The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has started monitoring water surface flow reversals, commercial vessel traffic, and temperature and specific conductance in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Electric Dispersal Barrier System (EDBS) on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Chicago, Illinois. Data are collected during each water year.
These data are planned to be released on USGS ScienceBase annually. Data monitored during a water year is released in a separate child item in this page. The metadata in each child item details the data sources and processes used to derive the final data files, and attribute information of each data files.