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## No matter the season, we are out monitoring Colorado waters.

### In winter...

## No matter the season, we are out monitoring Colorado waters.

### In spring...

## No matter the season, we are out monitoring Colorado waters.

### In summer...

## No matter the season, we are out monitoring Colorado waters.

### and in the fall.

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# Colorado Water Science Center

Welcome to the USGS Colorado Water Science Center!  Please use these pages to explore the hydrologic data and scientific investigations we conduct on Colorado water resources.NOTICE: USGS is improving the way that sample data are stored and served to the public.

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### Current Conditions

Explore real-time Colorado streamflow, groundwater, and water-quality conditions.

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### Science Highlight

**Next Generation Water Observing System: Upper Colorado River Basin**The Next Generation Water Observing System provides high-fidelity, real-time data on water quantity, quality, and use to support modern water prediction and decision-support systems that are necessary for informing water operations on a daily basis and decision-making during water emergencies.

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                        - Current & Historical Water Data
                        - Real-time streamflow data
                        - Real-time water-quality data
                        - Real-time precipitation data
                        - Real-time groundwater-level data
                        - Our Studies

## News

Modernized Access to Samples Data - WEBINAR

April 9, 2024

####   Modernized Access to Samples Data - WEBINAR

Media Alert:  USGS field crews to study avalanche prone regions using airborne techniques near Durango

April 5, 2024

####   Media Alert:  USGS field crews to study avalanche prone regions using airborne techniques near Durango

USGS provides easy access to Colorado River science with new online portal

February 26, 2024

####   USGS provides easy access to Colorado River science with new online portal

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## Publications

May 6, 2024

####                 Assessment and characterization of ephemeral stream channel stability and mechanisms affecting erosion in Grand Valley, western Colorado, 2018–21              

Water Resources Mission Area, Colorado Water Science Center

April 10, 2024

####                 Deep resistivity geophysics of the San Juan–Silverton caldera complex, San Juan County, Colorado (USA)              

Water Resources Mission Area, Colorado Water Science Center, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center

April 3, 2024

####                 Groundwater hydrology, groundwater and surface-water interactions, aquifer testing, and groundwater-flow simulations for the Fountain Creek alluvial aquifer, near Colorado Springs, Colorado, 2018–20              

Water Resources Mission Area, Colorado Water Science Center

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## Science

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March 14, 2024

####                 Biologically Active Chemical Research Core Technology Team              

Environmental Health Program, Colorado Water Science Center

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March 14, 2024

####   Biologically Active Chemical Research Core Technology Team

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August 24, 2023

####                 Isotopic and environmental tracers for improved understanding of geochemical and hydrologic processes occurring near flooded mine workings              

Colorado Water Science Center

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August 24, 2023

####   Isotopic and environmental tracers for improved understanding of geochemical and hydrologic processes occurring near flooded mine workings

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July 17, 2023

####                 USGS Science in the Three Lakes System              

Colorado Water Science Center

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July 17, 2023

####   USGS Science in the Three Lakes System

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