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USGS Water Use Data for the Nation - National Water Information System (NWIS)

Metadata Updated: October 8, 2025

The U.S. Geological Survey's National Water-Use Information Program is responsible for compiling and disseminating the nation's water-use data. The USGS works in cooperation with local, State, and Federal environmental agencies to collect water-use information. USGS compiles these data to produce water-use information aggregated at the county, state, and national levels. Every five years, data at the county level are compiled into a national water-use data system and state-level data are published in a national circular. Over the history of these circulars, the water-use categories have had some changes.

Access & Use Information

Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Dates

Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
Metadata Updated Date October 8, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from DOI USGS DCAT-US

Additional Metadata

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Metadata Created Date September 14, 2025
Metadata Updated Date October 8, 2025
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Maintainer
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Data Last Modified 2020-11-17T00:00:00Z
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