Table 1 Primary data layers integrated into sedat.

Water Demand

Population density & projections

Hauer^19,28

Canals and aqueducts

USGS¹⁹

Roads as water network proxy

U.S. Census Bureau²⁰

Alternative Water Sources

Brackish water sources: depths, total dissolvable solids (TDS)

USGS³²

Oil & Gas Produce water TDS

USGS National Produced Waters Data¹⁵

Desalination plants in the U.S.

Global Water Intelligence (GWI)¹⁷, Texas Water Development Board³³

Solar Resources

Solar Irradiance: GHI, DNI

NSRDB¹⁰, PVGIS¹¹

Heat Sources

Power plant

EIA³⁴

Water temperature

USGS (brackish)³²

Land Use

Topography

MapBox³⁵

Restricted and sensitive areas

USGS³⁶

Agricultural saline water drainage regions

CA-Dept. Water Resources³⁷

Cost Data

Municipality water prices

IBNET²³

Cost data for desalination systems

Multiple literature sources^{38,39,40,41,42}

Utility electricity rate structures

OpenEI⁴³

Average fuel prices

U.S. Energy Information Administration API⁴⁴

Planning, Regulatory

Desalination & water treatment regulatory and permitting requirements

State Water Resource Control Boards^{22,23,24,25,26,27}