USGS Fact Sheet 2013–3042: Arkansas Groundwater-Quality Network

Arkansas Groundwater-Quality Network

By Aaron L. Pugh, Barry T. Jackson, and Roger Miller

Abstract

Arkansas is the fourth largest user of groundwater in the United States, where groundwater accounts for two-thirds of the total water use. Groundwater use in the State increased by 510 percent between 1965 and 2005. The Arkansas Groundwater-Quality Network is a Web map interface (http://ar.water.usgs.gov/wqx) that provides rapid access to the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Water Information System and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s STOrage and RETrieval (STORET) databases of ambient water information. The interface enables users to perform simple graphical analysis and download selected water-quality data.

First posted July 21, 2014

Report PDF (1.73 MB)

For additional information contact:
Director, Arkansas Water Science Center
U.S. Geological Survey
401 Hardin Road
Little Rock, AR 72211
http://ar.water.usgs.gov/

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Suggested citation:

Pugh, A.L., Jackson, B.T., and Miller, Roger, 2014, Arkansas Groundwater-Quality Network: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet 2013–3042, 2 p., https://dx.doi.org/10.3133/fs20133042.

ISSN 2327-6932 (online)

Contents

A Web Map Interface for Data Retrieval

Description of National Water Information System and Storage and Retrieval Databases

Data Retrieval

Data Management

Benefits Scientists and Managers

References