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Water Quantity
Sensor-based: WaterML2
Water Quality
EPA’s WQX (Json format details: https://github.com/gordonfn/wqx#references)
www.nemi.gov (water quality methods and analytes)
Water Use
USGS recommends use of WaDE’s schema
Metadata
Geospatial metadata: FGDC (Standards Working Group)
BoR’s RWIS
CUAHSI’s Data Management Plans
General
ODM2 is a highly general data model that includes many helpful controlled vocabularies
General observed physical properties and units, QUDT is comprehensive.
FGDC’s Open Water Data Initiative
Spatial Data Standards for Facilities, Infrastructure, and Environment → contains both metadata and facilities information (DoD)
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