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Inter-basin surface water transfers database for the conterminous United States, 1986-2015

Domain: Hydrology; Infrastructure; Water Use

Variables:
▶ conveyance start and end (XY location); ID; Description; FromHUC12; ToHUC12;
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Spatial Resolution: NA

Temporal Frequency: NA

Temporal Coverage: 1986 - 2015

Spatial Extent: CONUS

Source: USDA; DOE

Update Type: Static

Update Frequency: NA

Update Detail: NA

Access:

Access Details:

At the springernature.figshare.com access point scroll to the bottom of the page, click on “dataset”, and navigate to the option to download the zipped file: IBTsCONUSpublished2023.gdb.zip (599.11 MB).

Description:

This geodatabase contains interbasin transfers (IBTs) connected with public water supplies in the conterminous United States (CONUS) from 1986 to 2015. The data includes surface water transfer volumes collected, evaluated, and compiled from disparate sources that cross HUC8 boundaries. All transfers are depicted using an arrow from the centroid of each starting HUC12 to the centroid of the destination HUC12. Transfer volume data in million meters cubed per year for 30 years (1986-2015) are included in a separate table for each transfer and sub-transfer.

Citation:

Dobbs, G. Rebecca; Liu, Ning; Caldwell, Peter; Miniat, Chelcy; Sun, Ge; Duan, Kai; et al. (2023). Inter-basin surface water transfers database for the conterminous United States, 1986-2015. figshare. Collection. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6203224.v1