About the Wisconsin
Water Science Center
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U.S. Geological Survey
Wisconsin Water Science Center
8505 Research Way
Middleton, Wisconsin 53562-3586
Phone: (608) 828-9901
Fax: (608) 821-3817
Hours: 8:00am to 4:30pm
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USGS IN YOUR STATE
USGS Water Science Centers are located in each state.
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Water Resources of WisconsinThe Wisconsin Water Science Center provides current ("real-time") stream stage in Wisconsin and streamflow, water-quality, and groundwater levels for over 200 sites.
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Wisconsin Annual Water Data Reports
Streamflow, precipitation, ground-water levels, and water quality for Wisconsin:
Lake stage and water quality in Wisconsin lakes:
Water use in Wisconsin (every 5 years):
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Featured Project
Groundwater models can be improved by introduction of additional parameter flexibility and simultaneous use of soft-knowledge. However, these sophisticated approaches have high computational requirements. Cloud computing provides unprecedented access to computing power via the Internet to facilitate the use of these techniques. A modeler can create, launch, and terminate "virtual" computers as needed, paying by the hour, and save machine images for future use. Such cost-effective and flexible computing power empowers groundwater modelers to routinely perform model calibration and uncertainty analysis in ways not previously possible. (Note: This article is available as a free download for a limited time at the journal Ground Water on Wiley Interscience.)
Illustration: Schematic of parallel computing on the cloud
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Highlighted Publications
 Mercury in Fish, Bed Sediment, and Water from Streams Across the United States, 1998–2005
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Mercury (Hg) was examined in top-predator fish, bed sediment, and water from streams that spanned regional and national gradients of Hg source strength and other factors thought to influence methylmercury (MeHg) bioaccumulation.
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Parking Lot Runoff Quality and Treatment Efficiency of a Stormwater-Filtration Device, Madison, Wisconsin, 2005–07
To evaluate the treatment efficiency of a stormwater-filtration device (SFD) for potential use at Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) park-and-ride facilities, a SFD was installed at an employee parking lot in downtown Madison, Wisconsin. This type of parking lot was chosen for the test site because the constituent concentrations and particle-size distributions (PSDs) were expected to be similar to those of a typical park-and-ride lot operated by WisDOT.
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