U.S. Domestic Resources
Welcome to the H2infO U.S. Domestic Resources Page. On this page you will find U.S. Water Partnership member resources aimed at helping domestic stakeholders address the unique water challenges of the United States.
U.S. Domestic Resources
USGS WaterWatch
Published:
November 2, 2016U.S. Geological Survey
Display National and State maps, graphs, and tables describing real-time, recent, and past streamflow conditions for the United States including locations where floods and droughts are occurring. (Real-time data, in most cases, are transmitted once every 1 to 4 hours.) Also, you can select USGS...Read more
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North America, United StatesUSGS Flood History
Published:
October 5, 2016U.S. Geological Survey
This website allows users to click on an event name to access news, data, and resources for regional flood events that involved a national coordinated USGS response.Read more
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North America, United StatesUSGS National Water Information System (NWIS)
Published:
November 2, 2016U.S. Geological Survey
Provides access to water-resources data collected at over 1.5 million sites in the 50 States and selected other areas. Data are organized by: o Current conditions—sites with real-time or recent surface-water, groundwater, or water-quality data.
o Site information—descriptive site information for...Read more
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North America, United StatesHydropower Energy and Economic Analysis Tool
Published:
September 1, 2011U.S. Department of the Interior | Bureau of Reclamation
This is an “open source” software tool developed by the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and the contractor Anderson Engineering for the Hydropower Resource Assessment at Existing Reclamation Facilities Report , and it has been made available for public use. This tool is a model that allows...Read more
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United StatesDam Safety Best Practices and Risk Methodology
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December 1, 2012U.S. Department of the Interior | Bureau of Reclamation
The Bureau of Reclamation has been using risk analysis as the primary support for dam safety decision-making for about 15 years, and has developed procedures to analyze risks for a multitude of potential failure modes. Manuals, guidelines, standards, and practical reference material on how to...Read more
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United StatesSedimentation and River Hydraulics: Two-Dimensional Model (SRH-2D)
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August 1, 2012U.S. Department of the Interior | Bureau of Reclamation
Sedimentation and River Hydraulics – Two-Dimensional model, is a two-dimensional (2D) hydraulic, sediment, temperature, and vegetation model for river systems.Read more
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United StatesWater and Energy Nexus Research: Summary & Recommendations
Published:
August 1, 2013Alliance for Water Efficiency
This webinar provides new information on the Water-Energy Nexus, an issue that is more important than ever and increasingly drawing national attention in the wake of President Obama's commitment to more sustainable resource management. AWE and ACEEE's related report reveals the gaps in...Read more
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United StatesWater Loss Control: Efficiency in the Water Utility Sector
Alliance for Water Efficiency
With water resources increasingly stressed due to climate change and growing populations, water utilities must become water-efficient throughout the entire supply process. By employing improved methods of water auditing and loss control, water utilities have potential to reduce the large volumes of...Read more
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United StatesNutrient Criteria Technical Guidance Manual: Lakes and Reservoirs
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
This manual details the U.S. EPA's scientific recommendations regarding ambient concentrations of nutrients that protect resource quality and aquatic life. The guidance manual is intended to help the user develop criteria useful for abating cultural eutrophication...Read more
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North America, United StatesHydrometeorological Automated Data System (HADS)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This website provides real-time data acquisition and data distribution system and site meta-data to U.S. National Weather Service. There are more than 15,000 data points which give weather data observations.Read more
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United States, North America