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INFORMATION CENTER

ABOUT THE TEXAS WSC

USGS IN YOUR STATE

USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.

There is a USGS Water Science Center office in each State.

Water Resources of Texas

Welcome to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Web site for the water resources of Texas. Here you'll find information on Texas lakes, rivers, and streams. The USGS operates the most extensive satellite network of stream-gaging stations in the State, many of which form the backbone of flood-warning systems.

The USGS provides current ("real-time") stream stage and streamflow, water quality, and ground-water levels for more than 650 sites in Texas.

Quick Link to Real-Time Data

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Current Projects in Texas

Geologic Framework and Hydrogeologic Characteristics of the "Upper Confining Unit" to the Edwards Aquifer, Bexar County, TX Trinity Aquifer Assessment, Northern Bexar County, TX Karst and Invertebrate Survey of the Woodland Hills Natural Area, Northern Bexar County, TX Air Force Plant 4/Naval Air Station Ft. Worth Ground-water Model Conceptualization and simulation of the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio region, Texas Water Resources Investigations of Lake LBJ, Texas Fort Bliss Urban Runoff: Volume-Frequency of the Fort Bliss SumpFluvial Geomorphic Units of the Middle and Lower Brazos and Navasota Rivers, Texas Historic Cross-Sectional Adjustment of the Middle and Lower Brazos and Navasota Rivers, Texas Potential for Bed-Material Entrainment in Selected Streams of the Edwards Plateau - Edwards, Kimble, and Real Counties, Texas, and vicinity Watershed Influences and In-Lake Processes Effect on Water-quality, Lake Houston, TX Water-Level Altitudes and Water-Level Changes in the Chicot, Evangeline, and Jasper Aquifers and Clay Compaction in the Chicot and Evangeline Aquifers, Houston-Galveston-Conroe Region, Texas Hydrologic and Geochemical Assessment of Flow Paths in the Edwards Aquifer, Northeastern Bexar and Southern Comal Counties, Texas Evaluation of Effects of Ashe Juniper Removal on Water Quantity, Water Quality, and Suspended-Sediment Loads, Honey Creek State Natural Area, South-Central, TX Water-Quality and Biological Assessments of Fluvial Sections of the Rio Grande, Pecos River, and Devils River in the Amistad National Recreation Area Lake Arrowhead Arsenic Study Big Cypress Creek Flows and Geomorphic Geodatabase and 3D Conceptual Model for Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant (LHAPP)Use of Compound-Specific Stable Isotopes of Carbon and Chlorine in Conjunction with Clorinated Ethene Concentration Ratios and Predominant Terminal Electron- Accepting Process Determinations for Source Tracking in a Clorinated-Solvent Plume, Fort Worth, Texas Distribution and Sources of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Suspended, Streambed, and Lake-Bottom Sediment Samples from Meandering Road Creek and Woods Inlet, Lake Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, 2004-07 Groundwater Wells Under the Influence of Surface Water as Determined by Microscopic Particulate Analysis Sampling Predicated on Near Real-Time Geochemical Data

USGS Texas News

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USGS Texas Job Listings - 4/3/2008

A number of new employment opportunities with the Texas Water Science Center are currently available.

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Scheduled Seminar Series

Please join us for these technical talks/WebEx sessions scheduled in the coming months.

May 8, 2008 - Cobble- and Gravel-Entrainment Problems at Low-Water Road Crossings of Streams in the Edwards Plateau, Central Texas Presented by: Frank Heitmuller, Geographer

Map and directions to the Texas Water Science Center

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Featured Publication

Application of Surface Geophysical Methods, With Emphasis on Magnetic Resonance Soundings, to Characterize the Hydrostratigraphy of the Brazos River Alluvium Aquifer, College Station, Texas, July 2006--A Pilot Study
The U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Water Development Board, used surface geophysical methods at the Texas A&M University Brazos River Hydrologic Field Research Site near College Station, Texas, in a pilot study, to characterize the hydrostratigraphic properties of the Brazos River alluvium aquifer and determine the effectiveness of the methods to aid in generating an improved groundwater availability model. Three non-invasive surface geophysical methods were used to characterize the electrical stratigraphy and hydraulic properties and to interpret the hydrostratigraphy of the Brazos River alluvium aquifer.

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Spotlight on Texas Projects

The Texas Water Science Center conducts hydrologic projects that address a wide variety of water-resources issues, including water supply, ground-water contamination, nutrient loading in streams, effects of land use on water quality, and basic hydrologic data collection.

All Texas Projects

Featured Project:

USGS Study of Nutrient Conditions in the Edwards Plateau 2005-2006

During the summers of 2005 and 2006 the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, evaluated nutrient concentrations and biological communities in small streams in portions of the Edwards Plateau of Central Texas. Land-cover analysis was used to select 15 small streams that represented a gradient of conditions with the potential to affect nutrient concentrations across the study area. Data collected included information on water chemistry, nutrients, algae, benthic invertebrates, and fish.

This report presents the results of that data collection effort and (1) describes the range of nutrient and biological conditions in selected small streams in the eastern part of the plateau; (2) identifies and examines relations between nutrient concentrations and biological-response variables; (3) examines the effects of stream flow on relations between nutrients and biological conditions.

Scientific Investigations Report 2007-5195

USGS Texas Highlights

2007 Water Data Now Available (Quick look:
Beginning with water year 2006, the annual water data product took on a new format different from the previous report series. The basic product is a Site Data Sheet that serves to publish all data collected during the water year at any given site.

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The 2007 USGS Water Data Report () is now available to provide a snapshot of water conditions for a given year. The report includes text and map interfaces that can be used to identify and access an area of interest, locate sites where water data were collected for various Water Years

Instantaneous Data Archive (IDA) (Quick look:
Since 1889 the United States Geological Survey has collected continuous stage, discharge, and other instantaneous time-series data on the nations rivers and streams. These time-series data have been and are typically recorded at intervals ranging from 5 to 60 minutes. These instantaneous data have been processed into and published as various daily values, such as the daily maximum, minimum, and/or mean. Because the published record are daily values, the original instantaneous data have not historically been officially approved, published, or made widely available. This web site has been established to make available as much historical instantaneous data from USGS data collection stations as possible. Although this site currently serves instantaneous discharge (streamflow) data only, work is planned to extend it to other time-series parameters in the future.

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The Instantaneous Data Archive() makes available as much intra-day streamflow data and historical instantaneous data continuous (measurements from every 5 to every 60 minutes), as possible, often several years' worth of data.