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Inter-basin surface water transfers database for public water supplies in conterminous United States, 1986–2015.
- Source :
- Scientific Data; 5/6/2023, Vol. 10 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- The manipulation of water resources is a common human solution to water-related problems. Of particular interest because of impacts on both source and destination is the anthropogenic movement of water from one basin to another, or inter-basin transfers (IBTs). In the United States, IBTs occur widely in both wet and dry regions, but IBT data are not collated and served in a coordinated way. Thus researchers wishing to account for transfers between basins have faced difficulty in doing so. Here we present the outcome of a systematic investigation into inter-basin surface water transfers connected with public water supplies in the conterminous United States (CONUS), 1986 to 2015. The present open-access geodatabase includes transfer volumes collected, evaluated, and compiled from disparate sources. We provide an updated snapshot of CONUS IBTs at a higher spatial resolution of points of withdrawal and delivery than previous datasets. This paper puts the national inter-basin transfer data in context, and shows how we acquired, structured, and validated the locations and volumes of surface water transfers in public water systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- WATER transfer
WATER supply
DATABASES
SPATIAL resolution
CONUS
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20524463
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Scientific Data
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163555536
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02148-5