Why The Data On California's Biggest Water Hogs Isn't Public 

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-04-23

Summary:

"It might seem like all of California is busy naming scapegoats who consume unfair shares of water during the state’s historic drought. But there’s actually no way for the public to go after the state’s worst water wasters because there’s no way of knowing who they are. Legislation has ensured that much of the state’s water data will never be made public. In fact, California is the only state in the west that does not make its water data public. While the state has promised to call out cities with exceptionally high per capita water usage—information which was only released by the state for the first time last year—that’s one small part of the water data story. Due to several measures that challenge open government policies, what should be boundless flows of open data about our most squandered resource are as dry as the wells in much of the state. And right now California needs all the data it can get—not only to find out who the biggest water hogs are, but so data scientists, visualization designers, developers, and engineers can work together to find better and more relevant ways for the state’s residents to weather the drought ..."

Link:

http://gizmodo.com/why-the-data-on-californias-biggest-water-hogs-isnt-pub-1698484864

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Open Access Tracking Project (OATP) » abernard102@gmail.com

Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.psi oa.government oa.tools oa.apps oa.usa.ca oa.data

Date tagged:

04/23/2015, 06:56

Date published:

04/23/2015, 02:56