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USGS/Streamgages

On March 25, a coalition of 57 stakeholders - led by the Interstate Council on Water Policy (ICWP) and joined by the WSWC - submitted letters to the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, in support of the USGS...

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USGS/Aquifers

On April 1, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced an update to its National Water Quality Program (NWQP) with the completion of four new surveys of principle aquifers across the nation. About 140 million people, half the nation’s population, rely on...

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Streamflow in the Upper Colorado River Basin

On March 29, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) announced the results of a collaborative study published in the journal Science, titled “Colorado River Flow Dwindles as Warming-Driven Loss of Reflective Snow Energizes Evaporation.” Previous studies have had...