Sec. 101. Definitions
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In this title: The term Advisory Committee means the Advisory Committee on Water Information established by section 104(a). The term Council means the Water Data Council established under section 103(a). The term data standards means standards relating to the manner in which data are to be structured, populated, and encoded in machine-readable formats, and made interoperable for data exchange. The term Departments means each of the following: The Department of Agriculture. The Department of Commerce.
The Department of Defense. The Department of Energy. The Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Homeland Security. The Department of the Interior. The Environmental Protection Agency. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The term National Water Data Framework means the national water data framework developed under section 102. The term water data means measurements of basic properties relating to the planning and management of water resources, including streamflow, precipitation, groundwater, soil moisture, snow, evaporation, water quality, and water use in agriculture, industry, natural systems, and municipal uses.
The term Water Data Grant Program means the water data grant program established under section 105(a). The term water data infrastructure means an integrated system of information technologies that includes common standards, formats, and tools to make water data easy to find, access, and share online.