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photo four California Department of Water Resources staff at Phillips Station take a manual snow survey on January 3, 2023 | source California DWR
January 15, 2025Water, Weather & Environment

Live in a valley? Snow surveys & snowpack matter

photo of various analytical laboratory glassware containing water quality samples; reflective surface and white background reveal water color
January 6, 2025Water, Weather & Environment

Water quality assurance rests on information security

aereal photo of forest of evergreen trees | photo credit olena sergienko via unsplash
December 23, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Federal hiring freeze weakens wildfire mitigation, climate research

conceptual image of the USH-9 ultrasonic snow depth sensor emitting sound waves and receiving echoes to measure snow height | credit Sommer
November 20, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

How does the snow sensor work?

conceptual image of Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites measuring gravity to reveal water storage levels on land | credit NASA/JPL-Caltech
November 19, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Satellites reveal low freshwater levels worldwide

photo of pink fire retardant on Los Angeles County hillside, applied to contain Tumbleweed Fire in July, 2021 | credit wikipedia.org
November 17, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Fire officials, “no substitute for retardant” despite toxic metals

augmented reality conceptual image of HyQuant L, non-contact radar water level sensor
November 13, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Affordable new water radar debuts to combat flood risks

up angle photo of Owyhee dam on the Owyhee River in Eastern Oregon near Adrian, Oregon, United States | photo credit USDA NRCS Oregon via flikr.com https://www.flickr.com/photos/nrcs_oregon/48839093736
November 8, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Ongoing drought drains Pacific NW hydropower generation

Sampling sediment following 2020 California wildfires 1/31/2021 Research geologist collects stream sediment samples in burned watersheds to measure concentrations of soil and water contaminants following runoff in 1/2021. | photo credit Amy East, USGS Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center
October 7, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

After the Fire is Gone: Soiled Water Quality

conceptual image of neon lines moving through serpentine river to represent real-time streamgauge network data
October 2, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Calif. investing $7M in local streamgage networks

photo from an emergency management command center; image shows multiple computer monitors. screens display map of hail forecasts, estimated size of hailstones and distribution of historical hailstone impacts | source AdobeStock 790001458 purchased and modified
September 6, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

New KISTERS solution transforms data into robust decision support

close up image of micro cracks or micro fractures on a solar panel
August 22, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Can hail damage solar panels?

photo of the tipping buckets within a high accuracy KISTERS TB3 tipping bucket rain gauge
August 13, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Are rain gauges accurate?

Aerial long exposure of traffic on a roundabout in a small town
August 6, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Seismic & traffic vibes measure soil moisture

photo of Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) constructing Canada's first ICC-compliant smart blue roof and CSA-compliant smart blue roof.
July 18, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

CVC Commissions Canada’s First ICC-Compliant Smart Blue Roof

photo of billowing smoky clouds and an active wildland fire in the Canadian province of Alberta, posted by Alberta Wildfire on twitter on May 19, 2023
May 14, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Raising wildfire risk awareness; tech fills Emergency Coordinator shortage

cropped version of a hybrid photo of the underside of a bridge where a HyQuant non-contact radar sensor has been mounted and illustration of contactless radar technology to measure water level and water level
April 11, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Webinar to explain radar hydrology & invite Q&A

screen capture of U.S. NOAA centralized water data website called the National Water Prediction Service tool.
April 2, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

New NOAA website centralizes water data & forecasts

HyQuant launch image: black background with CAD rendering of HyQuant non-contact water radar sensor, white KISTERS logo and the text,
March 26, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

KISTERS launches HyQuant, compact non-contact water radar sensors at accessible price

resized photo of bridge-mounted RQ-30 non-contact discharge radar
January 30, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Non-Contact discharge radar and AI revolutionize flood warning and water management

Photo of primary-secondary section-by-section water flow monitoring using RQ-30d noncontact discharge radar sensors mounted on a bridge | image credit Sommer
January 12, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Water flow sensors overcome water measurement hurdles

photo of a female field inspector holding a mobile phone and a laptop in addition to examining the ground and soil
January 3, 2024Water, Weather & Environment

Aquifers recharge faster than past estimates

conceptual image of bioinformatics | photo of a town and water with digital icons to symbolize advanced water quality data management and data visualization
November 13, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Bioinformatics, nexus of water quality & big data ecology

photo of dust on snow from study on reduces water flow to the Colorado River | source Center for Snow and Avalanche Studies via climate.gov
October 31, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Dust: missing from water supply forecasting models

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