Interbasin water transfers in the United States and Canada


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Owners: Md Abu Bakar Siddik
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Created: Sep 15, 2022 at 2:28 a.m.
Last updated: Jan 19, 2023 at 3:05 a.m. (Metadata update)
Published date: Dec 09, 2022 at 10:05 p.m.
DOI: 10.4211/hs.1160b46d62f1488693a4dd2447793410
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Abstract

Interbasin water transfers (IBTs) can have a significant impact on the environment, water availability, and economies within the basins importing and exporting water, as well as basins downstream of these water transfers. The lack of comprehensive data identifying and describing IBTs inhibits understanding of the role IBTs play in supplying water for society, as well as their collective hydrologic impact. We develop three connected datasets inventorying IBTs in the United States and Canada, including their features, geospatial details, and water transfer volumes. We surveyed the academic and gray literature, as well as local, state, and federal water agencies, to collect, process, and verify IBTs in Canada and the United States. Our comprehensive IBT datasets represent all known transfers of raw water that cross subregion (US) or subdrainage area (CA) boundaries, characterizing a total of 641 IBT projects. The infrastructure-level data made available by these data products can be used to close water budgets, connect water supplies to water use, and better represent human impacts within hydrologic and ecosystem models.

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Spatial

Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
Place/Area Name:
US and Canada
North Latitude
60.8763°
East Longitude
-50.9118°
South Latitude
22.6532°
West Longitude
-143.1969°
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The content of this resource references Siddik, M.A.B., Dickson, K.E., Rising, J., Ruddell, B. L., & Marston, L. T. (2023). Interbasin water transfers in the United States and Canada. Scientific Data, 10(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-01935-4

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Siddik, M. A. B., K. E. Dickson, J. Rising, B. R. Ruddell, L. T. Marston (2022). Interbasin water transfers in the United States and Canada, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.1160b46d62f1488693a4dd2447793410

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