It's #DrinkingWaterWeek ! The USGS monitors drinking water all over the US, including the West Fork of the Eno River reservoir, NC. ow.ly/1URU50RB2C6. Ryan B Rasmussen. #FieldPhotoFriday

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SAWSC Hydrologic Technician John Mazurek visited Charles T. Koontz School (Buncombe County, NC) to talk about the work USGS does in water resources. He explained gage height and streamflow, and equipment he uses in the field. He showed increasing turbidity using chocolate milk!

It's Amphibian Awareness Week! Head over to ow.ly/53mH50RyRTF to vote for the acrobatic rough-skinned newt for the most extreme amphibian athlete. The contender with the most likes is the winner. Voting ends May 9 at 9:00 PM ET, so vote today! #AmphibianWeek

The samples are composited and analyzed for sediment, dissolved solids, biological oxygen demand, nutrients, metals, and more. The SAWSC Urban Hydrology Unit collects 6 storm samples, 2 baseflow samples, 8 bacteria samples, and variable QA/QC samples from Suwanee Creek annually.

SAWSC Hydrologic Technician Delaney Falcon collected an isokinetic, depth-integrated water sample from Suwanee Creek, Suwanee, GA, for the Urban Hydrology project. Learn more at: ow.ly/QKY250Rpeo7 📸 Lewis Craghead

It's Amphibian Week! Visit ow.ly/RbcN50Rxz3z to see what the SAWSC is doing to study the status and trends of amphibian populations. 📸Alan Cressler #AmphibianWeek

Be prepared for Hurricane Season with NWS Charleston, SC !

SAWSC Hydrologic Technician Eric Von Amsberg set up equipment to take vertical profile readings from the water column for water quality sampling on West Fork of Eno River Reservoir. ow.ly/Senp50RvHKQ. 📸Ryan B Rasmussen. #FieldPhotoFriday

SAWSC Surface Water Specialist Tony Gotvald gave a station-levels refresher in Columbia, SC. This was especially beneficial to our newest Hydrologic Technician, Anna Lee. Learn more at usgs.gov/publications/l…. 📸Kendra Smith.

The SAWSC Atlanta Urban Hydrology Unit toured the Rockdale County Water Treatment Plant. The unit monitors 10 sites in Rockdale County, including inflows and outflows on the main drinking supply, Randy Poynter Reservoir. ow.ly/WYHp50Ro45g 🤝 #RockdaleGov

SAWSC Hydrologic Technicians Sarina Little, Patrick Boyle, and Brad Huffman worked with University Corporation for Atmospheric Research rep Laurel Ozersky in the Raleigh, NC area to help develop a new online training program for routine USGS groundwater site visits. #TechTuesday

SAWSC Scientists coauthored a new data release titled “Foundational Geospatial Layers for South Carolina StreamStats 2024.” 🤝 #SCDOT and the USGS updated the foundational geospatial layers for the South Carolina StreamStats web application. ow.ly/fHIM50RnxKy

SAWSC Hydrologic Technician Ryan Rasmussen took this photo of the Intake structure for the Little River Reservoir, Durham, NC, during recent sampling for the Triangle Water Supply Monitoring Project. ow.ly/vFQ550Rp5SV.

SAWSC Hydrologist Bob Sobczak participated in the Public Safety and Preparedness Fair in Evans, GA to educate attendees on how USGS collects stream data to help local communities prepare for flood events. ow.ly/ATro50Rn7op #EveryDayIsEarthDay

U.S. River Conditions from January 1, 2024 to March 31, 2024 at USGS #streamgages 💧

River conditions range from driest conditions at a gage (red open circles) to the wettest (blue closed circles). A purple outer ring indicates flooding.

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USGS SAWSC had a great time at Cascade Springs Nature Preserve stream cleanup with the West Atlanta Watershed Aliance Urban Forest Fest! We showed participants how contaminants can enter our waterways using our landscape model. 📸 Debbie Gordon #EveryDayIsEarthDay 🌎

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SAWSC Hydrologic Technician Jessica Moore was caught on camera taking a discharge measurement on the Pigeon River Below Power Plant near Waterville, NC, ow.ly/wucc50Rj20H. 🤝 Duke Energy. #USGSHIVIS #TechTuesday