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 USGS Water Data Centers May Soon Close, Threatening States’ Water Management

Inside Climate News · By Wyatt Myskow · last updated
The Trump administration has terminated the leases of 25 U.S. Geological Survey Water Science Centers, which inform the water decisions of local and state governments across the country.

By Wyatt Myskow

Across the country, the data collected at stream gauges managed by the U.S. Geological Survey are used to implement drought measures when streamflows are low, alert local authorities of floods, help administer water to users on rivers and issue pollution discharge permits required by the Clean Water Act for communities across the country.

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