b'FROM MANUAL RECORDS TO COURT-READY HYDROLOGYHow the Wyoming State Engineers Office Digitized Over a Century of Water Rights and Monitoring DataWhen Water is a Legal Right, The Turning Point: From Data Friction to Accuracy Isnt Optional Empirical ClarityIn the western United States, water doesnt just flow; its allocated,SEO selected Aquarius to create a unified system that could litigated, and defended. States like Wyoming depend on accurate,handle continuous and discrete data, support detailed QA/QC, defensible records to uphold court decrees, manage multi-stateand ensure traceability of all corrections and metadata. The team compacts, and respond to federal audits. worked closely with Aquatic Informatics to ensure court-admissible standards were met at every level, from real-time gauging to But when your water data is spread across paper notebooks, aginghistorical data restoration.databases, and isolated spreadsheets, compliance becomes chaos. The Wyoming State Engineers Office (SEO) faced just that, risking not only operational efficiency but legal standing in one of the most tightly regulated water jurisdictions in the country. Aquarius gives us the auditability and confidence we need. We can show where the The Challenge: Proving Compliancedata came from, who corrected it, and why.Without a Unified RecordWYOMING STATE ENGINEERS OFFICEFor decades, Wyoming SEO had tracked streamflow and water use through a mix of manual and legacy digital methods. But as pressures from court-ordered monitoring and audit-readiness increased, the need for transparent, accurate, and easily retrievable data became critical.The systems intuitive interface also allowed field hydrologists to We needed to move to a model where all our data is audit-readywork more independently, streamlining data entry, reducing delays, and aligns with USGS standards for defensibility and credibility,and improving internal collaboration.explains a representative at the Wyoming State Engineers Office.Historical digitization posed an additional hurdle: how to bring decades of analog records into a modern platform without compromising context, accuracy, or accessibility.'