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October 25, 2021

In the year after the Carr Fire in northern California, USGS researchers found that greater-than-average precipitation moved large sediment loads...

USGS: A century of watching the Colorado River

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Colorado River

September 22, 2021

The streamgauge at Lee’s Ferry turns 100 years old By the USGS Right where the Colorado River flows into the...

USGS: Increased Pumping in California’s Central Valley During Drought Worsens Groundwater Quality

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Groundwater News Science

September 1, 2021

By the USGS: Intensive pumping of aquifers during drought can speed up deterioration of groundwater quality, according to a new...

USGS: New model shows sea level rise can cause increases in groundwater levels along California’s coasts

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Climate change Science

September 30, 2020

A new model that combines sea-level rise scenarios and information about associated groundwater level responses shows that coastal water tables...

USGS: Toxic Mineral Selenium Found in California Fish Species

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Fish and wildlife Science

March 3, 2020

Spinal deformities in California native fish species, the Sacramento Splittail, were first seen in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in 2011....

USGS: The ups and downs of groundwater levels after the July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes

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Groundwater News

October 15, 2019

Effects from the two July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes were observed in several USGS continuous groundwater-level monitoring sites in California, Nevada,...

USGS: New scale to characterize strength and impacts of atmospheric river storms

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Hydrology

February 11, 2019

A team of researchers has created a scale to characterize the strength and impacts of “atmospheric rivers,” long narrow bands...

USGS: Are invasive plants trapping sediment that a healthy estuary needs? Sweating the small stuff in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

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Delta science Science

August 31, 2018

In recent years, invasive aquatic plants have increased exponentially in the shallow waters of California’s Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, clogging...

USGS: Land Subsidence Along the California Aqueduct in West-Central San Joaquin Valley, California, 2003–10

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Reports Water project operations

August 10, 2018

By the USGS Extensive groundwater withdrawal from the unconsolidated deposits in the San Joaquin Valley caused widespread aquifer-system compaction and...

USGS: The ARkStorm scenario

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Planning and management

January 23, 2018

A modeled scenario of U.S. West Coast winter storm events induced by the formation of Atmospheric Rivers (AR) and capable...

USGS: California’s climate future suggests more volatility and a key role for atmospheric rivers

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Climate change Science

September 13, 2017

Two recently published studies investigating past and future precipitation in California demonstrate that the state is experiencing an increasingly volatile...

USGS: Electromagnetic surveys in the sky and on land give a view of what’s below earth’s surface

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Groundwater News

July 20, 2017

Electromagnectic surveying is helping the California Water Science Center to study geology and groundwater throught California. From the USGS: It’s...

USGS: Mercury’s Lasting Legacy: Measuring Contamination in Cache Creek

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Water quality

June 12, 2017

By the USGS California Water Science Center: On a cold, rainy morning in late January, a group of scientists from...

USGS: New assessment provides fresh insights into nation’s brackish groundwater inventory

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Groundwater News Water supply augmentation

April 5, 2017

A new nationwide assessment by the U.S. Geological Survey suggests that the nation’s brackish groundwater could help stretch limited freshwater...

USGS: Extensometer Hunters: Searching for Long-Lost Technologies in San Joaquin Valley

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Groundwater News

March 16, 2017

San Joaquin Valley: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the U.S. Geological Survey. Its weeklong mission: to explore...

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USGS: How wildfires threaten water supply by releasing sediment

USGS: A century of watching the Colorado River

USGS: Increased Pumping in California’s Central Valley During Drought Worsens Groundwater Quality

USGS: New model shows sea level rise can cause increases in groundwater levels along California’s coasts

USGS: Toxic Mineral Selenium Found in California Fish Species

USGS: The ups and downs of groundwater levels after the July 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes

USGS: New scale to characterize strength and impacts of atmospheric river storms

USGS: Are invasive plants trapping sediment that a healthy estuary needs? Sweating the small stuff in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta

USGS: Land Subsidence Along the California Aqueduct in West-Central San Joaquin Valley, California, 2003–10

USGS: The ARkStorm scenario

USGS: California’s climate future suggests more volatility and a key role for atmospheric rivers

USGS: Electromagnetic surveys in the sky and on land give a view of what’s below earth’s surface

USGS: Mercury’s Lasting Legacy: Measuring Contamination in Cache Creek

USGS: New assessment provides fresh insights into nation’s brackish groundwater inventory

USGS: Extensometer Hunters: Searching for Long-Lost Technologies in San Joaquin Valley