USGS Water
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About the USGS Water Programs
The National Water Information System (NWIS) is the Nation's principal repository of water resources data. It includes data from more than 1.5 million sites, some in operation for more than 100 years.
Access the Data
The main wiki page for the USGS
Contents of the Data
Water Now
- Real-time streamflow
- Real-time flood data
- Real-time drought data
- Real-time ground-water levels
- Recent ground-water levels
- Ground-water response to climate
- Real-time surface water quality
- Recreation
Water Then
- Annual water data reports
- Instantaneous streamflow data
- National Water Quality Assessment
- Water use in the United States
- Some notable collections of USGS water data
Water Tomorrow
- Forecasts
- Statistics
- Streamflow statistics at USGS gages
- Estimate streamflow statistics anywhere


