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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

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

screen capture of Tropic Storm Otis on Tuesday, 24 October 2023 at 10 AM Central Time with 70 mph winds and path heading toward Acapulco, Mexico | source The Weather Channel
October 26, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Hurricane intensification is still unpredictable

photo of La Grande-1 hydropower generating station | source HydroQuebec.com
October 10, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Unfavorable weather reduces Quebec hydropower, revenue

photo of Chesapeake Bay with wastewater treatment plant in teh foreground | photo credit Will Parson, Chesapeake Bay Program
September 27, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Navigating toward a cleaner Chesapeake Bay

female small red-eyed damselfly (Erythromma najas) alight on a green leaf on the surface of water | photo credit Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust Ltd.
September 21, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Early warning to freshwater ecosystem threats

image of cascading screens from HEC RAS flood forecasting model | source the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC)
September 12, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Better predict post-fire flooding with HEC models

photo two operators inspect solar PV panels in a utility-scale solar farm
August 23, 2023Energy & Renewables

Record high temperatures set in Texas

March, 2017 NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory research hydrologists suspend a noncontact velocity radar sensor over the Washita River or Falls Creek as a component in an early flood warning system near Davis, OK, USA | photo credit JJ Gourley, Ph.D., NOAA / NSSL
August 22, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Water Velocity: Critical to flood warning

photo of a Red Line sun kink or warped train track / rail track on August 5, 2023 | photo credit Austin, Texas Capital Metro CapMetro
August 18, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Extreme heat disrupting mass transit operations

photo green algal bloom, rocks and dry beach sand at Lake Winnipeg, Canada due to phosphorus loads
August 16, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Congeners key to water quality improvements

Levee Park in Red Wing, MN on 4-26-2023 flooding from swollen Mississippi River; more natural hazards to impact Central States | source WCCO news, CBS Minnesota
August 15, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

No hurricanes or rising seas, but natural hazards still impact Midwest

photo of clearcut land and forest near the source of the Lewis and Clark River in Clatsop County, Oregon | photo credit Walter Siegmund
August 8, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Forests mitigate flood risk at watershed scale

burnt watershed have zones of erosion and zones of deposition; photo taken after Cerro Grande Fire near Los Alamos, NM | photo credit John A. Moody, USGS
August 2, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Burn scars less water-repellant than thought

After record setting snowfall this past winter, Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in California has extended its ski season into August. | pc Mike Sington
July 30, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

August skiing in Eastern Sierra Mountains

photo green and gold hills of Pullman, Washington | source: Palouse Conservation District
July 10, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Washington Ecology issues state drought advisory

Pickerel Creek Wildlife Area on Sandusky Bay, which flows into Lake Erie; wetlands restoration will improve stormwater management and control flooding risks | source Ohio Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
July 5, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Future climate impacts to Lake Erie win NOAA grant

map of Riverside East SEZ solar energy zone spanning Chuckwalla Valley Groundwater Basin | source John J. Quinn, Argonne National Laboratory
July 3, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Utility-scale solar farms bloom in California desert

photo Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) North American Stream Hydrographers (NASH) workshop venue in Canadian mountains
June 29, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Underestimated threat of flooding rains, landslides, erosion

aerial photo of a hurricane | source oist.jp Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)
June 12, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Hurricanes reaching further inland, scientists find

KISTERS tagline logo - resized for corporate news items
June 1, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Hydromet instrument manufacturer rebrands as KISTERS

photo Pierce County, Washington with bridge in foreground and Mount Rainer in the distance
May 1, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Warmer winters driving fluctuations in streamflow

screen capture KISTERS HailSens360 hailstorm forecast, nowcast and real-time hail observations
April 19, 2023Energy & Renewables

KISTERS unveils breakthrough to forecast hailstorms

photo 2023 Washington DC Roundtable | source ICWP
April 11, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

U.S. water management entering challenging times

photo rural area with river in foreground
April 5, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Without broadband, rural areas face more flood risk

photo Snake River Canyon from the Perrine Bridge Canyon Springs Fish Farm in Twin Falls, Idaho, USA
March 28, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Idaho DWR, USGS team to monitor groundwater levels

photo USDA NRCS's Mt. Eyak SNOTEL site, above Cordova, Alaska, USA. April 2012 | source climate.gov
March 17, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Abundant snowpack not uniform across Western U.S.

image of KISTERS dashboards to help data-driven water departments maximize limited budgets as public works and water utilities emerge from the pandemic
March 16, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Data-driven water works maximize limited resources

photo San Joaquin River and Friant Dam in central California, USA; source insider.com
March 13, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Water Board oks water diversion to recharge aquifer

photo of Englebright Dam or hydropower generating station
March 9, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Water agency unveils flood risk reduction plans

aerial photo Don Pedro Dam, owned & operated by Turlock Irrigation District of Turlock, California | source T I D
February 27, 2023Energy & Renewables

Western U.S. hydropower rebounds from record low

panoramic photo with landmarks from left to right: Hite Crossing Bridge, Lake Powell with notably low water level and Hoover Dam
February 21, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Lake Powell water level sets new record low

photo agriculture-rich California Central Valley | source U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
February 16, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

State awards funds for flood control, aquifer recharge

aerial photo of cropland and ag runoff in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) | credit Economic Research Service, USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture ers.usda.gov
February 14, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Unprecedented cooperation to avoid groundwater overdraft

photo irrigating an agricultural field
February 14, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Growers increase ag water efficiency with agtech

photo agriculture-rich California Central Valley | source U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
February 13, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Sharp ag losses without sustainable water supply

photo thunderstorm over Las Vegas, Nevada | source Las Vegas Weekly
February 8, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Draining Las Vegas as flooding seasonality changes

photo of rainfall on city street and manhole cover
February 6, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Adapting Northwest stormwater designs to climate

photo Chesapeake Bay Bridge | source Washingtonian.com
February 2, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Chesapeake Bay water quality improvements hit wall

photo meeting room with people listening to presentation
January 31, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Calif launches interagency drought planning task force

photo green algal bloom, rocks and dry beach sand at Lake Winnipeg, Canada due to phosphorus loads
January 25, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Canada targets algal blooms in endangered lake

photo Merchant Peak climbers watching the Bolt Creek Fire over Baring Mountain on 9/10/2022 | credit Alison Dempsey-Hall | source Seattle Times
January 20, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Drinking water utilities study post-fire treatment

photo Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, natural wetlands for natural storm water management in foreground and New York City skyline in the background | source Atlas Obscura
January 16, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Army Corp & NYC DEP team on restoration projects

aerial photo St. Johns River in Florida, USA
January 13, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Canal restoration project to reduce nutrient flow

photo of blue water
January 9, 2023Water, Weather & Environment

Groundwater age dating key to sustaining aquifers

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

Northern California Snow Survey: big snowpack

photo agriculture-rich California Central Valley | source U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
December 27, 2022Water, Weather & Environment

Groundwater depletion accelerating in Central Valley

photo blue waves open ocean
December 21, 2022Water, Weather & Environment

Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) 2022 passes

photo skyline of Toronto, Ontario, Canada in summer, 2020 | source: Aaron Davis via wikipedia
December 20, 2022Water, Weather & Environment

Heavy rainfall could strain Ontario storm water maintenance

photo precipitation or rain falling on city street with park and taxi cab in the background
December 19, 2022Water, Weather & Environment

NOAA to modernize & make public precipitation data

photo Canadian flag flies over cows & a dairy farm | credit Alycia Walker
December 13, 2022Water, Weather & Environment

Canada to form a sustainable agriculture strategy

aerial photo of cropland and ag runoff in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) | credit Economic Research Service, USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture ers.usda.gov
December 7, 2022Water, Weather & Environment

EPA offers $6M to Tribes for nutrient reduction projects

photo beach with dry and wet sand, due to ebbing wave | source Save the Sound
December 5, 2022Water, Weather & Environment

NY Long Island awarded $2.25M for water quality improvements

photo of rainfall on city street and manhole cover
December 1, 2022Water, Weather & Environment

Canadian municipalities get help to reduce flood risks

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