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Generalized use classification for groundwater sites in California with publicly available water-quality data in the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (NWIS) data archive

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Publication Date
Start Date
1908-01-01
End Date
2022-06-28

Citation

Fram, M.S., and Stork, S.V., 2022, Generalized use classification for groundwater sites in California with publicly available water-quality data in the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (NWIS) data archive: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9IGMI7Y.

Summary

The U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (NWIS) data archive contains publicly available water-quality data for approximately 20,000 groundwater wells and springs in California. This data release publishes site type information and a generalized use classification for the sites. The generalized use category is derived from, but is not equivalent to, the use of site and use of water fields from the NWIS data archive. The use of site and use of water fields in the NWIS data archive are not publicly available. The 20,000 groundwater wells and springs were categorized as into seven generalized use categories: 1) domestic, 2) irrigation, 3) production, 4) water supply, other, 5) observation, 6) other, and 7) unknown. [...]

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Miranda S Fram
Process Contact :
Miranda S Fram
Originator :
Miranda S Fram, Sylvia V Stork
Metadata Contact :
Miranda S Fram
Publisher :
U.S. Geological Survey
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase
SDC Data Owner :
California Water Science Center
USGS Mission Area :
Water Resources

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NWIS-CA_WaterUse_v1.xml
Original FGDC Metadata
View 		25.9 KB application/fgdc+xml
NWIS-CA_WaterUse_v1.xlsx 1.03 MB application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
NWIS-CA_WaterUse_v1.csv 1.25 MB text/csv

Purpose

The purpose of this data release is to publish site type and generalized use classification for groundwater sites with publicly available water-quality data in the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System (NWIS) data archive. The use classification is compatible with the classification system implemented in the California State Water Resources Control Boards' Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment Program Groundwater Information System.

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