NWDTW 2024

This presentation will demonstrate the Site Comparison tool of the Water Use Toolkit. Each year, USGS staff create and enter large numbers of new water use sites in order to enter site-specific water use data into USGS databases. Limited site information from the source agency can make it difficult to determine if a site already exists in USGS databases. The Site Comparison tool was developed to compare source agency information with current NWIS site information. The tool allows the user to select different data components for comparison, such as name, latitude and longitude, etc. and outputs a likely match score table for the user to evaluate. This tool also has application to any new site creation in NWIS, not just water use sites.

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.