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To provide public access to water-related datasets that support water resource management in Colorado.
The Water category is part of the Colorado Open Data Portal, a statewide platform that provides open access to datasets maintained by Colorado state agencies. The collection is primarily populated by data from the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, the Colorado Division of Water Resources, the Colorado Water Conservation Board, and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. It supports transparency and evidence-based management of Colorado's water resources.
The portal contains hundreds of water-related datasets covering a broad range of water resource themes. Dataset types include: Surface water monitoring data (streamflow, river conditions, reservoir information, and watershed assessments). Groundwater datasets including well records, groundwater levels, aquifer information, and groundwater administration data. Water quality datasets covering sampling results, monitoring stations, contaminants, nutrients, and environmental health indicators. Water rights and water administration datasets, including diversion records, water rights information, structures, permits, and water use administration. Drinking water datasets related to public water systems, compliance monitoring, and water supply infrastructure. Drought and climate-related datasets, including snowpack, precipitation, drought indicators, and water supply forecasting information. Watershed and hydrography datasets such as rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, watershed boundaries, and hydrologic reference layers. Water use and conservation datasets covering agricultural, municipal, industrial, and environmental water management.
The datasets are compiled from multiple state monitoring, regulatory, and administrative programs. Data are collected through hydrologic monitoring networks, groundwater observation wells, water quality sampling programs, drinking water compliance activities, water rights administration systems, remote sensing, field surveys, watershed assessments, and environmental monitoring programs. The Colorado Open Data Portal aggregates these resources and makes them publicly accessible through a centralized platform.