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Nancy L Barber

Nancy Barber is a hydrologist with the South Atlantic Water Science Center in Norcross, Ga. with more than 30 years experience in water-use information and databases. Her current role is Product Owner for the modernized Water Use Data System which is under development.

 

Nancy began her career at the Georgia Geologic Survey, working on an early voluntary irrigation reporting system and the compilation of Georgia data for the report Estimated use of water in the United States in 1980. During graduate school in 1986, she joined the USGS Texas District as a hydrologist, then took a full-time position in the Mississippi District in 1987 where she worked on a groundwater modeling project and a water-use project on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway area. In 1994 she transferred to the Georgia District, now a part of the South Atlantic Water Science Center to lead the Groundwater Information Unit, before moving back into water-use project work.

Nancy worked on the 5-year national water-use compilations from 1980 to 2015. She was a water-use subject matter expert and database tester for the unsuccessful NWIS-II effort, and later was a member of the Water Use User Group and Groundwater User Group which developed user requirements, testing plans, and documentation for the water-use and groundwater subsystems for the National Water Information System (NWIS). Nancy currently is the Product Owner of the Water Use Data System which will replace the legacy water-use components of NWIS, coordinating stakeholder needs for the new system and communicating them to the software development team.

Professional Experience

  • 1978-1985 - Geologist, Georgia Geologic Survey, Atlanta, Ga.
    1986-1987 - Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey Texas District, Austin, Tex.
    1987-1994 - Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey Mississippi District, Jackson, Miss.
    1994-present - Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey Georgia District, now South Atlantic Water Science Center, Norcross, Ga.

Education and Certifications

  • B.S., Geology, Emory University, 1978
    M.B.A, Management, Georgia State University, 1984
    Graduate coursework in groundwater hydrology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1985-1987

    Registered Profession

Science and Products

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A quality-assurance plan for district ground-water activities of the U.S. Geological Survey

As the Nation's principal earth-science information agency, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is depended upon to collect data of the highest quality. This document provides the framework for collecting, analyzing and reporting ground-water data that are quality assured and quality controlled.
Authors
J.O. Brunett, N. L. Barber, A.W. Burns, R. P. Fogelman, D. C. Gillies, R.A. Lidwin, Thomas J. Mack
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Water Resources Mission Area

Analysis of ground-water flow in the Catahoula aquifer system in the vicinity of Laurel and Hattiesburg, Mississippi

The upper, middle, and lower Catahoula aquifers in the vicinity of the cites of Laurel and Hattiesburg in southern Mississippi are made up of irregular, discontinuous sand zones in the Catahoula Formation of Miocene age. In places thee three aquifers may be hydraulically well connected, and are referred to as the Catahoula aquifer system. Withdrawal from the Catahoula aquifers increased from 28 mi
Authors
K. J. Halford, N. L. Barber

Water withdrawals in the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Basin and Alcorn County, Mississippi, 1985-87

Public-supply and industrial water withdrawals were inventoried for the Mississippi part of the Black Warrior-Tombigbee Basin and for Alcorn County, Mississippi. The study area, located in the northeastern part of the State, is largely forested or agricultural land, with some industries near the larger towns. A water-resource capacity analysis was done to determine a risk rating for each inventori
Authors
N. L. Barber
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Water Resources Mission Area

Freshwater use in Mississippi, 1985

No abstract available.
Authors
J.A. Callahan, Nancy L. Barber
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Water Resources Mission Area

Freshwater withdrawals in Texas, 1985

Since 1950, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has estimated water use in the United States at 5-year intervals.  Resulting reports tabulate water use by State and by water-resources region (major river basins) for a number of categories, such as irrigation, water supply, and industrial.  In 1977, the USGS began the National Water-Use Information Program, designed to be a National source of accurat
Authors
Dee L. Lurry, Nancy L. Barber
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Water Resources Mission Area, Oklahoma-Texas Water Science Center

Water use in the United States, 1980

No abstract available.
Authors
Wayne B. Solley, Nancy L. Barber, Charles F. Merk

Water use in the United States, 1980

No abstract available.
Authors
Wayne Solley, Nancy L. Barber, Charles F. Merk

Georgia irrigation, 1970-1980 : a decade of growth

No abstract available.
Authors
Robert R. Pierce, Nancy L. Barber, H.R. Stiles
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Water Resources Mission Area, South Atlantic Water Science Center (SAWSC)
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