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between the participating individual or organization and NAWDEX
Program Office. In the Memorandum, members pledge thelr support to
the program by taking an active role in its activities, by providing
for indexing of thai? data acquisitions and by agreement to respond
to public requests for their data. Currently (1986). •*•«",«>„
Federa State and local governmental, academic, and private organiza
tions participate as members. Affiliations have also bee,! established
with water-data organizations in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa,
Nigeria, Taiwan, and India.
The program Is managed by a central program office !«** ••*"«: f'Bita
Index, (2) a Water Data Sources Directory, and (3) a Water Supply
Computerized Information Directory.
Master Water Data Index
The Master Water Oata Index 1s a central Index that provides informa
tion about sites at which water data are collected nationwide. For
each site, Information Is provided about surface-water quantity,
ground-water quantity, water quality and meteorological data that
have been collected. This Information Includes the geographic loca
tion of the site, the type of site (stream, estuary, well, and so
forth), the Identification of the source organization, the periods of
records for which each type of data are available, the major waterdata
parameters measured for each data type and their frequency of
measurement, and the media In which the data are available. Cur
rently, over 440,000 sites operated by over 430 organizations have
been Indexed. Of these sites over 13,000 are identified as being
estuary or ocean sites. An additional large number of sites are
Identified as streams or wells that either contribute to or are
located within estuarine and coastal areas.
Water Data Sources Directory
The Water Data Sources Directory serves as a central world-wide Index
of organizations that are sources of water or water-related data,
provide services related to the dissemination of these data, or are,
otherwise, involved in water-related activities. For each organiza
tion, Information is provided about the major orientation of its
activities, offices from which data or services may be obtained; the
number, type and geographical area of location of water data sites for
which data are available or being collected; other organizations that