Summary of NWISWeb, WaterServices, and WaterWatch decommissions and modernization of APIs and UI for water data delivery in 2025
Tag: API
What to expect from modernized replacements to the WaterServices family of APIs.
WaterServices databases are receiving a major version update to meet security and dependency requirements.
A look into the current and coming soon features available in WDFN. Updated in 2025 to highlight progress and include links to new features

Update on the Network Linked Data Index (NLDI) processing capabilities using OGC API Process

Access subsets of NHDPlus data and discover sites on the river network with the hydro Network Linked Data Index. Navigation types include upstream mainstem, upstream with tributaries, downstream mainstem and downstream with diversions. Services to provide a basin boundary, linked NWIS stream gage sites, water quality data sites, and twelve digit hydrologic unit code (HUC) watershed outlets.

An update on the Network Linked Data Index (NLDI) Web Application Programming Interface and Client Applications
