler at the Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut.

Two people in water in full diving gear
Diving Assistance Provided to Adjust ADCPs
Diving Assistance Provided to Adjust ADCPs
Diving Assistance Provided to Adjust ADCPs

Sandy Brosnahan and Eric Marsjanik of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center while diving to level previously installed ADCPs. Photo credit: Danny Hansen (USGS) 

Sandy Brosnahan and Eric Marsjanik of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center while diving to level previously installed ADCPs. Photo credit: Danny Hansen (USGS) 

Back of diver preparing to dive
Preparing to Dive
Preparing to Dive
Preparing to Dive

Sandy Brosnahan of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center preparing to dive in the Norwalk River to service and level a bottom mounted ADCP.

Sandy Brosnahan of the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center preparing to dive in the Norwalk River to service and level a bottom mounted ADCP.

People on dock helping divers in water
Leveling a Bottom Mounted ADCP
Leveling a Bottom Mounted ADCP
Leveling a Bottom Mounted ADCP

USGS staff from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center and the New England Water Science Center leveling a bottom mounted ADCP off the pier located in the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. The ADCP will record water level and flow velocity. Photo credit: Danny Hansen (USGS) 

USGS staff from the Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center and the New England Water Science Center leveling a bottom mounted ADCP off the pier located in the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. The ADCP will record water level and flow velocity. Photo credit: Danny Hansen (USGS) 

A new USGS sample location at 01126908, Mount Misery Brook above Lowden Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut
USGS sample location at 01126908, Mount Misery Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut
USGS sample location at 01126908, Mount Misery Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut
USGS sample location at 01126908, Mount Misery Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut

A new USGS sample location at 01126908, Mount Misery Brook above Lowden Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut.

USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut
USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut
USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut
USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut

A new USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut. Pictured are scientists reconning the site for viability.

A new USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut. Pictured are scientists reconning the site for viability.

A new USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut
A new USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut
A new USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut
A new USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut

A new USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut. Pictured are hydrologists reconning the site for viability.

A new USGS sample location at 01193400, Fawn Brook near North Westchester, Connecticut. Pictured are hydrologists reconning the site for viability.

USGS sample location at 01201995, West Branch Shepaug River at Cornwall Bridge Connecticut
USGS sample location at 01201995, West Branch Shepaug River at Cornwall Bridge Connecticut
USGS sample location at 01201995, West Branch Shepaug River at Cornwall Bridge Connecticut
USGS sample location at 01201995, West Branch Shepaug River at Cornwall Bridge Connecticut

USGS sample location at 01201995, West Branch Shepaug River at Cornwall Bridge Connecticut.

Mount Misery Brook above Lowden Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut
Mount Misery Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut
Mount Misery Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut
Mount Misery Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut

A new USGS sample location at 01126908, Mount Misery Brook above Lowden Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut.

A new USGS sample location at 01126908, Mount Misery Brook above Lowden Brook near Voluntown, Connecticut.

Northborough, MA Office
Northborough, MA Office
Northborough, MA Office
Northborough, MA Office

Photograph of the entrance to the New England Water Science Center in Northborough, MA.

Photograph of the entrance to the New England Water Science Center in Northborough, MA.