# # _______________________________________________________________________ # # Begin METDATA documentation # # METADATA Date: July 30, 2003 # METDATA Contact: Curtis Price # USGS-WRD # 1608 Mountain View Road # Rapid City, SD 57702 # voice: (605) 355-4560 x242 # fax: (605) 355-4523 # email: cprice@usgs.gov # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # # # METADATA Data Description: # # Information about the sites used in the Focused Survey. From a # a national survey of methyl tert-butyl ether and other volatile # organic compounds in drinking-water sources. # # Details of the Focused Survey can be found in the report: # # Delzer, G.C., and Tamara Ivahnenko, 2003, Occurrence and temporal # variability of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) and other volatile # organic compounds in select sources of drinking water: Results of # the focused survey: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources # Investigations Report 02-4084, 65 p. # # This report, other reports relating to this study, and background # information can be found at the project website: # # http://sd.water.usgs.gov/nawqa/vocns/nat_survey.html # # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------ # # METADATA Basic documentation of dataset elements: # # # Attribute label: SITE_NUMBER # # Attribute description: Unique identification number for site. # Sites may have multiple samples # # Attribute label: STATE # # Attribute description: State or territory; # # Code Description # ---- ----------- # AK Alaska # AL Alabama # AR Arkansas # AZ Arizona # CA California # CO Colorado # CT Connecticut # DE Delaware # FL Florida # GA Georgia # HI Hawaii # IA Iowa # ID Idaho # IL Illinois # IN Indiana # KS Kansas # KY Kentucky # LA Louisiana # MA Massachusetts # MD Maryland # ME Maine # MI Michigan # MN Minnesota # MO Missouri # MS Mississippi # MT Montana # NA Native American lands # NC North Carolina # ND North Dakota # NE Nebraska # NH New Hampshire # NJ New Jersey # NM New Mexico # NV Nevada # NY New York # OH Ohio # OK Oklahoma # OR Oregon # PA Pennsylvania # PR Puerto Rico # RI Rhode Island # SC South Carolina # SD South Dakota # TN Tennessee # TX Texas # UT Utah # VA Virginia # VT Vermont # WA Washington # WI Wisconsin # WV West Virginia # WY Wyoming # # # # Attribute label: SOURCE_SIZE # # Attribute description: Source size category for Community Water Supplier # # Code Description # ---- ----------- # VS Very small, serving less than 500 people; # SM Small, serving 501 to 3,300 people; # ME Medium, serving 3,301 to 10,000 people; # LR Large, serving 10,001 to 50,000 people; # VL Very large, serving more than 50,000 people. # # # # Attribute label: TYPE_SAMPLE # # Attribute description: Type of sample; # # Domain: GW, ground water; SW, surface water # # # # Attribute label: TYPE_SOURCE # # Attribute description: Type of source; # # Domain: RES, reservoir; RIV, river; WL, well # # # Attribute label: USE_FACTOR # # Attribute description: watercraft use factor (reservoir sites). # Average number of watercraft per reservoir # per year divided by the surface area # (in acres). # # End of METADATA # # ------------------------------------------------------------------------- # # SITE_NUMBER STATE SOURCE_SIZE TYPE_SAMPLE TYPE_SOURCE USE_FACTOR 3n 2s 2s 2s 3s 12n 1 AZ LR GW WL 2 AZ VL SW RIV 3 CA VL GW WL 4 CA VL SW RES 1.94 5 CA VL SW RES 15.35 6 CA VL SW RIV 7 CA VL SW RES 17.65 8 CA LR SW RIV 9 CA LR GW WL 10 CA LR GW WL 11 CA SM SW RES 0.75 12 CA VL SW RES 40.21 13 CA VL SW RES 5.87 14 CA VL SW RES 18.3 15 CA VL SW RES 22.5 16 CA VL GW WL 17 CA VL GW WL 18 CA LR GW WL 19 CA VL SW RES 21.84 20 CA VL SW RIV 21 CA VL SW RES 8.3 22 CA VL SW RES 0.0 23 CA VL GW WL 24 CA VL GW WL 25 CA VL SW RES 0.24 26 CA VL GW WL 27 CA VL SW RES 5.97 28 CA ME GW WL 29 CA ME GW WL 30 CO VL SW RES 0.0 31 CT VS GW WL 32 CT VL GW WL 33 CT SM SW RES 0.0 34 CT LR GW WL 35 CT LR GW WL 36 DE VS GW WL 37 DE VL GW WL 38 DE VS GW WL 39 DE SM GW WL 40 DE VL SW RIV 41 DE SM GW WL 42 DE ME GW WL 43 DE LR GW WL 44 DE ME GW WL 45 DE ME GW WL 46 DE VL SW RIV 47 FL VL GW WL 48 FL VL GW WL 49 FL VL SW RIV 50 GA VL SW RES 2.7 51 GA VL SW RES 0.85 52 GA LR GW WL 53 IA SM GW WL 54 IA SM GW WL 55 IL SM GW WL 56 IL ME GW WL 57 IL ME GW WL 58 IL SM GW WL 59 IN VL SW RES 3.01 60 KS LR GW WL 61 KS ME GW WL 62 KS SM GW WL 63 KS SM GW WL 64 KY VS GW WL 65 KY VL SW RIV 66 KY LR GW WL 67 KY LR GW WL 68 LA VL SW RES 0.32 69 MA VS GW WL 70 MA VL SW RES 0.0 71 MA LR GW WL 72 MA VL SW RIV 73 MD ME GW WL 74 MD SM GW WL 75 MD LR GW WL 76 MD VL SW RIV 77 ME ME GW WL 78 ME ME GW WL 79 ME SM GW WL 80 ME LR GW WL 81 MS VL SW RES 1.05 82 NC VL SW RES 0.33 83 NC ME GW WL 84 NH LR GW WL 85 NH VL SW RES 6.72 86 NH ME GW WL 87 NH LR SW RES 2.7 88 NJ VL GW WL 89 NJ VL GW WL 90 NJ VL GW WL 91 NJ LR GW WL 92 NJ VL SW RIV 93 NJ LR GW WL 94 NV VL SW RES 0.86 95 NY VL GW WL 96 NY VL GW WL 97 NY VL GW WL 98 NY VL GW WL 99 NY VL GW WL 100 OH SM GW WL 101 OK VL SW RES 0.07 102 OK VL SW RES 1.0 103 OR ME GW WL 104 OR VS GW WL 105 OR SM SW RES 16.23 106 OR LR GW WL 107 OR LR GW WL 108 OR VS GW WL 109 OR ME SW RES 39.0 110 OR LR GW WL 111 PA VL SW RES 0.0 112 PA VL SW RIV 113 PA VL SW RIV 114 PA VS GW WL 115 PA VL SW RIV 116 RI VL SW RES 0.0 117 TN LR SW RIV 118 TX SM SW RES 0.41 119 TX VL GW WL 120 TX VL GW WL 121 TX VL SW RES 2.54 122 TX SM GW WL 123 TX VL SW RES 5.78 124 TX VL SW RIV 125 TX VL SW RES 0.17 126 TX VL SW RES 2.95 127 VA VL SW RES 15.16 128 VA VL GW WL 129 VA VL SW RIV 130 VA VL SW RES 3.78 131 VA SM GW WL 132 VT VL SW RES 0.17 133 WV ME GW WL 134 WV ME GW WL