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Water Resources of New York
Welcome to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Web page for the water resources of New York; this is your direct link to all kinds of water-resource information. Here you'll find information on New York's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. You'll also find information about groundwater, water quality, and many other topics. The USGS operates the most extensive satellite network of stream- and tide-gaging stations in the state, many of which form the backbone of flood-warning systems.
The USGS provides current ("real-time") stream stage and surface-water, water-quality, and groundwater levels for over 300 sites in New York.
Important -- New York Streamgages May Be Shut Down (Revised 07/01/2009)
All of the threatened streamflow gages in the New York part of the Susquehanna River basin are safe, at least through September 30, 2010. A meeting of potential funding partners and stakeholders for the Susquehanna River basin was held in New Cumberland, PA on June 10th. Through negotiations both prior to and at that meeting, the USGS National Streamflow Information Program (NSIP) and USGS Cooperative Water Program (CWP), the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the Susquehanna Flood Forecast and Warning System, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers -- Baltimore District, have agreed to cover the cost of the remaining threatened Susquehanna basin sites in New York State through September 30, 2010. Negotiations for other sites are still ongoing.
Sites that either have been or will be shut down if funding partners are not found.
Streamflow Conditions in New York
Current Streamflow Conditions in New York
Coastal Conditions in Southeastern New York
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The Water and Soil Analysis Laboratory, USGS NYWSC, Troy, New York
The New York Water Science Center of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Troy, N.Y., operates a state-of-the-science laboratory for the chemical analysis of water and soil... Find out more
Featured Projects
New York Water Quality Network
The New York District of the U.S. Geological Survey operates a water quality network throughout the New York City Watershed funded by New York City Department of Environmental Protection. The purpose of the network is to provide surface water stream flow and water quality data for selected streams throughout the Catskill Mountains within the New York City Watershed.....Find out more
What's in that Water? USGS Releases First Nationwide Look At Pharmaceuticals, Hormones And Other Organic Contaminants In U.S. Streams
Research is documenting with increasing frequency that many chemical and microbial constituents that have not historically been considered as contaminants are present in the environment on a global scale. These "emerging contaminants" are commonly derived from municipal, agricultural, and industrial wastewater sources and pathways. These newly recognized contaminants represent a shift in traditional thinking as many are produced industrially yet are dispersed to the environment from domestic, commercial, and industrial uses. The major goal of the Emerging Contaminants Project is to provide information on these compounds for evaluation of their potential threat to environmental and human health. To accomplish this goal, the research activities of this project are to: (1) develop analytical methods to measure chemicals and microorganisms or their genes in a variety of matrices...Find out more
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Effects of recreational flow releases on natural resources of the Indian and Hudson Rivers
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) is developing a unit management plan/environmental impact statement (UMP/EIS) for the Hudson Gorge Primitive Area, an area of Forest Preserve land encompassing a scenic stretch of the Hudson River in the Adirondack Park......Find out more
Water Resources and Natural Gas Production from the Marcellus Shale
The Marcellus Shale extends from southern New York across Pennsylvania into western Maryland, West Virginia, and eastern Ohio. This Fact Sheet explains the basics of Marcellus Shale gas production, with the intent of helping the reader better understand the geologic framework of the Marcellus Shale and the water-resource questions and concerns that may arise from the availability of water supplies for gas production to wastewater disposal from the hydraulic fracturing process......Find out more
Recent Publications
- Yager, R.M., Misut, P.E., Langevin, C.D., and Parkhurst, D.L., 2009, Brine migration from a flooded salt mine in the Genesee Valley, Livingston County, New York: Geochemical modeling and simulation of variable-density flow: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1767, 59 p.
- Tamulonis, K.L., Kappel, W.M., and Shaw, S.B., 2009, Causes and movement of landslides at Rainbow Creek and Rattlesnake Gulf in the Tully Valley, Onondaga County, New York: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009–5114, 18 p.
- Lawrence, G.B., Roy, K.M., Baldigo, B.P., Simonin, H.A., Passy, S.I., Bode, R.W., and Capone, S.B., 2009, Acid rain effects on Adirondack streams--results from the 2003-05 Western Adirondack Stream Survey (the WASS Project): U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2009-3075, 6 p.
- Mulvihill, C.I., Baldigo, B.P., Miller, S.J., DeKoskie, D. and DuBois, J., 2009, Bankfull discharge and channel characteristics of streams in New York State: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2009-5144, 51 p.
- Kappel, W.M., 2009, Remediation of mudboil discharges in the Tully Valley of Central New York: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2009-1173, 8 p.
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