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Regional Water-Resources Studies in Nevada

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Introduction: Water-resources information for the State of Nevada should be readily accessible to community planners and the general public in a user-friendly web environment and should be actively managed and maintained with accurate historic and current hydrologic data. The USGS, in cooperation with State of Nevada and local government agencies, has established a data framework that provides critical hydrologic information to meet the challenges of water resources planning for Nevada.

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Eva M. Bauer, Shannon C. Watermolen. 2007. Regional Water-Resources Studies in Nevada. https://doi.org/10.3133/fs20073006

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