Productivity and Efficiency
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, water efficiency is the smart use of our water resources through water-saving technologies and simple steps. Using water efficiently will help ensure reliable water supplies today and for future generations. Topics addressed in this theme provide insights, lessons, and guidance on how diverse stakeholders are working to improve water management and reduce water use.
Productivity and Efficiency Resources
Agricultural Resource Management Survey - Phase III
Published:
November 1, 2012U.S. Department of Agriculture
Data collected in the Agricultural Resource Management Survey (ARMS) is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's primary source of information on agricultural resource use and costs, farm sector financial conditions, and farm household finances. The ARMS is the only source of information available...Read more
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United StatesWater Quality Impacts of Agriculture
Published:
July 21, 2006U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agricultural production releases residuals, like sediment and pesticides, that may degrade the quality of water resources and impose costs on water users. Agriculture is the leading source of impairments in the Nation's rivers and lakes and a major source of impairments to estuaries. However,...Read more
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United StatesSea Level Trends
Published:
October 15, 2013National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The mean sea level (MSL) trends measured by tide gauges that are presented on this web site are local relative MSL trends as opposed to the global sea level trend. Tide gauge measurements are made with respect to a local fixed reference level on land; therefore, if there is some long-term vertical...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaExtreme Water Levels
Published:
October 15, 2013National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This product provides annual and monthly exceedance probability levels for select Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) water level stations with at least 30 years of data. When used in conjunction with real time station data, exceedance probability levels can be used...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaInundation Analysis Tool
Published:
October 15, 2013National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The inundation analysis program is extremely beneficial in determining the frequency (or the occurrence of high waters for different elevations above a specified threshold) and duration (or the amount of time that the specified location is inundated by water) of observed high waters (tides).Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaDate API
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS) API for data retrieval can be used to retrieve observations and predictions from CO-OPS stations.Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaDigital Elevation Model (DEM) Discovery Portal
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This "DEM Discovery Portal" uses an ArcGIS map interface to locate, preview, and link to DEM web pages for download. DEMs may be bathymetric, topographic, or a merged combination of both. They also range from high-resolution coastal DEMs for local studies to coarser DEMs with global...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaElectronic Navigational Charts
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
ENC Direct to GIS allows users to display, query, and download all available base editions of NOAA ENC® data in a variety of GIS/CAD formats, using Internet mapping service technology. Nautical chart features contained within a NOAA ENC provide a detailed representation of the U.S. coastal and...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaUSACE Flood Risk Management Program
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The USACE Flood Risk Management Program (FRMP) works across the agency to focus the policies, programs and expertise of USACE toward reducing overall flood risk. This includes the appropriate use and resiliency of structures such as levees and floodwalls, as well as promoting alternatives when...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaRobert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute Publications
Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska
The Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Global Institute at the University of Nebraska was established to address one of the most urgent challenges of the 21st century with significant political, environmental, social and economic implications: how to achieve greater food security with less pressure...Read more
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