NWDTW 2024

This presentation will demonstrate the Data Entry and Status tools of the Water Use Toolkit. State agency reported water-use data are provided to USGS staff in many formats. To improve efficiency in entry of data into USGS site-specific water use databases, the Data Entry tool uses several crosswalk tables and translates the state agency provided data into USGS input template format.

The Status tool was developed to allow USGS staff to easily find out what data are in the USGS site-specific water use databases. This tool provides graphs, maps, and counts of the number of water use sites and the category of water use, and the number of monthly and annual data values for the country and by state. A Tableau dashboard allows users to filter by date, category, and state, and is useful for identifying available water-use data for studies with different spatial and temporal extents.

The Water Use Toolkit is a new USGS multiple component tool that was designed to improve efficiency in entering site-specific water-use data, avoid duplication of sites, and provide graphical interfaces for reviewing water quantity data in USGS databases.