DWR Improves Water Data Library.SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Department of Water Resources (DWR DWR Design Within Reach DWR Department of Water Resources DWR Direct Web Remoting (Easy Ajax for Java) DWR Durable Water Repellency DWR Delayed Word Recall (medical testing) DWR Driving While Revoked ) has launched an improved version of its Water Data Library (WDL WDL Windows Driver Library WDL World Definition Language (3D GameStudio programming language) WDL Winter Drumline WDL Wavelength Dependent Loss WDL Waveform Description Language ) at http://wdl.water.ca.gov/ which makes information retrievals information retrieval Recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches are matching words in the query against the database index (keyword searching) and traversing the database using hypertext or hypermedia links. easier and more powerful. The WDL is a web site which provides access to current and past hydrologic data throughout California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). . It is a valuable source of information that resource planners, water managers, scientists and engineers can use to develop water plans and manage water supplies. The public can use the site to find out about local and regional water supply conditions. A source of groundwater level data and hydrographs for more than 35,000 wells, WDL also contains data for nearly 1,500 water quality monitoring sites and over 300 surface water flow and stage monitoring locations. Users can get WDL data by clicking on a monitoring station map or by using text-based forms. Data are downloadable in a number of formats including HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , MS Excel A full-featured spreadsheet for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It can link many spreadsheets for consolidation and provides a wide variety of business graphics and charts for creating presentation materials. , and plain text. For more information about the Water Data Library, or to get assistance and provide feedback, contact Eric Senter with DWR's Statewide Data Management Program at (916) 651-9648 or by email at esenter@water.ca.gov. The Department of Water Resources operates and maintains the State Water Project, provides dam safety and flood control and inspection services, assists local water districts in water management and water conservation planning, and plans for future statewide water needs. |
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