Scientific Studies

Below is a partial list of the scientific studies recently undertaken by the Idaho Water Science Center. Click a column heading to sort by study title, status, or cooperator. The default order is reverse chronological by study start date. Refresh your browser to return to this default.

Click to go to a study Web site. See a complete list of our Cooperators and Partners.

Study Title	Web site Link	Status	Cooperator
Sediment Transport to Lower Granite Reservoir, Idaho and Washington		Active	USACE
Wood River Valley Aquifer System		Active	Multiple
Geochemical Analysis of Groundwater, Eastern Ada County		Active	IDWR
Identifying Bull Trout Migration in the Upper Boise River Basin		Active	Reclamation
Assessing Trace Element Loads and Concentrations in Idaho’s Stibnite Mining District		Active	IDL
Identifying and Mapping Kokanee Spanwing Habitat in Lake Pend Oreille		Active	IDFG
Evaluating Bruneau Groundwater Levels to Support Bruneau Hotspring Snail Recovery		Complete	USFWS
Boise River Watershed Studies		Active	Multiple
Upper Snake River Basin NAWQA		Active
Modeling Idaho's Perennial Streams		Complete	IDEQ and Reclamation
Columbia Plateau Ground-Water Availability Study (Study Web site served from Washington Water Science Center.)		Active	Oregon and Washington USGS Water Science Centers
Payette Lake Water Quality		Complete	IDEQ and Payette Lake Watershed Advisory Group
Duck Valley Biological Integrity, Idaho and Nevada		Active	Shoshone-Paiute Tribes
Coeur d'Alene Basin Water-Quality Monitoring		Active	EPA
Coeur d'Alene Lake Water Budget Development		Complete	IDWR
Idaho National Laboratory Project Office		Active	DOE and INL
Instream Flow Characterization of Upper Salmon River Basin Streams, Central Idaho		Complete	Reclamation
Kootenai River Studies and Data		Active	Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and others
Geochemical and Descriptive Data for Sedimentary Aquifer Materials in Southwestern Idaho		Complete	IDEQ
Idaho Fish Sampling Sites		Complete
Spokane River Study		Complete	Washington DOE
Salmon and Clearwater Basins Aquatic Biology Assessment		Complete	IDEQ
Northern Rockies NAWQA		Complete