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DEP Public Water Supplies

Entry ID: MassGIS_GISDATA.PWSDEP_PT

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Summary

Abstract: The Public Water Supply (PWS) datalayer contains the locations of public community surface and groundwater supply sources and public non-community supply sources as defined in 310 CMR 22.00. The public water supply systems represented in this datalayer are based primarily on information in the DEPs Water Quality Testing System (WQTS) database. The WQTS database is the Department?s central database ...

Purpose: Planning and analysis

CURRENTNESS REFERENCE: publication date

SPATIAL DATA ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
Direct Spatial Reference: Vector
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count: 3555

SPATIAL REFERENCE INFORMATION - PLANAR
Grid Coordinate System Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
SPCS Zone Identifier: 2001
Standard Parallel: 41.716667
Standard Parallel: ...

Related URL

Link: VIEW EXTENDED METADATA

Description: View Original Metadata document from the MassGIS website.

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: MassGIS Web Documentation

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 42.89

S: 41.24

E: -69.92

W: -73.5

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: MA DEP Drinking Water Program

Dataset Title: DEP Public Water Supplies

Dataset Release Date: 2007-12-01

Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Online Resource: Server=146.243.225.16; Service=esri_sde; User=gisdata; Version=SDE....

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 2007-12-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > MASSACHUSETTS

Data Resolution

Vertical Resolution: 1.000000

Science Keywords

HUMAN DIMENSIONS > ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE/MANAGEMENT > WATER MANAGEMENT

ISO Topic Category

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

Access Constraints ACCESS CONSTRAINTS: Restricted Data

DISTRIBUTION LIABILITY: The Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) has directed the DEP and MassGIS to restrict the access and distributing of this data.

CUSTOM ORDER PROCESS: http://www.mass.gov/?pageID=stimhomepage&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Fstim

Use Constraints USE CONSTRAINTS: None

DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION
Technical Prerequisites: MassGIS' data may be used in many standard GIS software products. See each software's vendor for technical prerequisites.

Ancillary Keywords

Public Water Supply (PWS) Source

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

Data Center

Massachusetts Office of Geographic and Environmental Information

Data Center URL: http://www.mass.gov/mgis/massgis.htm
Dataset ID: Restricted Data

Data Center Personnel
Name: MICHAEL TRUST Phone: (617) 626-1195 Fax: (617) 626-1249 Email: michael.trust at state.ma.us Contact Address: 251 Causeway Street Suite 500 City: Boston Province or State: MA Postal Code: 02114 Country: USA