Laboratory Information:
Maryland-Delaware-District of Columbia Water Science Center
5522 Research Park Drive
Baltimore, MD 21228
Phone: 443-498-5500
Fax: 443-498-5510
Website: http://md.water.usgs.gov/
Agency/Department: Dept. of Interior
Region: Mid-Atlantic
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The states of Maryland and Delaware and
the District of Columbia form an organizational unit in the Water
Resources Discipline of the USGS. The headquarters of the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center is in Baltimore,
Md., with a Subdistrict Office in Dover, Del., and Field Offices in LaVale, Md., and Annapolis, Md.
The District has
about 95 federal employees and several contract employees. Approximately 50 of the federal employees
are
hydrologists or other science series employees. The other federal employees include hydrologic technicians,
computer and database support staff, geographers, and administrative staff.
The Biological Resources Discipline's Patuxent Wildlife Research
Center, near Laurel, Md., is within the
geographic boundaries of the District. The District is also close to the BRD Science Center in Leetown,
W.Va.,
and to the many regional and national program functions of all USGS disciplines at the USGS National
Center
in Reston, Va.
Mission of the Laboratory:
The U.S. Geological Survey provides the
Nation with reliable, impartial information to describe and understand
the Earth. This information is used to:
USGS is the Nation's largest natural-science agency and has
the principal responsibility within the Federal
government for mapping the Nation, assessing its geologic resources and hazards, understanding its natural
biological resources, and providing hydrologic information for appraising the Nation's water resources.
The
Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center is mostly involved with conducting water-resources
investigations. However, the Water Science Center Director (Baltimore) represents all of USGS in Maryland
and
D.C., and the Subdirector (Dover) represents USGS in Delaware.
