Carleton R. Bern Sharon L. Qi 20240507 tabular digital data Reston, VA U.S. Geological Survey https://doi.org/10.5066/P97BJ1KK Carleton R. Bern Manya H. Ruckhaus Erin K. Hennessy 2024 Journal arcticle Water v. XX, no. XX na Springer This data release includes data provided by Colorado Springs Utilities to the U.S. Geological Survey. Two types of data are included here. First are daily average effluent discharge rates from the Las Vegas Street Wastewater Treatment Facility and JD Phillips Water Resource Recovery Facility along with the sum of rates on dates with available data. Second are daily total volumes of potable water delivered to customers as summed from multiple facilities. The data were released by Colorado Springs Utilities, which performed its own quality control checks on the data. The data span the years 2008 to 2022 but are not complete for all parameters for that time frame. The data provide context for understanding water use and water quality in the Fountain Creek watershed in Colorado. The data were collected by Colorado Springs Utilities as part of their normal operations. The data were provided to the U.S. Geological Survey to help provide context for understanding streamflow and water quality in Fountain Creek, Colorado. 20080505 20220930 ground condition Complete As needed -104.9100 -104.6000 39.0300 38.7200 ISO 19115 Topic Category environment None effluent potable USGS Thesaurus wastewater discharge drinking water use contamination and pollution USGS Metadata Identifier USGS:64e3bf2cd34e5f6cd554e8fc None Fountain Creek Common geographic areas Colorado None. Please see 'Distribution Info' for details. None. Users are advised to read the dataset's metadata thoroughly to understand appropriate use and data limitations. Carleton Bern U.S. Geological Survey, ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION Research Soil Scientist mailing address

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Lakewood CO 80225 US 303-236-1024 303-236-4912 cbern@usgs.gov Colorado Springs Utilities (data collection and validation) Microsoft Excel for Microsoft 365 MSO 32-bit, comma separated values (CSV) files Colorado Springs Utilities performed quality control checks prior to delivery of the data to U.S. Geological Survey. The data are presented here “as delivered” except as detailed in the Processing Steps. Data are logically consistent. See the Processing Steps regarding exclusion of duplicate data and daily representation in given date ranges. No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted. No formal positional accuracy tests were conducted. Annie Berlemann 20230724 tabular digital data Data from Colorado Springs Utilities (Annie Berlemann, Colorado Springs Utilities, written commun., July 24, 2023) Digital and/or Hardcopy 20080505 20220930 ground condition CSU Data files were the source for the data in this data release. Daily total effluent discharge volume data, as delivered, were converted from millions of gallons per day to a metric daily averaged discharge rate in cubic meters per second (m3/s) by multiplying by 0.0438126. The goal of the conversion to daily average discharge rate was for comparisons to daily average streamflow in the receiving streams. Where two discharge volumes were reported for a single date, the later volume was retained. Most retained discharge volumes were associated with a time stamp of 11:59 pm. The resulting daily average discharge rates were arranged such that rates for the Las Vegas Street Wastewater Treatment Facility and JD Phillips Water Resource Recovery Facility were aligned by date in adjacent attributes. Combined discharge rates were summed for dates with data for both facilities present. Effluent discharge data for the Las Vegas Street Wastewater Treatment Facility span July 24, 2010 to September 30, 2022 with data present for 4,450 of 4,452 days in that time frame. Effluent discharge data for the JD Phillips Water Resource Recovery Facility span May 5, 2008 to November 17, 2021 with data present for 4,608 of 4,945 days in that time frame. Combined discharge data span July 24, 2010 to November 17, 2021 with data present for 3,813 of 4,135 days in that time frame. 2023 Daily total potable water production volumes were compiled from multiple worksheets containing data from multiple facilities. Daily volumes were converted from millions of gallons to meglaliters (ML) by multiplying by 3.7854. Data for daily total potable water production span October 1, 2008 to September 30, 2022. 2023 Effluent_discharge_rates.csv Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing effluent discharge rate data. Producer Defined Date Relevant day for daily average values Producer Defined 2008-05-05 2022-09-30 date Las_Vegas_m3s Daily average effluent discharge for the Las Vegas Street Wastewater Treatment Facility Producer Defined N/A No Data Producer defined 0.0 2.395981647 cubic meter per second JD_Philips_m3s Daily average effluent discharge for the JD Phillips Water Resource Recovery Facility Producer Defined N/A No Data Producer defined 0.003833615 0.652031269 cubic meters per second combined_m3s The sum of daily average effluent discharge from both facilities on dates when both were available Producer Defined N/A No Data Producer defined 0.225962964 3.048012916 cubic meters per second Potable_water_volumes.csv Comma Separated Value (CSV) file containing potable water volumes data. Producer Defined Date Relevant day for daily total volumes Producer Defined 2008-10-01 2022-09-30 date Potable_deliveries_ML Total volume of potable water delivered for the day Producer Defined 115.511 604.7801016 megaliters GS ScienceBase U.S. Geological Survey mailing address

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Denver CO 80225 United States 1-888-275-8747 sciencebase@usgs.gov Unless otherwise stated, all data, metadata and related materials are considered to satisfy the quality standards relative to the purpose for which the data were collected. Although these data and associated metadata have been reviewed for accuracy and completeness and approved for release by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), no warranty expressed or implied is made regarding the display or utility of the data for other purposes, nor on all computer systems, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Any use of trade, firm, or product names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Digital Data https://doi.org/10.5066/P97BJ1KK None 20240507 Sharon L Qi U.S. Geological Survey, ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION Physical Scientist mailing address

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Denver Colorado 80225 US 303-236-6901 slqi@usgs.gov FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998