Hey there!

This repository contains all the code that went into making the graphics for the San Antonio Express-News' story that looks at the drought conditions of aquifers, lakes and rivers in the San Antonio area.

The data comes from three sources:

• Edwards Aquifer historic data is from the Edwards Aquifer Authority. Data were pulled on April 5, 2023. You can learn how the EAA monitors the aquifer's level here.
• Lake fullness level data come from Water Data for Texas, a product of the Texas Water Development Board, which is run by the state. Data were pulled on April 5, 2023.
• River streamflow data come from the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Information System. Data were pulled on April 5, 2023.

How to replicate

If you'd like to run the code yourself, use the following steps:

1. Clone the repo.
2. Install the requirements with pip install -r requirements.txt.
3. cd notebooks
4. You can either run the jupyter notebook or use the nbexec collect-data.ipynb to run it as a script.