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Arizona Water Science Center

Arizona Water Science Center

Welcome to the U.S. Geological Survey Arizona Water Science Center.  Our mission is to collect and interpret high quality, impartial scientific information to provide resource managers and the public with the knowledge required to understand and manage the critical water resources of Arizona and the Southwest.

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Arizona Water Science Center

Arizona Water Science Center

Welcome to the U.S. Geological Survey Arizona Water Science Center.  Our mission is to collect and interpret high quality, impartial scientific information to provide resource managers and the public with the knowledge required to understand and manage the critical water resources of Arizona and the Southwest.

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A group photo of helpers at USGS Flagstaff Science Campus' Open House

USGS Flagstaff Science Campus Group Photo

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Kat Cooney smiles as she runs an alkalinity titration in a mobile lab

Kat Cooney runs an alkalinity titration in a mobile lab

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image of publications layered on a wooden table

Lidar estimation of storage capacity for managed water resources used by Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis canadensis mexicana) at Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Arizona

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Zach Harrison collects a water quality sample at Willow Spring, AZ

Zach Harrison collects a water quality sample at Willow Spring, AZ

About
James Leenhouts photo

A message from Dr. James Leenhouts, Arizona Water Science Center Director

Center News
A photo of Alma Anides-Morales in front of her award-winning poster.

Alma Anides-Morales of the Western Geographic Science Center (WGSC), USGS won the Student Poster Award at the University of Arizona’s Water Resources Research Center (WRRC) for Implementing Water Solutions Through Partnerships.

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Photograph showing an aerial view from central Truxton basin looking northwest.

USGS Arizona Water Science Center publishes a series of reports that describe the groundwater resources of the Hualapai Plateau and Truxton Basin

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Five USGS staff from the Data Section stand in front of USGS banner. Two staff in the center holding recognition plaques.

Oregon Water Science Center staff accept centennial monitoring station award

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Collage of oil rig, Kilauea erupting, scientist in Alaska, seismographic illustration, and facebook, twitter, and instagram icons in the skyline.

Arizona Water Science Center News

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Yellow wild flowers at base of mountain

Arizona USGS Social Media

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Nick Paretti, wearing a red life jacket, measures water flow in a Grand Canyon tributary

Nick Paretti measures water flow in a Grand Canyon tributary

Center News
Photograph showing Glen Canyon Dam in northern Arizona

USGS Arizona Water Science Center to participate in Colorado River Low Flow event

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Areal photo of USGS Flagstaff Science Campus, Flagstaff, Arizona

Arizona Water Science Center, Flagstaff Office

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Arizona Water Science Center, Yuma Office

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USGS science for a changing world

Arizona Water Science Center, Glendale Office

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Photo of USGS Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson Office

Arizona Water Science Center, Tucson Office

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Partners in Science trip participants cool down under a small waterfall on a hot day

Partners in Science

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geological society of america

California Water Science Center Scientists Will Discuss Their Research on Drinking Water Sources at the 2019 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona

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Center pivot irrigation system in Arizona, USA

Center pivot irrigation system in Arizona, USA

Featured Films and Shorts

A partnership to protect critical infrastructure

Featured Films and Shorts

A partnership to protect critical infrastructure (Audio-Described)

Featured Films and Shorts

USGS on Campus

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Arizona Water Science Center
Featured Films and Shorts

Historic Context of the Continuous Slope Area Method

Featured Films and Shorts

Advances in Streamgaging | Reach-Scale Monitoring Experiment (1 of 2)

Featured Films and Shorts

Texas Flood Surveys

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AzWSC Capabilities: Surface-Water Science

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Collecting aquatic invertibrates

National Water-Quality Program Monitoring Networks, Arizona, 2013-2023

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A wide angle view of Grand Canyon gage house and the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, Arizona

Grand Canyon gage house, Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Featured Films and Shorts

Advances in Streamgaging | Reach-Scale Monitoring Experiment (2 of 2)

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