Laboratory Information:
Oklahoma Water Science Center
202 NW 66th
Oklahoma City, OK 73116
Phone: 405-810-4400
Website: http://ok.water.usgs.gov/
Agency/Department: Dept. of Interior
Region: Mid-Continent
Mission of the Laboratory:
The water resources mission of the U.S. Geological Survey is to provide the hydrologic
information needed by
others to help manage the Nation's water resources. To accomplish its mission, the Survey, in cooperation
with
State and local governments and other Federal agencies:
-
Collects data on a systematic basis to determine the quantity, quality, and use of
surface and ground water,
and the quality of precipitation.
- Conducts water-resources
investigations and assessments at national, State, and local scales, characterizes
water-resources conditions, and provides the capability to predict the impact on the resource of managerial
actions, proposed development plans, and natural phenomena.
- Conducts basic and
problem-oriented hydrologic and water-related research that is likely to produce
knowledge useful for the resolution of water-resources problems facing the State, regions, and Nation.
- Acquires information
useful in predicting and delineating water-related natural hazards from flooding,
volcanoes, mudflows, and land subsidence.
- Coordinates the
activities of all Federal agencies in the acquisition of water data, and operates water
information centers.
- Disseminates data
and the results of investigations through reports, maps, and other forms of public release.
- Provides scientific
and technical assistance in hydrology to other Federal agencies, to State and local
agencies, to licensees of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and, on behalf of the U.S. Department
of State, to international agencies.
- Administers the
provisions of the Water Resources Research Act of 1984, which include the State Water
Resources Research Institute Program (Section 104) and the Water Resources Research Grant Program
(Section 105).
As part of the Geological Survey's responsibility to provide hydrologic information to all water users,
the Survey
participates in numerous other activities in addition to the regular Federal and State cooperative programs
of
hydrologic data collection and analysis. These other activities include involvement in various water-related
committees and task forces, the review of technical reports on hydrology prepared by other agencies
and
universities, answering requests for hydrologic data and related information, and presenting information
to
schools, civic groups, and other interested groups on the water resources of Oklahoma and the Nation.
