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Water-Use Flowmeter Readings in the Mississippi Delta from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, Delta Voluntary Metering Program, 2014-2017

Dates

Publication Date
Start Date
2014
End Date
2017

Citation

Wilson, J.L., 2021, Aquaculture and Irrigation Water-Use Model (AIWUM) Version 1.0 Estimates and Related Datasets for the Mississippi Alluvial Plain, 1999-2017 (ver. 2.0, April 2021): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9JMO9G4.

Summary

This dataset contains a zipped file of 4 files that contain measurements of total groundwater used in all permitted wells for aquaculture and irrigation purposes in the Mississippi Delta for each year from 2014 to 2017. The files in this dataset are measurements provided by the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality and were made using totalizing flowmeters installed on wells and reported to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality voluntarily.

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Purpose

The Delta Voluntary Metering Program was developed as part of ongoing efforts to effectively manage the use of the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer. These data were collected to understand the groundwater use for aquaculture and irrigation in the Mississippi Delta.

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DOI https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier doi:10.5066/P9JMO9G4
USGS_ScienceCenter https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier Central Midwest Water Science Center
USGS_MissionArea https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier Water
USGS_keywords https://www.sciencebase.gov/vocab/category/item/identifier Water Resources

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