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USGS Water Use Data for the Nation - National Water Information System (NWIS)

Dates

Release Date
2014-01-01
Time Period
1950
Publication Date

Citation

U.S. Geological Survey, 2014, USGS Water Use Data for the Nation - National Water Information System (NWIS): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9RH71WY.

Summary

These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS’s policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release. The U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Use Information Program is responsible for compiling and disseminating the nation's water-use data. The USGS works in cooperation with local, State, and Federal environmental agencies to collect water-use information. USGS compiles these data to produce water-use information aggregated at the county, state, and national levels. Every five years, data at the county level are compiled into a national water-use [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, Enterprise Technology Office
Originator :
U.S. Geological Survey
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey
SDC Data Owner :
Enterprise Technology Office
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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nwis_water_use.xml
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Purpose

The Water Use Program analyzes the source, use, and disposition of water resources at local, state, and national levels while repling to water-use information requests from the public and documenting the trends in water use in the United States. The Water Use Program cooperates with state and local agencies on projects of special interest and develops water-use data bases and to publish local, state, and national water-use data reports.
Image of the National Water Information System NWIS web interface
Image of the National Water Information System NWIS web interface

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Provenance

These data were originally released on the Water Mission Area National Spatial Data Infrastructure Node and were migrated to sciencebase.gov in 2023. These data were released prior to the October 1, 2016 effective date for the USGS's policy dictating the review, approval, and release of scientific data as referenced in USGS Survey Manual Chapter 502.8 Fundamental Science Practices: Review and Approval of Scientific Data for Release.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9RH71WY

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