DEWOOS
The Delaware Estuary "Watershed-to-Ocean" Observing System (DEWOOS) is a prototype developed by the Delaware Environmental Observing System (DEOS) to demonstrate the potential for a regional data management and visualization system for the Delaware River Basin. To this end, DEWOOS provides a web-based GIS interface to real-time environmental data throughout the basin. Initially, data will include US Geological Survey streamflow and water quality data, National Weather Service meteorlogical data, and DEOS meteorological data.
The Delaware is the longest un-dammed river east of the Mississippi, extending 330 miles from the confluence of its East and West branches at Hancock, N.Y. to the mouth of the Delaware Bay where it meets the Atlantic Ocean. The river is fed by 216 tributaries, the largest being the Schuylkill and Lehigh Rivers in Pennsylvania. In all, the basin contains 13,539 square miles, draining parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and Delaware. Included in the total area number is the 782 square-mile Delaware Bay, which lies roughly half in New Jersey and half in Delaware.
