USGS Produced Waters

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USGS produced-water chemistry — formation-level total dissolved solids (TDS) for SWD siting and water reuse.

What is USGS Produced Waters?

USGS National Produced Waters Geochemical Database (v3), formation-level aggregate — for about 1,687 geologic formations it gives total-dissolved-solids (TDS) min/max/median plus sample counts. Useful for saltwater-disposal/injection siting and produced-water reuse screening (which formations are briny vs fresher). Search by formation name and/or a median-TDS range. This is the live aggregate layer; the full per-sample geochemistry (Na/Cl/Ca, depth, basin) is download-only and would be a separate ingest. Genuinely additive — no other PatchOps connector carries produced-water chemistry. Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Available Tools

searchFormations
Search produced-water formations by name and median-TDS range; returns TDS stats + sample counts.
getServiceInfo
Field meanings, units (mg/L), and the per-sample/ETL caveat.

Requirements

Toggle on
Toggle on and use — no setup needed.

Quick Setup Guide

Follow these steps to connect your AI agents to this connector

Open /mcp and enable USGS Produced Waters with the toggle — no credentials needed.

Call searchFormations with a formation name (e.g. Wolfcamp) or a minMedianTds threshold.

Connect to Your AI Assistant

Choose your AI assistant below for specific setup instructions

Follow these steps to connect USGS Produced Waters to Claude:

Step 1: Open Claude Settings

Launch Claude → Click the profile button (bottom left) → Navigate to Settings

Step 2: Access Connectors

Scroll down to the Connectors tab → Navigate to the bottom → Click “Add Custom Connector”

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the Connector

Paste the URL in the “Remote MCP Server URL” text box → Click Add

Step 6: Start Using

Your connector is now ready to use in Claude

Follow these steps to connect USGS Produced Waters to ChatGPT:

Step 1: Enable Developer Mode

Go to Settings → Connectors → Advanced → Enable Developer mode

Step 2: Create New Connector

Go back to Connectors page → Click “Create” (top right)

Step 3: Name Your Connector

Enter any name you'd like for this connector (descriptions are optional)

Step 4: Get the Connector URL

Step 5: Add the URL

Paste the URL in the “MCP Server URL” text box

Step 6: Set Authentication

Click the authentication dropdown → Select “No authentication” (PatchOps handles authentication internally)

Step 7: Create the Connector

Click “I understand and want to continue” checkbox → Press Create

Step 8: Using the Connector

Start a new chat → Click the + button (left of text box) → Open dropdown → Hover over three dots labeled “More” → Select your connector

Instructions for connecting USGS Produced Waters to GitHub Copilot:

Coming Soon

Detailed setup instructions for GitHub Copilot will be added here.

For other MCP-compatible platforms:

Step 1: Get the Connector URL

Step 2: Add to Configuration

Add this configuration to your MCP settings file. Replace the URL with your specific connector URL from the /mcp page:

"USGS Produced Waters-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}

Example Configuration

Here’s an example using PatchOps MCP:

"PatchOps-MCP": {
  "url": "https://patchops.ai/api/mcp/...",
  "type": "http"
}