
WQDV helps users understand what local data are available and how they relate to the data in larger databases.


WQDV can also accept subsets of data downloaded from other sources, such as the EPA WQP.
DATA VIEWER TOOL ARCHIVE
WQDV provides an archive for non-official or preliminary research data and access to those data that have been collected but need to be distributed prior to review or inclusion in the state database. We present the Tethys Platform based Water Quality Data Viewer (WQDV) web application that uses these systems to provide researchers and local monitoring organizations with a simple method to archive, view, analyze, and distribute water quality data. Additionally, CUAHSI developed and maintains as a web portal for researchers to store and share hydrology data in a variety of formats including spatial geographic information system data. The Consortium of the Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc (CUAHSI) has developed the Hydrologic Information System (HIS) to standardize search and discovery of these data as well as other observational time series datasets. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Storage and Retrieval System (STORET), since superseded by the Water Quality Portal (WQP). Geological Survey (USGS) National Water Information System (NWIS) and the U.S. In the United States, the federal government maintains two systems to fill that role for hydrological data: the U.S. We present a tool to disseminate research in a simple method that does not replace but extends and leverages these tools.

Water quality data collection, storage, and access is a difficult task and significant work has gone into methods to store and disseminate these data.
