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Bureau of Reclamation HDB

Hydrologic database for water management

data.usbr.gov

At a glance

Region
USA (United States)
Coverage
17 western states water projects
Access
Free
Category
Government
Last updated
2024

What's inside

  • Reservoir Operations
  • Water Supply
  • Hydropower
  • River Systems

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Storage tracking

    Follow storage and releases through the season.

    Because it has: Reservoir Operations

  2. 02

    Change over time

    See how lakes and wetlands have grown or shrunk.

  3. 03

    Coverage gaps

    Find who lacks safe water or sanitation.

    Because it has: Water Supply

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Storage from space

    Estimate volume from satellite water area and altimetry.

  2. 02

    Release decisions

    Optimise releases against inflow forecasts.

  3. 03

    Failure prediction

    Predict pipe bursts and plant failures before they happen.

Machine access and documentation

Open API

USBR RISE API (data.usbr.gov)

Licence: US public domain

Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.

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