WaterQualityWatch -- Continuous Real-Time Water Quality of Surface Water in the United States

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Real-Time Specific Conductance, in µS/cm

Map of , showing which states provide real-time computed water-quality data
07239500 07239450 07241520 07241550 07160350 07239700 07241000 07178200 Explanation

* Site operated on a seasonal basis or currently is not operating.
No values are available for the last 6 hours.

The "Real-time" map tracks short-term changes (over several hours) of water quality. Although the general appearance of the map changes very little from one hour to the next, individual sites may change rapidly in response to major rain events or to reservoir releases. The data used to produce this map are provisional.