Commercial and organization users account for about two-thirds of the activity on water.usgs.gov . Users from universities account for another 12 percent. Government users account for 8 percent of activity. Educational usage varies with the academic year, with peak usage apparently coming at the ends of semesters. Commercial and government user classes also exhibit a seasonal pattern with greater activity occurring in the early spring, perhaps coinciding with snowmelt flooding, and during the summer recreational season.
Foreign usage exhibits little seasonal pattern.
Usage for all classes declines in December, probably because of holidays. The major network category is influenced by the service practices of the network providers. These practices change over time, and may obscure true patterns in seasonal usage. Visits each month by users from government, educational, commercial, major network, and foreign domains. Activity of the National Water Conditions and the Water Use WWW pages, Nov 1994 - May 1999.