The USGS Cooperative Water Program
CAWSC hydrologist John Izbicki and T.J. Kim, Chief Engineer for the LA County Department of Public Works, discuss a recharge-pond study site in Antelope Valley.
The USGS Cooperative Water Program is an ongoing partnership between the USGS and non-Federal agencies and has been providing basic scientific information needed by water-resources managers across the Nation since 1895.
The USGS and Cooperators jointly plan the scientific work performed in the Cooperative Water Program. This ensures that this work simultaneously meets the mission objectives of the USGS and the data and information needs of the Cooperators. The result is a national program with broad relevance and wide-spread use of its products. This significant tie to local and State water-resources needs also creates a program that responds quickly to emerging issues. Cooperators choose to work with the USGS because of the agency's broad technical expertise, its long-standing record of performing high-quality measurements and assessments, and its commitment to providing public access to data collected by the Cooperative Water Program.
The scientific, non-regulatory mission of the USGS means that parties in many types of regulatory and jurisdictional disputes accept its data and analyses as valid. To ensure that these activities do not infringe on work more appropriately done by the private sector, the USGS distributes a list of activities that should be excluded from the Program, and works through the Federal Advisory Committee Act to obtain advice from both government and non-government entities.
Contact: Eric Reichard
Read more about the USGS Cooperative Water ProgramCalifornia Water Science Center Partners
Local Agencies
- Alameda County FC&WCD
- Alameda County Water District
- Alameda County Zone 7 Water Agency
- Antelope Valley-East Kern Water Agency
- Big Bear City CSD
- Borrego Water District
- Brentwood, City of
- Brooktrails CSD
- Calaveras County Water District
- Carpenteria Valley Water District
- Casitas Municipal Water District
- Chino Basin Water Conservation Dist.
- Chino Basin Watermaster
- City of Santa Barbara, Department of Public Works
- City/County of S.F.
- Coachella Valley Water District
- Contra Costa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
- Contra Costa Water District
- Desert Water Agency
- East Bay Municipal Utility District
- Eastern Municipal Water District
- El Dorado Irrigation District
- Energy Growth Partnership
- Fort Bragg, City of
- Georgetown Divide Public Utility District
- Goleta Water District
- Hidden Valley Lake Community Services Dist.
- Humbolt Bay Municipal Water District
- Imperial County Department of Public Works
- Imperial Irrigation District
- Irvine Ranch Water District
- Joshua Basin Water District
- Lake County Department of Public Works
- Lompoc, City of
- Los Angeles County Department of Public Works
- Los Angeles County Sanitation Department
- Madera Irrigation District
- Marin Municipal Water District
- Mendocino County Water Agency
- Merced Irrigation District
- Mojave Water Agency
- Mono County
- Montecito Water District
- Monterey County Water Resources Agency
- Monterey Peninsula Water Management District
- Napa County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
- Nevada Irrigation District
- North Marin Water District
- Northern California Power Agency
- Oakdale and South San Joaquin Irrigation District
- Oceanside, city of
- Olcese Water District
- Orange County Public Facilities and Resources Department
- Orange County Water District
- Padre Dam Municipal Water District
- Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency
- Placer County Water Agency
- Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
- Sacramento County Regional Sanitation District
- Sacramento County, Dept. of Water Resources
- Sacramento Municipal Utility District
- San Benito County Water District
- San Bernardino County Flood Control District
- San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District
- San Diego County Department of Public Works
- San Diego County Flood Control District
- San Francisco Water Department
- San Francisco, City and County of
- San Jose, City of
- San Juan Basin Authority
- San Luis and Delta-Mendota Water Authority
- San Luis Obispo County
- San Luis Obispo County Engineering Department
- San Mateo County
- San Mateo County Department of Public Works
- Santa Barbara County
- Santa Barbara County Water Agency
- Santa Barbara, City of
- Santa Clara Valley Water District
- Santa Cruz County DPW
- Santa Cruz County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
- Santa Cruz, City of
- Santa Margarita River Watershed, Watermaster
- Santa Maria Valley Water Conservation District
- Santa Rosa, City of
- Santa Ynez River Water Conservation District
- Scotts Valley Water District
- Sonoma County Permit Resource Management Department
- Sonoma County Water Agency
- Soquel Creek Water District
- South County Regional Wastewater Authority
- South Feather Water and Power Agency
- South Sutter Water District
- Stockton, City of
- Sweetwater Authority
- Trinity River Restoration Program
- Tulare County Flood Control District
- Turlock Irrigation District
- United Water Conservation District
- Utica Power Authority
- Ventura County Watershed Protection District
- Ventura County Public Works Agency
- Water Replenishment District of Southern California
- Woodbridge Irrigation District
- Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
- Yuba County Water Agency
Federal Agencies
- Bureau of Indian Affairs
- Bureau of Land Management
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Justice
- Department of the Interior
- Edwards Air Force Base
- Environmental Protection Agency
- National Park Service
- U.S. Air Force
- U.S. Air Force Plant 42
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Army Fort Irwin
- U.S. Forest Service
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Vandenburg Air Force Base
California State Agencies
- California Department of Parks & Recreation
- California Department of Pesticide Regulation
- California Department of Water Resources
- California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Francisco Bay Region
- California State Water Resources Control Board
- California Tahoe Conservancy
Native American Nations
- Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians
- Karuk Tribe of California
- Pechanga Indian Reservation
- Timbisha Shoshone Tribe
- Tule River Tribal Council
- Yurok Indian Tribe
Academic
Commercial
- Arbuckle Mountain Hydro Partnership
- Arbuckle Mountain Project
- Five Bears Hydro, Incorporated
- Hypower, Inc.
- Lassen Station Hydroelectric L.P.
- Nelson Creek Power Company
- North Coast Hydroelectric
- PacifiCorp
- PG&E
- Rock Creek Limited Partnership
- Shasta Hydroelectric
- Snow Mountain Hydro LLC
- Southern California Edison
- STS Hydropower Ltd.
- Synergics, Inc.
