diff --git a/R/dbhydro_clean.R b/R/dbhydro_clean.R
index 4a79d15..de2408d 100644
--- a/R/dbhydro_clean.R
+++ b/R/dbhydro_clean.R
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 #'@name cleanwq
 #'@title Clean raw water quality DBHYDRO data retrievals
-#'@description Remove extra columns associated with QA flags, LIMS, and District recieving. Remove QA "blanks". Convert results from long to wide format.
-#'@details Current DBHYDRO practice is to return values below the MDL as 0 minus the uncertainty estimate.
+#'@description Removes extra columns associated with QA flags and QA blanks which are used to check on potential sources of contamination. Converts \code{\link{getwq}} results from long (each piece of data on its own row) to \code{wide} format (each site x variable combination in its own column).
 #'@export
 #'@import reshape2
-#'@param dt data.frame output of getwq
-#'@param mdl_handling character specify values to return for measurements below the minimum detection limit choice of "raw", "half", or "full".
+#'@param dt data.frame output of \code{\link{getwq}}
+#'@param mdl_handling character string specifying the handling of measurement values below the minimum detection limit (MDL). Example choices for this argument include:
+#'\itemize{
+#'\item \code{raw}: Returns values exactly as they are stored in the database. Current practice is to return values below the MDL as 0 minus the uncertainty estimate.
+#'\item \code{half}: Returns values below the MDL as half the MDL
+#'\item \code{full}: Returns values below the MDL as the MDL
+#'}
+#'
 #'@examples \dontrun{
 #'#check handling of values below MDL
 #' dt <- getwq("FLAB01", "2014-09-14", "2014-09-18", "NITRATE+NITRITE-N", raw = TRUE)
@@ -56,70 +61,16 @@ cleanwq <- function(dt, mdl_handling = "raw"){
 
 #'@name cleanhydro
 #'@title Clean raw hydrologic DBHYDRO data retrievals
-#'@description Cleans output of gethydro query to be consistent with water quality formatting. Connects metadata header to actual measurements.
+#'@description Converts output of \code{\link{gethydro}} from long (each piece of data on its own row) to wide format (each site x variable combination in its own column). Metadata (station-name, variable, measurement units) is parsed so that it is wholly contained in column names. 
 #'@export
 #'@import reshape2
-#'@importFrom utils read.csv
-#'@param res output of \code{\link[dbhydroR]{gethydro}}
-#'@param raw logical default is FALSE, set to TRUE to return data in "long" format with all comments, qa information, and database codes included.
+#'@param dt data.frame output of \code{\link[dbhydroR]{gethydro}}
 #'@examples
 #'\dontrun{
-#'servfull <- "http://my.sfwmd.gov/dbhydroplsql/web_io.report_process"
-#'
-#'qy <- structure(list(v_period = "uspec", v_start_date = "20130101", v_end_date = "20130202",
-#' v_report_type = "format6", v_target_code = "file_csv", v_run_mode = "onLine", v_js_flag = "Y",
-#'  v_dbkey = "15081"), .Names = c("v_period", "v_start_date", "v_end_date", "v_report_type",
-#'   "v_target_code", "v_run_mode", "v_js_flag", "v_dbkey"))
-#'
-#'res <- httr::GET(servfull, query = qy)
-#'
-#'cleanhydro(res, raw = FALSE)
-#'cleanhydro(res, raw = TRUE)
+#'cleanhydro(gethydro(dbkey = "15081", date_min = "2013-01-01", date_max = "2013-02-02", raw = TRUE))
 #'}
 
-cleanhydro <- function(res, raw = FALSE){
-  
-  i <- 1
-  while(any(!is.na(suppressMessages(read.csv(text = httr::content(res,
-    "text"), skip = i, stringsAsFactors = FALSE, header = FALSE))[i, 10:16]))){
-    i <- i + 1
-  }
-  
-  metadata <- suppressMessages(read.csv(text = httr::content(res, "text"),
-              skip = 1, stringsAsFactors = FALSE))[1:(i - 1),]
-  
-  try({dt <- suppressMessages(read.csv(text = httr::content(res, "text"),
-             skip = i + 1, stringsAsFactors = FALSE))}, silent = TRUE)
-  if(class(dt) != "data.frame"){
-    stop("No data found")
-  }
-  
-   if(!any(names(dt) == "DBKEY")){
-     message("Column headings missing. Guessing...")
-    
-     names(dt) <- c("Station", "DBKEY", "Daily.Date", "Data.Value",
-                  "Qualifer", "Revision.Date")
-     
-     if(all(is.na(as.POSIXct(strptime(dt$Daily.Date, format = "%d-%b-%Y"))))){
-       message("Returning instantaneous data...")
-       
-       names(dt) <- c("Inst.Date", "DCVP", "DBKEY", "Data.Value",
-                    "Code", "Quality.Flag")
-
-       dt <- merge(metadata, dt)
-       dt$date <- as.POSIXct(strptime(dt$Inst.Date, format = "%d-%b-%Y %H:%M"))
-      }
-  }else{
-    dt <- merge(metadata, dt)
-    dt$date <- as.POSIXct(strptime(dt$Daily.Date, format = "%d-%b-%Y"))
-  }
-  
-  names(dt) <- tolower(names(dt))
-  
-  if(raw == TRUE){
-    dt
-  }else{
+cleanhydro <- function(dt){
     reshape2::dcast(dt, date ~ station + type + units, value.var = "data.value",
       add.missing = TRUE, fun.aggregate = mean)
-  }
 }
diff --git a/R/dbhydro_get.R b/R/dbhydro_get.R
index a9783dc..46c1973 100644
--- a/R/dbhydro_get.R
+++ b/R/dbhydro_get.R
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ getwq <- function(station_id = NA, date_min = NA, date_max = NA,
 
 
 #'@name gethydro
-#'@title Retrieve DBHYDO hydrologic data
+#'@title Retrieve hydrologic data from the DBHYDRO Environmental Database
 #'@description Retrieve hydrologic data from the DBHYDRO Environmental Database
 #'@param dbkey character string specifying a unique data series. See \code{\link[dbhydroR]{getdbkey}}
 #'@param date_min character date must be in YYYY-MM-DD format
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ getwq <- function(station_id = NA, date_min = NA, date_max = NA,
 #'\item The second way to run \code{gethydro} is to specify additional arguments to \code{...} which are passed to \code{\link{getdbkey}} on-the-fly. 
 #'
 #'}
-#'By default, \code{gethydro} returns a cleaned output where metadata is wholly contained in the column name. This is accomplished internally by the \code{\link{cleanhydro}} function. If additional metadata such as lattitude and longitude are desired set the \code{raw} argument to \code{TRUE}.
+#'By default, \code{gethydro} returns a cleaned output where metadata (station-name, variable, measurement units) is wholly contained in the column name. This is accomplished internally by the \code{\link{cleanhydro}} function. If additional metadata such as lattitude and longitude are desired set the \code{raw} argument to \code{TRUE}.
 #'@examples
 #'\dontrun{
 #'#One variable/station time series
@@ -207,14 +207,62 @@ gethydro <- function(dbkey = NA, date_min = NA, date_max = NA, raw = FALSE, ...)
         v_run_mode = "onLine", v_js_flag = "Y", v_dbkey = dbkey)
   
   res <- httr::GET(servfull, query = qy)
-  try({res <- cleanhydro(res, raw, ...)}, silent = TRUE)
+  try({res <- parse_hydro_response(res, raw, ...)}, silent = TRUE)
+  
   if(class(res) == "response"){
     stop("No data found")
   }
   
+  if(raw == FALSE){
+    res <- cleanhydro(res)
+  }
+  
   res
 }
 
+# connect metadata header to results
+parse_hydro_response <- function(res, raw = FALSE){
+    
+    i <- 1
+    while(any(!is.na(suppressMessages(read.csv(text = httr::content(res,
+          "text"), skip = i, stringsAsFactors = FALSE, header = FALSE))[i, 10:16]))){
+      i <- i + 1
+    }
+    
+    metadata <- suppressMessages(read.csv(text = httr::content(res, "text"),
+                                          skip = 1, stringsAsFactors = FALSE))[1:(i - 1),]
+    
+    try({dt <- suppressMessages(read.csv(text = httr::content(res, "text"),
+                                         skip = i + 1, stringsAsFactors = FALSE))}, silent = TRUE)
+    if(class(dt) != "data.frame"){
+      stop("No data found")
+    }
+    
+    if(!any(names(dt) == "DBKEY")){
+      message("Column headings missing. Guessing...")
+      
+      names(dt) <- c("Station", "DBKEY", "Daily.Date", "Data.Value",
+                     "Qualifer", "Revision.Date")
+      
+      if(all(is.na(as.POSIXct(strptime(dt$Daily.Date, format = "%d-%b-%Y"))))){
+        message("Returning instantaneous data...")
+        
+        names(dt) <- c("Inst.Date", "DCVP", "DBKEY", "Data.Value",
+                       "Code", "Quality.Flag")
+        
+        dt <- merge(metadata, dt)
+        dt$date <- as.POSIXct(strptime(dt$Inst.Date, format = "%d-%b-%Y %H:%M"))
+      }
+    }else{
+      dt <- merge(metadata, dt)
+      dt$date <- as.POSIXct(strptime(dt$Daily.Date, format = "%d-%b-%Y"))
+    }
+    
+    names(dt) <- tolower(names(dt))
+    
+    dt
+}
+
 #'@name getdbkey
 #'@title Query dbkey information
 #'@description Retrieve a data.frame summary including dbkeys or a vector of dbkeys corresponding to specified parameters
@@ -332,5 +380,4 @@ getdbkey <- function(category, stationid = NA, param = NA, freq = NA,
   }else{
     res[,1] 
   }
-  
 }
diff --git a/man/cleanhydro.Rd b/man/cleanhydro.Rd
index f346230..24167c3 100644
--- a/man/cleanhydro.Rd
+++ b/man/cleanhydro.Rd
@@ -4,29 +4,17 @@
 \alias{cleanhydro}
 \title{Clean raw hydrologic DBHYDRO data retrievals}
 \usage{
-cleanhydro(res, raw = FALSE)
+cleanhydro(dt)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{res}{output of \code{\link[dbhydroR]{gethydro}}}
-
-\item{raw}{logical default is FALSE, set to TRUE to return data in "long" format with all comments, qa information, and database codes included.}
+\item{dt}{data.frame output of \code{\link[dbhydroR]{gethydro}}}
 }
 \description{
-Cleans output of gethydro query to be consistent with water quality formatting. Connects metadata header to actual measurements.
+Converts output of \code{\link{gethydro}} from long (each piece of data on its own row) to wide format (each site x variable combination in its own column). Metadata (station-name, variable, measurement units) is parsed so that it is wholly contained in column names.
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
-servfull <- "http://my.sfwmd.gov/dbhydroplsql/web_io.report_process"
-
-qy <- structure(list(v_period = "uspec", v_start_date = "20130101", v_end_date = "20130202",
-v_report_type = "format6", v_target_code = "file_csv", v_run_mode = "onLine", v_js_flag = "Y",
- v_dbkey = "15081"), .Names = c("v_period", "v_start_date", "v_end_date", "v_report_type",
-  "v_target_code", "v_run_mode", "v_js_flag", "v_dbkey"))
-
-res <- httr::GET(servfull, query = qy)
-
-cleanhydro(res, raw = FALSE)
-cleanhydro(res, raw = TRUE)
+cleanhydro(gethydro(dbkey = "15081", date_min = "2013-01-01", date_max = "2013-02-02", raw = TRUE))
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/man/cleanwq.Rd b/man/cleanwq.Rd
index 6db1f42..61a07b7 100644
--- a/man/cleanwq.Rd
+++ b/man/cleanwq.Rd
@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@
 cleanwq(dt, mdl_handling = "raw")
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{dt}{data.frame output of getwq}
+\item{dt}{data.frame output of \code{\link{getwq}}}
 
-\item{mdl_handling}{character specify values to return for measurements below the minimum detection limit choice of "raw", "half", or "full".}
+\item{mdl_handling}{character string specifying the handling of measurement values below the minimum detection limit (MDL). Example choices for this argument include:
+\itemize{
+\item \code{raw}: Returns values exactly as they are stored in the database. Current practice is to return values below the MDL as 0 minus the uncertainty estimate.
+\item \code{half}: Returns values below the MDL as half the MDL
+\item \code{full}: Returns values below the MDL as the MDL
+}}
 }
 \description{
-Remove extra columns associated with QA flags, LIMS, and District recieving. Remove QA "blanks". Convert results from long to wide format.
-}
-\details{
-Current DBHYDRO practice is to return values below the MDL as 0 minus the uncertainty estimate.
+Removes extra columns associated with QA flags and QA blanks which are used to check on potential sources of contamination. Converts \code{\link{getwq}} results from long (each piece of data on its own row) to \code{wide} format (each site x variable combination in its own column).
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{
diff --git a/man/gethydro.Rd b/man/gethydro.Rd
index da71669..876a7e9 100644
--- a/man/gethydro.Rd
+++ b/man/gethydro.Rd
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 % Please edit documentation in R/dbhydro_get.R
 \name{gethydro}
 \alias{gethydro}
-\title{Retrieve DBHYDO hydrologic data}
+\title{Retrieve hydrologic data from the DBHYDRO Environmental Database}
 \usage{
 gethydro(dbkey = NA, date_min = NA, date_max = NA, raw = FALSE, ...)
 }
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ Retrieve hydrologic data from the DBHYDRO Environmental Database
 \item The second way to run \code{gethydro} is to specify additional arguments to \code{...} which are passed to \code{\link{getdbkey}} on-the-fly. 
 
 }
-By default, \code{gethydro} returns a cleaned output where metadata is wholly contained in the column name. This is accomplished internally by the \code{\link{cleanhydro}} function. If additional metadata such as lattitude and longitude are desired set the \code{raw} argument to \code{TRUE}.
+By default, \code{gethydro} returns a cleaned output where metadata (station-name, variable, measurement units) is wholly contained in the column name. This is accomplished internally by the \code{\link{cleanhydro}} function. If additional metadata such as lattitude and longitude are desired set the \code{raw} argument to \code{TRUE}.
 }
 \examples{
 \dontrun{