Progress in data collection and dissemination in water resources – 1974-2014

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In the 50 years since the founding of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA), there has been tremendous and likely unforeseen progress in water-re- sources data collection and dissemination. Langford and Doyel (1974) (henceforth L&D) described progress during the decade following the founding of AWRA, and focused their description around seven topics. L&D described the changes as being “more philosophical than technical,” and noted the importance to the water-resources com- munity of the more than 30 Federal Acts or Amendments enacted in the decade. The purpose of this article is to provide an update to L&D by reviewing L&D’s predictions of anticipated changes in water resources data collection and dissemi-nation, providing an overview of some of the drivers of change in the water-resources community in the last 40 years, identifying some key advances in water-resources data collection and dissemination since 1974, and out-lining some important near-term challenges. The overview is necessarily incomplete, but represents one perspective based on years of collaboration throughout the water-resources community.
Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Progress in data collection and dissemination in water resources – 1974-2014
Series title Water Resources Impact
Volume 16
Issue 3
Year Published 2014
Language English
Publisher America Water Resources Association
Contributing office(s) National Research Program - Eastern Branch
Description 6 p.
First page 18
Last page 23
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