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+#' @rdname whatNWISsites
+#' @export
+getNWISSites<- function(...){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use whatNWISsites in the future.")
+  whatNWISsites(...)
+}
+
+#' @rdname whatNWISdata
+#' @export
+getNWISDataAvailability <- function(siteNumber,service=c("uv","dv","qw")){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use whatNWISdata in the future.")
+  whatNWISdata(siteNumber=siteNumber, service=service)
+}
+
+
+#' @rdname whatWQPsites
+#' @export
+getWQPSites<- function(...){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use whatWQPsites in the future.")
+  whatWQPsites(...)
+}
+
+#' @rdname readNWISsite
+#' @export
+getNWISSiteInfo<- function(siteNumbers){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use readNWISsite in the future.")
+  readNWISsite(siteNumbers)
+}
+
+#' @rdname readNWISpCode
+#' @export
+getNWISPcodeInfo<- function(parameterCd){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use readNWISpCode in the future.")
+  readNWISpCode(parameterCd)
+}
+
+#' @rdname readNWISdata
+#' @export
+getNWISData<- function(service="dv", ...){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use readNWISdata in the future.")
+  readNWISdata(service=service, ...)
+}
+
+#' @rdname readNWISdv
+#' @export
+getNWISdvData<- function(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate="",endDate="",statCd="00003"){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use readNWISdv in the future.")
+  readNWISdv(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate,statCd)
+}
+
+#' @rdname readNWISuv
+#' @export
+getNWISunitData<- function(siteNumbers,parameterCd,startDate="",endDate="", tz=""){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use readNWISuv in the future.")
+  readNWISuv(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate, tz)
+}
+
+#' @rdname readNWISqw
+#' @export
+getNWISqwData<- function(siteNumber,pCodes,startDate="",endDate="",
+                         expanded=FALSE,reshape=TRUE,tz=""){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use readNWISqw in the future.")
+  readNWISqw(siteNumber,pCodes,startDate,endDate,
+             expanded,reshape,tz)
+}
+
+#' @rdname readWQPqw
+#' @export
+getWQPqwData<- function(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate="",endDate=""){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use readWQPqw in the future.")
+  readWQPqw(siteNumber,parameterCd,startDate,endDate)
+}
+
+#' @rdname readWQPdata
+#' @export
+getWQPData<- function(...){
+  message("This function is being deprecated. Please use readWQPdata in the future.")
+  readWQPdata(...)
+}
+
+