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A New Way of Thinking … from Water Quality Data to Information
The water quality monitoring community needs to think differently about how we collect, store, and analyze all types of water…
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Hydrology
Good Data Lead to Good Outcomes! Buenos Datos Conducen a Buenos Resultados!
Good data lead to good outcomes! Most of us have the luxury of taking our data for granted. Without the…
Hydrology
Is Heli-Gauging A Game Changer?
I recently had the very great pleasure of meeting Jeff and Marianne Watson of New Zealand - the power couple…
Business
The USGS Selects Aquatic Informatics – Stay Tuned for More Innovation
Ed Quilty, President & CEO - Aquatic Informatics and Robert Mason, Acting Chief - US Geological Survey (USGS) Office of Surface…
Business
Stormwater & Urban Water Resource Data Management – City of Lake Oswego
“The future depends on what we do in the present.” - Gandhi As a practicing Aquatic Ecologist for more than…
Hydrology
Watery Mud – Definitions, Communication & Obfuscation in Hydrometry
Is that muddy water or watery mud you are measuring? There were several very good responses to the Clear as Mud…
Hydrology
Montreal Geysers – Environmental Monitoring and Engineering Design
Manhole turned geyser hurls a car into the air after a sewer flooded in Montreal. The videos shown in the…
Hydrology
Will the US Geological Survey Go Metric?
I was asked the other day if I thought that the USGS would ever go metric. I am unqualified to…
Hydrology
A New Frontier – Rating Curves from Space?
Early in my career, frequent field visits were necessary to wind the recorder clock; flush the intakes; replace the paper…
Hydrology
Real or Not? Discharge as a Virtual Variable
Discharge is such a great variable It is so rich in information about everything that has happened upstream and so…
Hydrology
Accuracy and Error of Hydrological Measurements
Environmental agencies and organizations invest huge amount of money to build the required hardware and software infrastructure for collecting and…