Harmonized Database of Western U.S. Water Rights (HarDWR) v.1.

Autor: Lisk MD; Pennsylvania State University, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, University Park, PA, USA. mdl5548@psu.edu., Grogan DS; Earth Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA., Zuidema S; Earth Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA., Zheng J; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Gies College of Business, Urbana, IL, USA., Caccese R; Director of Policy, Planning and Communications, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Harrisburg, USA., Peklak D; Moody's Analytics, New York, USA., Fisher-Vanden K; Pennsylvania State University, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, University Park, PA, USA., Lammers RB; Earth Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA., Olmstead SM; University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs, Austin, TX, USA.; Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, USA.; Property and Environment Research Center, Bozeman, MT, USA., Fowler L; Pennsylvania State University, Penn State Law, University Park, PA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Scientific data [Sci Data] 2024 Jun 06; Vol. 11 (1), pp. 598. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jun 06.
DOI: 10.1038/s41597-024-03434-6
Abstrakt: In the arid and semi-arid Western U.S., access to water is regulated through a legal system of water rights. Individuals, companies, organizations, municipalities, and tribal entities have documents that declare their water rights. State water regulatory agencies collate and maintain these records, which can be used in legal disputes over access to water. While these records are publicly available data in all Western U.S. states, the data have not yet been readily available in digital form from all states. Furthermore, there are many differences in data format, terminology, and definitions between state water regulatory agencies. Here, we have collected water rights data from 11 Western U.S. state agencies, harmonized terminology and use definitions, formatted them for consistency, and tied them to a Western U.S.-wide shapefile of water administrative boundaries.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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