Connect the Drops: IoW Coalition Newsletter

Events

IoW Coalition Webinar

Great Lakes to Gulf: Data Visualizations and Tracking Nutrient Trends in the Mississippi River Basin

Featuring Alejandra Botero-Acosta, WATER Institute, Saint Louis University and Maxwell Burnett, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois

October 18, 2023 | 4pm ET (1pm PT)

CUAHSI Cyberseminar Series

Navigating Academic Waters Series with AGU H3S: Finding your Niche

A webinar series hosted by CUAHSI

Sep 14 - Nov 17, 2023 | 1pm-2pm ET

Introduction to CUAHSI Compute Services

A webinar hosted by CUAHSI where participants will learn about CUAHSI compute services, Jupyterhub, and MATLAB Online, and how to use them in conjunction with Hydroshare.

September 12, 2023 | 1pm ET

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AWRA 2023 Annual Water Resources Conference

A conference featuring innovative, practical, and applied water resource management solutions, techniques, and research

November 6-8, 2023 | Raleigh, NC

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AWRA 2024 Geospatial Water Technology Conference (GWTC)

Data to Decisions: Managing and Modeling Water Challenges

A conference designed to highlight existing and new geospatial and technological tools to solve water resources-related problems.

March 25-27, 2024 | Orlando, FL

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Water Features: An IoW Blog

Unveiling WestDAAT: A Breakthrough for Water Rights Data Management in the Western United States

Across the Western States, regional water use analysis and planning are increasingly more important due to the unprecedented drought and high demand growth that the region is experiencing. However, access to water rights and water use data across state lines in a single watershed has been cumbersome due to the challenge of reconciling differing data access protocols, structures, and terminologies across multiple states. Despite the essential role of water rights information for water use planning and policy and for informing future water rights administration, voluntary in-state water transfers, and water markets, this critical knowledge gap remained.

That is where a new tool – the Western States Water Data Access and Analysis Tool (WestDAAT) – comes in. Unveiled by the Western States Water Council in the spring of 2023 in an Internet of Water Coalition webinar, WestDAAT marks the latest milestone for the WSWC’s Water Data Exchange (WaDE) program which facilitates sharing of member states’ water-related data through a common platform. The WaDE program, launched in 2011, provides standardized water data shared by state and other public agencies that are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) and is a key hub of a growing Internet of Water Coalition. For over a decade, the WSWC has nurtured WaDE’s development with financial support from state and federal agencies and philanthropic organizations.

Now, for the first time, WestDAAT provides user-friendly access to data available in a machine-readable format for over 1.7 million active water rights across the West. WestDAAT also acts as a catalog of the most common metadata and provides a direct link to each state’s water rights database for more information. The data are still incomplete for some states, but the WaDE team continues to update water rights data as it becomes available in machine-readable formats.

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Job Opportunities

Water Data Integrator, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources

New Mexico Tech

Socorro, NM or Remote | Full-time

The Water Data Integrator position will use their hydrology, earth science, or data science background

to compile and integrate water data produced by the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, with data from external agencies. The goal of this position is to create comprehensive, high-quality water datasets compiled from multiple sources. If you are a detail-oriented person who likes working with water data, you might be the perfect candidate to join our growing water data team. This full-time, one-year position with benefits is remote work acceptable and is available through the summer of 2024. The position may become long-term based on future grants and funding. The mission of the New Mexico Water Data Initiative is to make finding and using water data simple. The ideal candidate for this position will use their knowledge of water data in NewMexico to support the Aquifer Mapping and Water Data programs at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR) at New Mexico Tech in Socorro, New Mexico.

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Full Stack Software Developer, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources

New Mexico Tech

Socorro, NM or Remote | Full-time

The Water Data Full-Stack Software Developer will work on open data projects to support the mission of the NM Water Data Initiative (NMWDI). This position will work with APIs and other data sources both from within the Bureau of Geology and external agencies to make water data available for visualization. This full-time, one-year, remote or in-person position with benefits is available through the summer of 2024. This position is perfect for a recent graduate of a computer science, data analysis, data engineering, IT, or software development program. The position may become long-term based on future grants and funding. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree with experience working in software design, cloud-based technology, data engineering, and development, including familiarity with modern software development practices and object-oriented software development (e.g., Java and Python). The mission of the New Mexico Water Data Initiative is to make finding and using water data simple. Join our dynamic team working to improve the availability of water data for the people of New Mexico!

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Front End Software Developer, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources

New Mexico Tech

Socorro, NM or Remote | Full-time

The Front End Software Developer will build web applications to visualize and manage data.

This developer will work on the open data projects to support the Aquifer Mapping and Water Data programs at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology and will work with external partners to design web applications that meet water data sharing needs. This full-time, one-year, remote or in-person position with benefits is available through the summer of 2024 and is perfect for a recent graduate of a computer science, data analysis, data engineering, IT, or software development program. The position may become long-term based on future grants and funding. The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree with a working knowledge of web technologies such as HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript and a basic understanding of user interface and user experience (UI/UX) design. The mission of the New Mexico Water Data Initiative is to make finding and using water data simple. Join our dynamic team working to improve the availability of water data for the people of New Mexico!

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