Additional Resources
Reports
This report includes a data ingestion framework and recommendations for the California Freshwater Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring and Notification System.
IoW conducted a needs assessment in New Mexico’s Pecos Valley to better understand stakeholders’ data management priorities and barriers to modernization. In this report, we detail the findings of that assessment.
This report details the findings of a needs assessment conducted in Boerne, Texas. It includes a roadmap for data hub and product development and recommendations for next steps in Boerne.
This implementation plan for the Texas Water Data Hub will help make its data findable, accessible, and interoperable with data from other Internet of Water hubs.
This report, developed for the Texas Water Data Hub, provides broadly applicable best practices and recommendations for the development of Internet of Water Data Hubs.
This document, designed for Texas surface and groundwater data systems, provides broadly applicable step-by-step guidance for modernizing legacy data and legacy systems
Blogs
The beta version of the Texas Water Data Hub is out of the barn! We’ve had a few obstacles pop up along our path, but we get back on the trail each time.
Leaders across the country are beginning to recognize that better water data infrastructure helps them to be more effective and efficient in managing their water resources. The path to reach this goal, however, is still often unclear.
We envision the Oregon Water Data Portal (OWDP) as a single point of access on the Internet, where people can find data about Oregon’s water – from how much of it there is in certain regions, to how clean it is, and more.
In California, as in the rest of the country, Harmful Algal Blooms are on the rise. The CA State Water Board has partnered with The Commons and the Nicholas Institute to develop a HAB monitoring and notification system.
Over the past few years, often in response to drought, several western state legislatures have devoted attention and funding to the issue. Recently, Oregon became the latest state to write new policy around water data.
In 2011, the Western States Water Council launched the Water Data Exchange (WaDE) to help member states share data to enable multi-state analyses and inform regional planning.
Freshwater algae blooms are dangerous to people, pets, and wildlife. In California, the state is leveraging tribal government and community science data to help monitor these blooms and keep the public informed.
What exactly is a water data hub? What should it be? What sort of catalyst is needed to get the ball rolling? In Texas, the answer to the last question is steady effort over a number of years followed by a massive hurricane.
Data fragmentation prevents data from being found, interpreted, and synthesized into information. In Boerne, Texas, where the first municipal-level IoW data hub and dashboard will be piloted, this has created a “data rich-information poor” decision-making environment.
The Haw River Keeper, the Nicholas Institute Water Policy Program, and The Commons collaborated to integrate data from the Haw River Assembly’s many monitoring programs into one easily accessible online platform. Users can download or visualize data on an interactive map at healthofthehaw.org!
The New Mexico Water Data Initiative is a collaborative group working to modernize New Mexico’s water data as part of the Water Data Act. Led by the New Mexico Bureau of Geology, this effort will provide access to data on water quality, quantity, and usage.
Learn about the NC State Climate Office’s work to improve the usability of drought-relevant information for decision-makers and the NC Water Supply Dashboard which provides easy-to-access information about availability and use.
Hear from Stacy Timmons, from the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources and Project Leader for NM WDI, about the successes and challenges of the NM Water Data Initiative’s work to modernize water data infrastructure.
Adel Abdallah and Ryan James of the Western States Water Council present on the WaDE project, a framework and interactive dashboard for states to share important water supply, water use, and water administration datasets.
Hear from a panel of leaders on the California Harmful Algal Bloom Monitoring and Notification Project about all aspects of the project – tiered data management, database alignment, API development, software training, stakeholder engagement, and more.