Data collection at U.S. Geological Survey Streamgages

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USGS Colorado District Briefing on Selected
Activities
Presented to National Water Quality Monitoring
Council By Don Campbell, Rob Buirgy, Julianne
Brown, and Bill Horak July 16, 2002
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Presentations on Colorado DistrictActivities

• Overview, with focus on monitoring
• Monitoring of high-altitude ecosystems
• Collaborative Water-Quality Monitoring in the Big
  Thompson Watershed

Bill Horak Don Campbell Rob Buirgy and Julianne
Brown
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Offices and Staff of the Colorado District
(14)
(2)
(69)
Field (11)
(14)
(23)
(3)
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Colorado District Funding Sources, FY02
Total - 17.68M
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Colorado District Funding, by Activity, FY02
Federal/State Coop Water Program Funding
Total - 17.68M
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Colorado District Data Program, by Activity
Coop Water Program Funding
USGS Federal Program Funding
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Annual Streamflow Exported from Colorado
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Streamgaging Network Operated by USGS in
Colorado, FY02
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Stream Water-Quality Network Operated by USGS in
Colorado, FY02
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Number of Continuous-Record Stream GagesOperated
by USGS
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Number of Stream Water-Quality SitesOperated by
USGS, FY90-02
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Water-Quality Monitoring by Colorado District in
Collaboration with Non-USGS Participants

• Vallecito Reservoir near Durango
• PartnerPine River Watershed Stakeholders Group
• Curecanti National Recreation Area near Gunnison
• PartnerNational Park Service
• Big Thompson River Watershed near Loveland
• PartnerBig Thompson Watershed Forum
• Blue River Watershed near Frisco
• PartnerColorado School of Mines

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Water-Quality Monitoring by Colorado District in
Collaboration with Non-USGS Participants (cont.)

• USGS staff trains others in USGS methods
• Ongoing QA/QC is critical aspect of this work
• Each project uses NWQL for some or all lab
  support
• All data stored in National Water Information
  System
• (NWIS)

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Synoptic Water-Quality Monitoring Proposalin
response to the 2002 Drought Conditions in
ColoradoPrepared by U.S. Geological Survey, July
2002
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CO District Active Interpretive Projects, by
Category

• Atmospheric-deposition and climate-change effects
  on alpine ecosystems 8
• Characterization of long-term hydrologic and
  water-quality trends 4
• Development of methods for water-resources
  investigations 2
• Effects of energy development on water resources
  1
• Effects of hazardous waste disposal / Monitoring
  effects of remedial actions 6
• Effects of urbanization and recreational and
  irrigation development onwater resources 11
• Fluvial geomorphology and stream-channel
  processes 6

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CO District Active Interpretive Projects, by
Category

• Geochemical transport processes, remediation of
  abandoned mined lands 5
• Ground-water / surface-water interactions 3
• Internet-based dissemination of hydrologic and
  water-quality information 3
• Modeling hydrologic and water-quality responses
  of flow systems 5
• Regional assessments of water quality and the
  relationships to land use 6
• Water-quality characteristics and flow dynamics
  in reservoirs and lakes 6