The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $120,498 Cooperative Agreement to the University of Kansas Center for Research Inc. to maintain and expand the Kansas-based data services that support the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN) from July 15, 2023 through July 14, 2025. Under this project, the Kansas Geological Survey (KGS) will: 1) provide persistent data services to ensure that water-level data continues to flow to the NGWMN data portal and maintain up-to-date metadata for...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $234,088.39 Cooperative Agreement to the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (OWRB) under the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (CFDA 15.980) program. The agreement period runs from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2026. Under this award, OWRB will provide persistent data services for two years to ensure the continuous flow of their groundwater data to the NGWMN data portal. OWRB will also perform well maintenance on 39 wells and upgrade or...
This Cooperative Agreement award of $163,856.18 from the Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) supports the Illinois State Water Survey (ILSWS) to provide data services and add water quality sites to the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN), CFDA 15.980, over a 2-year period from 9/30/2023 to 9/29/2025. Under this award, the ILSWS will: 1) ensure its water-level network data continues to flow to the NGWMN data portal; 2) update its database and web services to...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $303,703 to develop a novel approach for characterizing hydrostratigraphy using water level data collected from multi-level monitoring wells. The University of Iowa will collect water level measurements every 10 seconds from 10 to 15 depths in monitoring wells located at a contaminated groundwater site. Analyzing the response of water levels to rainfall and pumping changes will help delineate the...
The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation awarded a $704,457 Project Grant under the WaterSMART (Sustain and Manage America's Resources for Tomorrow) program (CFDA 15.507) to the Lower Loup Natural Resources District (LLNRD) in Nebraska. The grant will fund the installation of 200 irrigation flow meters and two solar-powered weather stations in the LLNRD service area. This project is expected to provide irrigators with enhanced water use forecasting data, leading to more...
This $576,061 federal Project Grant award was provided by the U.S. Geological Survey under the Assistance to State Water Resources Research Institutes program (CFDA 15.805) to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The key objective is to develop an integrated crop-vadose zone-groundwater model that can better simulate nitrate transport and transformation from fertilizer use in agricultural regions, in order to help groundwater managers, policymakers, and farmers develop more...
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $255,192 Cooperative Agreement to Trustees of Indiana University, doing business as Indiana University, to support the Indiana Geological and Water Survey's (IGS) contributions to the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN) program (CFDA 15.980). Through this two-year project, the IGS will: 1) maintain up-to-date site metadata in the NGWMN monitoring location registry, 2) ensure data services continue to deliver data to the NGWMN data...
The Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) awarded a $298,114 Cooperative Agreement to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) to support the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (NGWMN) program (CFDA 15.980) from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025. Under this award, NCDEQ will: Provide persistent data services for two years to ensure NCDEQ's water-level and water quality network data continues to flow to the NGWMN data portal and that site...
The Lower Republican Natural Resources District in Nebraska will install telemetry equipment on 1,057 irrigation flow meters and other water management sensors, as well as eight solar-powered weather stations across the district, to improve on-farm water management and reporting through real-time water use data collection and broadcasting under a $4,360,858 Project Grant from the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation. Funded through Reclamation's WaterSMART program, the project aims...
The U.S. Geological Survey awarded a $201,179 Cooperative Agreement to Montana Technological University (doing business as Montana TECH of the University of Montana) under the National Ground-Water Monitoring Network (CFDA 15.980) program. The funding supports the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) in providing persistent data services for two years to ensure that their data continues to flow to the NGWMN data portal and that metadata for network sites are up to date. The project also...