Water-Use Data in the United States: Challenges and Future Directions

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dc.contributor.authorMarston, Landon T.en
dc.contributor.authorAbdallah, Adel M.en
dc.contributor.authorBagstad, Kenneth J.en
dc.contributor.authorDickson, Kerimen
dc.contributor.authorGlynn, Pierreen
dc.contributor.authorLarsen, Sara G.en
dc.contributor.authorMelton, Forrest S.en
dc.contributor.authorOnda, Kyleen
dc.contributor.authorPainter, Jaime A.en
dc.contributor.authorPrairie, Jamesen
dc.contributor.authorRuddell, Benjamin L.en
dc.contributor.authorRushforth, Richard R.en
dc.contributor.authorSenay, Gabriel B.en
dc.contributor.authorShaffer, Kimberlyen
dc.coverage.countryUnited Statesen
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-14T12:49:47Zen
dc.date.available2022-06-14T12:49:47Zen
dc.date.issued2022-05-10en
dc.description.abstractIn the United States, greater attention has been given to developing water supplies and quantifying available waters than determining who uses water, how much they withdraw and consume, and how and where water use occurs. As water supplies are stressed due to an increasingly variable climate, changing land-use, and growing water needs, greater consideration of the demand side of the water balance equation is essential. Data about the spatial and temporal aspects of water use for different purposes are now critical to long-term water supply planning and resource management. We detail the current state of water-use data, the major stakeholders involved in their collection and applications, and the challenges in obtaining high-quality nationally consistent data applicable to a range of scales and purposes. Opportunities to improve access, use, and sharing of water-use data are outlined. We cast a vision for a world-class national water-use data product that is accessible, timely, and spatially detailed. Our vision will leverage the strengths of existing local, state, and federal agencies to facilitate rapid and informed decision-making, modeling, and science for water resources. To inform future decision-making regarding water supplies and uses, we must coordinate efforts to substantially improve our capacity to collect, model, and disseminate water-use data.en
dc.description.notesThis work was conducted as a part of the "Reanalyzing and predicting U.S. water use by economic history and forecast data; an experiment in short-range national hydroeconomic data synthesis" Working Group supported by the John Wesley Powell Center for Analysis and Synthesis, funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). U.S. Geological Survey Grant/Cooperative Agreement No. G20AP00002. NSF/USDA grant ACI-1639529 and NSF grant CBET-2144169 are also acknowledged. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. The Water Foundation provided funding that supported the Western States Water Council's Water Information Management Systems (WIMS) and USGS National Water Use Data Collaboration Workshop in Fort Collins, Colorado in 2019. The authors would like to acknowledge constructive reviews by Tony Willardson (Western States Water Council), Mindi Dalton (USGS), Natalie Latysh (USGS), and two anonymous reviewers that improved this manuscript.en
dc.description.sponsorshipU.S. Geological Survey (USGS); U.S. Geological Survey Grant/Cooperative Agreement [G20AP00002]; NSF/USDA [ACI-1639529]; NSF [CBET-2144169]; Water Foundation; Western States Water Council's Water Information Management Systems (WIMS)en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/1752-1688.13004en
dc.identifier.eissn1752-1688en
dc.identifier.issn1093-474Xen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/110773en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectwater useen
dc.subjectdata managementen
dc.subjectwater conservationen
dc.subjectwatershed managementen
dc.subjectplanningen
dc.titleWater-Use Data in the United States: Challenges and Future Directionsen
dc.title.serialJournal of the American Water Resources Associationen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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