# @usgs on Instagram - **Type:** Image - **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DHLrGmrzBn3 - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69013904-usgs-instagram - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/040c012830.jpg - **Posted:** 2025-03-14T14:03:03.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) (@USGS) — https://gondola.cc/USGS ## Caption Clean water isn't an accident. It's the result of constant vigilance, cutting-edge science, and USGS experts who dedicate their careers to keeping America’s water healthy. Across the country, more than 2,400 water quality stations and dedicated scientists track what’s in our nation’s water, helping protect you from drinking contaminated tap water, swimming in dangerous toxic algae, and ensuring farmers have clean water for the crops that feed America. The water you use every day faces invisible enemies: toxic "forever chemicals," ash from devastating wildfires, harmful algal blooms and dangerous storm runoff, to name a few. However, USGS scientists are on constant alert. This massive monitoring network doesn't just collect numbers—it informs decisions that impact the health of every American, every single day. #HealthyWater #DrinkingWater #CleanWater #CleanWaterForAll #WaterScience Photo 1: A USGS hydrologist lowers a water quality instrument off the side of a small boat on the Delaware River in Montague, NJ. Photo 2: A USGS hydrologist kayaks through a noxious algal bloom in an estuary along the Massachusetts coast. Photo 3: A USGS hydrologist wades into the Animas River below Silverton, CO, to collect a water quality sample as a train passes by. Photo 4: A USGS hydrographer wades through the Little Colorado River, one kilometer upstream from the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, Arizona, to collect a suspended-sediment water sample. ## Stats - **Views:** 0 - **Likes:** 1,493 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 12 ## Tags healthywater, waterscience, cleanwater, drinkingwater, cleanwaterforall --- Copyright (c) Gondola