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Western States Water Resource and Quantity Data Sharing

The Western Water Data Exchange Network aims to facilitate the sharing of water resource data among western states and federal agencies. This project focuses on improving data exchange and collaboration, promoting standardized approaches, and providing access to critical water planning information.

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Western States Water Resource and Quantity Data Sharing

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  1. Western States Water Resource and Quantity Data Sharing Western States Water Council (WSWC) and Western States Federal Agency Support Team (WestFAST) Dwane Young WestFAST Federal Liaison Exchange Network National Meeting May 31, 2012

  2. What is the WSWC? • Affiliate of the Western Governors’ Association • Created in 1965 and consists of appointed representatives from 18 of the western states • Purposes include: • Promote effective cooperation among the western states on water management and water resources • Promote state prerogatives while accommodating federal interests • Provide a forum for the exchange of views/perspectives • Provide analysis of federal/state developments to assist member states in evaluating the potential impacts

  3. What is WestFAST? • 2008 Governors’ ‘Next Steps’ report suggested formation of a federal team to assist the coordination and implementation of the recommendations of the report • WestFAST is a collaboration of 12 Federal agencies with water management interests in the West • These 12 agencies fund a liaison position to work in the WSWC office

  4. Who makes up WestFAST? • Senior-level staff from the following agencies: • Dept. of Energy • NASA • EPA • Forest Service • NRCS • NOAA • Army Corps of Engineers • Fish and Wildlife Service • BLM • USGS • Reclamation • Department of Defense

  5. Managing Water (the big picture)

  6. Western Water Law and Management Water Right/Diversion Point Water Use Area Courtesy Oregon Water Resources Department. Available at: http://apps.wrd.state.or.us/apps/gis/wr/Default.htm

  7. Self-Supplied Domestic Livestock Public Supply Thermoelectric Power Less than 1 percent 1 percent 11 percent 49 percent 1 percent 2 percent 4 percent 31 percent Self-Supplied Industrial Irrigation Mining Aquaculture Water Withdrawals by Category Courtesy USGS Water Census

  8. The Water Use Data Exchange is a project that will focus on better enabling the western states to share water use, water allocation, and water planning data with one another and with the Federal Government. It will also seek to improve the sharing of Federal data that supports state water planning efforts. What is the Water Use Data Exchange?

  9. Goals Gain a better understanding of the variability between state water planning programs. Provide documentation for the various consumptive use and water availability estimation methods that the states currently use. Develop a common ‘Schema’ or format that can be used for sharing these data. Encourage the adoption of standard approaches for sharing ‘time-series’ data. Assist ongoing efforts in gaining access to state data.

  10. The Central Portal would be a map-based interface that would compile data by 8-digit HUC and provide summary-level information for that HUC. Some things that it could show would be: Water appropriations Consumptive use An indication of water availability Provide access to the underlying data and methods used to make those determinations The Central Portal

  11. Types of Data • Two Categories of Data: • Measured Data (i.e. streamgaging data) • Derived Data (i.e. water availability estimates) • We’re interested in both types of data • Measured data that we’re targeting include: • SNOTEL Data, Precipitation Data, Reservoir Height Data, Streamgage Data, and Groundwater Data • Derived data that we’re targeting include: • Information on water appropriations • Information on consumptive use • Information on water availability • The methods used to derive all this information

  12. Schedule

  13. Challenges • Collaboration between state DWRs and state DEQs • Bringing in outside collaborators who haven’t been part of the process before • Making use of what’s already been developed within the Exchange Network, while still meeting the specific needs of the project

  14. A Way Forward • A REST Interface within the Exchange Network, or standard REST recommendations would help • Relying on the strengths of the Exchange Network • Strong and informed user community • Strong Governance model • Proven data exchange approaches • Good communication between state agencies is already beginning to happen • Good communication is beginning to happen between federal agencies as well

  15. A New Perspective • Being the WestFAST Liaison has provided me with a new perspective: • Data exchange is much larger than EPA and DEQ agencies • Perhaps it’s time to take a more holistic approach • There’s a large opportunity to pull in new players but we need to consider how and if the Exchange Network wants to make that transition

  16. For More Information • Water Use Data Exchange Project Website: http://www.westgov.org/wswc/wateruse • Contact: Dwane Young (dayoung@wswc.utah.gov) or • Sara Larsen (saralarsen@wswc.utah.gov) • Phone: 801-685-2555

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