USGS Guide Released: User’s Manual for the National Water Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey: Water-Quality System

Recently, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released a report titled User’s Manual for the National Water Information System of the U.S. Geological Survey: Water-Quality System (USGS Open File Rep. 2013-1054). The 771-page guide available here, authored by David H. Dupré et al., discusses the following:

This user documentation is designed to be a reference for the quality of water (QW) programs within the National Water Information System (NWIS). If you are a new user, the “Introduction” and “Getting Started” sections may be the right place for you to start. If you are an experienced user, you may want to go straight to the details provided in the “Program” section (section 3). Code lists and some miscellaneous reference materials are provided in the Appendices. The last section, “Tip Sheets,” is a collection of suggestions for accomplishing selected tasks, some of which are basic and some are advanced. These tip sheets are referenced in the main text of the documentation where appropriate.