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Quality Assurance/Quality Control Procedure for New Jersey’s Water-Use Data for the New Jersey Water Transfer Data System (NJWaTr)

Open-File Report 2020-1085
Prepared in cooperation with New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201085

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Abstract

This report is an instructional reference document that describes methods developed and used by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) New Jersey Water Science Center (NJWSC) to assure the quality and completeness of water-use data as provided by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Bureau of Water Allocation. These data are owned wholly by the State of New Jersey. The role of the USGS NJWSC is to assure the quality of these data by compiling, reviewing, and checking the datasets before uploading them into the New Jersey Water Transfer Data System (NJWaTr) database on an annual basis. The complete uploaded version of the NJWaTr database serves as the repository for New Jersey’s approved and published water-use data. The State of New Jersey maintains a public-facing version of the NJWaTr database (available online at https://www.nj.gov/dep/njgs/geodata/dgs10-3.htm) that contains monthly water-use data at the municipality and 14-digit Hydrologic Unit Code subwatershed level. The protected version of the NJWaTr database that contains monthly site-specific water-use data is available from the NJDEP upon request.

Suggested Citation

Shourds, J.L., 2020, Quality assurance/quality control procedure for New Jersey’s water-use data for the New Jersey Water Transfer Data System (NJWaTr): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2020–1085, 26 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20201085.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Quality Assurance/Quality Control Procedure For New Jersey’s Water-Use Data
  • Glossary
  • References Cited
  • Appendix 1. Selected Publications that Include Data from New Jersey Water Transfer Data System (NJWaTr)
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Quality assurance/quality control procedure for New Jersey’s water-use data for the New Jersey Water Transfer Data System (NJWaTr)
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2020-1085
DOI 10.3133/ofr20201085
Year Published 2020
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) New Jersey Water Science Center
Description viii, 26 p.
Country United States
State New Jersey
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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