Water Resources of Arkansas

Welcome to the USGS Web page that provides access to water resources information for Arkansas; this is your direct link to Arkansas water-resources data--quantity and quality of ground water, quantity and quality of surface water, and water use. You'll also find information about USGS publications and investigations conducted by the USGS and its cooperators.

Real-Time Data in Arkansas

Are you an angler, boater, water-resources manager, or other person who needs to know the amount of water

(volume=streamflow, height at a specific location=stage) currently flowing down one of Arkansas' streams? The USGS provides realtime streamflow, stage, and precipitation information for more than 130 locations across Arkansas. This information is updated to our web page every one to four hours via satellite. Users can view the information on graphs showing changes in streamflow or stage during the last 7 to 31 days. Real-time water quality and ground water data also are available.

Featured Science

Ozark NAWQA Study Unit

The Ozark Plateaus NAWQA is one of more the 50 study units that are part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program. The Ozark Plateaus study unit is approximately 48,000 square miles in size and inclu des parts of northern Arkansas, southeastern Kansas, southern Missouri, and nort heastern Oklahoma.

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Publications

SIM 3014

Potentiometric Surface in the Sparta-Memphis Aquifer of the Mississippi Embayment, Spring 2007
T.P. Schrader

SIR 2008-5018

Water Quality and Biological Characteristics of the Middle Fork of the Saline River, Arkansas, 2003-06
Joel M. Galloway, James C. Petersen, Erica L. Shelby, and Jim A. Wise

SIR 2007-5068

Simulations of Ground-Water Flow, Transport, Age, and Particle Tracking near York, Nebraska, for a Study of Transport of Anthropogenic and Natural Contaminants (TANC) to Public-Supply Wells
Brian R. Clark, Matthew K. Landon, Leon J. Kauffman, and George Z. Hornberger

Water News and Notices

USGS, Central Arkansas Water, and UALR join in watershed partnership ( 07/03/2008 )
They'll call it the Central Arkansas Watershed Center for Excellence, a new partnership between Central Arkansas Water, the United States Geological Survey and UALR.
Mike Duncan, todaysthv.com

Drugs can now be discarded safely ( 05/05/2008 )
Safely ridding one's home of medications can be a problem, but Benton County, with the help of the Bella Vista Police Department, has a new program designed to do just that.
Andra Atteberry, NWAnews.com

UCWCB, partners recognized for efforts to preserve aquifer ( 04/22/2008 )
The U.S. Department of Interior has recognized the Union County Water Conservation Board, along with their partners, for efforts to preserve the Sparta Aquifer over the past decaded.
John Worthern, El Dorado News-Times

Fox 16 News Video Clip ( 04/14/2008 )
The USGS is testing the flow by dragging a boat with a doppler attached to it across the river.
LaTresha Woodruff, Fox 16

Floodwater Receding High Water Still Dangerous, Officials Warn ( 04/14/2008 )
The rain is over, but high water in local streams and rivers will retreat slowly over the weekend.
Dan Craft, The Morning News

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