b'FROM SYSTEM FAILURE TO STREAMLINED CONFIDENCEHow Nebraska DNR Modernized Water Management and Cut Workflow Time by 80%If Your System Crashes at the WrongThe Turning Point: From Peer AdviceMoment, What Else Fails With It? to Platform TransformationYou can have the most advanced sensors and the most skilledAfter consulting with neighboring states and the USGS Water hydrologists, but if your data system fails, your entire operation is atScience Center, NeDNR trialed Aquarius. The difference was risk. Thats the situation Nebraska faced. With growing demands forimmediate. The software ran smoothly from day one.accuracy, accountability, and speed, the Nebraska Department of Natural Resources (NeDNR) realized their outdatedAquatic Informatics conducted an on-site business analysis to map infrastructure wasnt just inefficient. It was becoming a liability. data workflows, identify inefficiencies, and support a full migration plan. The team uncovered redundant processes and rebuilt them If youve ever struggled with unreliable tools, manual workarounds,into just three steps using Aquarius.or reporting backlogs, Nebraskas transformation isnt just inspiring; its directly applicable. Their journey shows whats possible when anNow our technicians upload a measurement, apply a shift, review agency moves from firefighting mode to forward momentum. the rating curve, and can correct a month of dataall in minutes, says Jim Williams.The Challenge: Unreliable Tools in a And with OTT sensors in the field seamlessly feeding data into High-Stakes Landscape Aquarius, NeDNR unlocked end-to-end operational intelligence.Nebraskas water landscape is among the most diverse in North America, ranging from the semi-arid west to rain-fed eastern plains, with agriculture demanding more precision than ever. But NeDNRs legacy water data system was crashing 12 times per week, withWith OTT sensors in the field and Aquarius over 75 failures in a single year. managing the data, weve gone from constant troubleshooting to trusting the information The impact went beyond inconvenience. Critical decisionsfloodthat drives our decisions. What used to be a forecasting, water rights, interagency coordinationwere delayed orreporting backlog is now real-time insight. Its undermined by data system instability. You cant forecast flooding with unreliable data. And when your system crashes 75 times a year,a full transformation from instrumentation to everythings on the line, explains Jim Williams, NeDNRs Streaminsightand its reshaped how we manage Gaging Engineer. water across the state.The system also required 15 separate steps just to deliver usableJEREMY GEHLE, HEAD OF WATER ADMINISTRATION, NEDNRdata, draining staff time and limiting the departments ability to focus on higher-value analysis and community support.'