Merge pull request #155 from dschmitt-usgs/master

SmartWater-404
fixing some busted characters.
simple readme
woah that is big, lets put it at the bottom
Merge pull request #159 from dblodgett-usgs/master

Fixed weird characters and added a README.
this should work better
Merge pull request #160 from dblodgett-usgs/master

this should work better