U.S. Geological Survey

usgs-water-use-data-for-the-nation-national-water-information-system-nwis

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

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 data system and state-level data are published in a national circular. Over the history of these circulars, the water-use categories have had some changes.

http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/water_use/

The spatial range for this dataset is 17.731° to 70.281° latitude, and -164.168° to -64.78° longitude. map (center)

Also known as :

• identifier 27109b18-8d46-4869-b1a6-93b34229865f (datagov lexicon)
• dataset usgs-water-use-data-for-the-nation-national-water-information-system-nwis (datagov lexicon)