California Water Science Center
Water Resources of CaliforniaWelcome to the USGS web site for the water resources of California. This is your direct link to all kinds of water-resource information. Here you'll find information on California's rivers and streams. You'll also find information about ground water, water quality, and many other topics. 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. How stream-gaging system monitors burn-damaged Southern California watershedsRainbow Creek is a tributary of the Santa Margarita River, near Fallbrook, San Diego County, CA. Al Caldwell, deputy hydrologic monitoring chief for the USGS California Water Science Center, discusses the role of stream-gaging in monitoring the risk of floods and debris flows in this drainage following the 2007 Southern California wildfires. Wetland RevivalView a new 21-minute video on the role of science in restoring San Francisco Bay's salt ponds to wetland habitat. The video, posted on the Newsroom page, was produced by the U.S. Geological Survey. USGS science in actionRead about USGS scientists as they track the sources of dissolved organic carbon in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. View pdf New Model Simulates Groundwater and Surface Water InteractionsA new model to simulate groundwater and surface-water interactions has been released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The Ground-water and Surface-water FLOW (GSFLOW) model simultaneously accounts for climatic conditions, runoff across the land surface, subsurface flow and storage, and the connections among terrestrial systems, streams, lakes, wetlands and groundwater. Read the press release. USGS scientists find new Mojave Desert water-storage optionsScientists at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), working with the City of Victorville and the Mojave Water Agency (MWA), have recharged water through 400 feet of dry earth in California's Mojave Desert to groundwater basins previously thought unavailable for municipal water storage. The new findings, published in the scientific journal Ground Water, could enable water managers in the fast-growing Victor Valley to replenish groundwater in areas where geology and the depth of the water basin have made recharge difficult. Read the press release. Secretary Kempthorne views USGS webcams and field research in fire-damaged areas Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne toured the Malibu area on Monday, Jan. 14, to examine the most recent landslide research, field instruments, webcams and other tools being used by the USGS to predict dangerous mudslides. USGS is working nonstop to provide early warning information and maps that can be used to plan evacuations that could save lives and increase public safety during winter storm and rainfall events in Malibu and other at-risk canyon areas of Southern California. In the photo at left, Robert Fisher from the San Diego office of the USGS joins Secretary Kempthorne and other USGS scientists in a hike up Winter Canyon. Read the DOI news release.
Our scientists span a broad range of research There are many opportunities to collaborate with researchers at the Center. Many of the projects are conducted by multidisciplinary teams whose members include scientists from other USGS offices, universities, and our partner agencies. Several of the most senior researchers have hosted post-doctoral fellows and hold joint appointments at nearby universities. Picture above of a device invented by USGS CAWSC scientists for collecting depth-dependent samples from production wells under pumping conditions. Recent publications:
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