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No. 0920-1175 Exp.
Date 04/30/2020
Data Dictionary for Data Submissions Drinking Water National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network
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Characteristic |
Description |
Data Source |
Safe Drinking Water Act/State Drinking Water Information System (SDWA/SDWIS),or SDWIS-like Data System |
Purpose |
This data set contains the information needed to calculate Environmental Public Health Tracking (EPHT) measures of contaminants in public water supply for arsenic, disinfection byproducts, nitrates, atrazine, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), radium, tetrachloroethene (tetrachloroethylene) (PCE), trichloroethene (trichloroethylene (TCE), and uranium. Data are derived from state Safe Drinking Water Act databases. The data set consists of two tables:
1. PWS Inventory.
2. Drinking Water Quality Sampling Results. |
Geographic Level |
The smallest geographic unit to be represented in this data set is the county. |
Restrictions |
This is not a restricted access data set. Only registered users will have direct access to this data set via the national secure portal. |
Instruction for Use |
This data dictionary is a reference for creating the PWS Inventory data and Drinking Water Quality Sampling results data for submission. Refer to the dataset schemas for the order of variables and final data structure. |
CDC
estimates the average public reporting burden for this collection of
information as 100 hours per response, including the time for
reviewing instructions, searching existing data/information sources,
gathering and maintaining the data/information needed, and
completing and reviewing the collection of information. An agency
may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond
to a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid
OMB control number. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or
any other aspect of this collection of information, including
suggestions for reducing this burden to CDC/ATSDR Information
Collection Review Office, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS D-74, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333; ATTN: PRA (0920-0853).
PWS Inventory
Data Dictionary for Aggregate Data National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network |
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Field Name |
Field Description |
Data Type |
Code Scheme |
Legal Values |
Field Length |
Optional |
Latitude |
Latitude in NAD83 decimal degrees describing approximate center of retail service area of water system |
Integer |
00.0000000 to 90.000000, -99.99 for missing, -88.88 for Not Submitted |
00.0000000 to 90.000000, -99.99 for missing, -88.88 for Not Submitted |
10 |
Required |
LocationDerivationCode |
Code describing how approximate latitude/longitude location was derived |
Text |
SA = Service area polygon centroid; MFL = Mean of 1 or more facility locations that are expected to be proximate to service area extent; PCS = GNIS coordinates for Principal City Served; GSH = The geocoded address of water system headquarters; PNS = GNIS coordinates for Principal County Served; O= Other (e.g. zip code, etc.); “-999” = Missing; “-888” = Not Submitted; (See “Appendix A. Service Area Location Derivation Guidance of the How-To Guide” for more guidance for deriving water system locations.)
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Any of the codes in the Code Scheme column |
3 |
Required |
Longitude |
Longitude in NAD83 decimal degrees describing approximate center of retail service area of water system |
Integer |
-180.000000 to 180.000000, -999 for Missing, -888 for Not Submitted |
-180.000000 to 180.000000, -999 for Missing, -888 for Not Submitted |
11 |
Required |
PrimarySourceCode |
Type of source |
Text |
GU = ground water under direct influence of surface water, GUP = purchased ground water under direct influence of surface water, GW = ground water, GWP = purchased ground water, SW = surface water, SWP = purchased surface water; U = Unknown; NS = Not submitted |
Any of the codes in the Code Scheme column |
3 |
Required |
PrincipleCityFeatureID |
Principal city, town or village Feature ID served by the CWS |
Text |
9999999999; -999 = Missing; -888 = Not Submitted Feature ID can be obtained from: http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.htm |
9999999999, -999, -888
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10 |
Required |
PrincipleCountyServedFIPS |
Principal county FIPS served by the CWS |
String |
County FIPS, U = Unknown, NS = Not submitted |
Valid county FIPS, U, NS |
5 |
Required |
PWSIDNumber |
PWS Identifier |
String |
XXnnnnnnn |
Nine character value consisting of the 2 letter state abbreviation followed by 7 numbers |
9 |
Required |
PWSName |
Name of PWS |
Text |
Any, U = Unknown, NS = Not Submitted |
PWS Name, U, NS, |
40 |
Required |
StateFIPSCode |
State FIPS code |
String |
FIPS |
Valid state FIPS code |
2 |
Required |
SystemPopulation |
Permanent population uniquely served by the CWS |
Integer |
10 - nnnnnnnn |
10-99999999 ” |
8 |
Required |
TotalConnections |
Number of residential service connections |
Integer |
1 - nnnnnnn |
1-9999999” |
7 |
Required |
YearAssociatedTo |
Year that these data are associated with regards to sampling results |
Integer |
YYYY |
1999 through latest complete year |
4 |
Required |
YearPulled |
Year that these data were pulled from state records |
Integer |
YYYY |
1999 through latest complete year |
4 |
Required |
Drinking Water Quality Samples
Data Dictionary for Aggregate Data National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network |
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Field Name |
Field Description |
Data Type |
Code Scheme |
Legal Values |
Field Length |
Optional |
AggregationType |
The type of summary operation performed (i.e. mean or max) for summary-level data. |
Text |
X = Mean Mean (for Annual and Quarterly data); MX = Maximum (For Annual Data ONLY) DO NOT SUBMIT FOR QUARTERLY DATA |
X, MX |
3 |
Required |
AnalyteCode |
USEPA Analyte code for required constituents (arsenic, nitrate, TTHM, HAA5, atrazine, PCE, TCE, DEHP, radium, and uranium) |
String |
1005=Arsenic; 2050=Atrazine; 2456=HAA5; 2950=TTHM; 2039=DEHP; 1040=Nitrate; 2987=PCE; 2984=TCE; 4010=Combined Radium 226 & 228; 4006=Uranium (See How-To-Guide for converting gross alpha particle activity to U in ug/L) |
Any of the codes in the Code Scheme column |
4 |
Required |
Concentration |
Reported summary-level concentration or reported concentration of sample |
Integer |
nnnnnn.nnnn |
Reported summary-level concentration or reported concentration of sample |
6,4 |
Required |
ConcentrationUnits |
The analyte-specific units of summary-level measures and individual sample values as reported in the Concentration and DetectionLimit fields. Each analyte has a standard unit for this dataset. |
Text |
“ug/L” allowed only for (Arsenic, TTHM, HAA5, Atrazine, DEHP, PCE,TCE, uranium);
“mg/L” allowed only for (Nitrate as nitrogen); “pCi/L” allowed only for (Radium) |
Ug/L, mg/L |
6 |
Required |
DateSampled |
Date of sample (sample-level data) or Date last sampled (summary-level data) |
Text |
YYYY-MM-DD |
A valid date from 1/1/1999 through December 31st of the latest complete year (e.g. 2011-12-31). |
10 |
Required |
DetectionLimit |
Sample detection limit |
Integer |
>0 if NonDetectFlag=1 -888, if NonDetectFlag=0 |
>0, -888 |
3,6 |
Optional |
NonDetectFlag |
Flag to indicate whether sample resulted in a detection or not |
Integer |
1=Sample was a non-detect; 0=Sample was a detection |
0, 1 |
1 |
Optional |
NumNonDetects |
The number of samples that were non-detections for summary-level data. |
Integer |
0 – nnnn (nnnn must be greater than NumSamples) |
0 – 9999 |
4 |
Required |
NumSamples |
The number of samples that were used in calculating the mean/max for a given analyte during a quarter or year. |
Integer |
0 – nnnn |
0 – 9999 |
4 |
Required |
NumSamplingLocations |
Number of compliance sampling locations available from which summary-level records were derived. |
Integer |
0 – nnnn; -888 = Not Submitted |
0 – 9999, -888 |
4 |
Required |
PWSIDNumber |
PWS identifier |
String |
XXnnnnnnn |
Nine character value consisting of the 2 letter state abbreviation followed by 7 numbers |
9 |
Required |
SamplePointID |
Sampling station identifier for sample-level records only.
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Text |
Character ID for sampling station; -999 = missing; -888 = Not Submitted |
Valid Character ID for sampling station, -999, -888 |
20 |
Optional |
StateFIPSCode |
State FIPS code |
String |
FIPS |
Valid state FIPS code |
2 |
Required |
SummaryTimePeriod |
Year or Quarter for summary-level data |
String |
YYYY for annual summarized values; YYYY-Q for quarterly summarized values (Allowed Only for AnalyteCodes 2050, 2456, 2950 and 1040) |
1999 through most current year, Quarters 1-4 (Ex: 2018, 2018-4) |
10 |
Required |
Year |
Year |
Integer |
YYYY |
1999 – most current year |
4 |
Required |
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