USGS Ohio Water Science Center

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Recreational Water Quality Nowcast for Ohio Inland Lakes.

Recreational Water Quality Nowcast for Ohio Inland Lakes. 06/03/2010 -- In the future, before you head to one of Ohio’s inland lake beaches, you may be able to check the predicted water quality that morning just like you can with the Ohio Nowcast already operational at two Lake Erie beaches and the Cuyahoga River. “The Nowcast system is similar to a weather forecast except that current water-quality conditions instead of future conditions are estimated,” said Donna Francy, USGS research hydrologist for the study. The water-quality models used for the Nowcasts are beach-specific. The beaches to be sampled this summer and tested for Nowcast models (news release) include Ohio Department of Natural Resources beaches at Grand Lake St. Mary’s (news release), Buck Creek State Park (CJ Brown Reservoir, news release), Buckeye Lake, and Alum Creek Reservoir and Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District beaches at Atwood Lake and Tappan Lake.

Call for Abstracts: Ground Water Conference - Oct. 4-7, 2010.

Call for Abstracts: Ground Water Conference - Oct. 4-7, 2010. 06/01/2010 -- The Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and USGS Ohio Water Science Center are sponsoring the 55^th Midwest Ground Water Conference in Columbus. The conference provides an opportunity for hydrogeologists, geologists, engineers, students, and others studying groundwater resources to meet and exchange ideas, discuss mutual problems affecting the Midwest, and summarize results of field and laboratory studies. Abstracts for oral presentations and posters are due June 25.

Instant Information about Water Conditions by Text Message or E-mail.

Instant Information about Water Conditions by Text Message or E-mail. 05/19/2010 -- Now you can receive instant, customized updates about water conditions by subscribing to WaterAlert, a new service from the U.S. Geological Survey. Whether you are watching for floods, interested in recreational activities or concerned about the quality of water in your well, WaterAlert allows you to receive daily or hourly updates about current conditions in rivers, lakes and groundwater when they match conditions of concern to you (more). Another service, StreaMail, allows you to query a USGS gaging site for current gage height and streamflow.