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Non-Community Wellhead Protection Areas (NCWPA)

This coverage comes from the RIGIS database. It consists of areas around public drinking wells which serve at least 25 people, no more than 60 days per year. These areas are considered important to the protection of the water supplies for those wells. This coverage is used in the openspace analysis.

Detailed metadata from RIGIS

Community Wellhead Protection Area (CWHPA)

This coverage comes from the RIGIS database. It consists of areas around community wells that are considered important for the protection of the water used in these wells. Community wells serve at leas 25 people year round. This coverage is used in the openspace analysis.

Detailed metadata from RIGIS

Groundwater Reservoirs

This coverage is of major stratified drift aquifers. It comes from the RIGIS database, and represents areas that have large amounts of groundwater. This coverage is used in the openspace analysis.

Detailed metadata from RIGIS

Groundwater Recharge Areas

This coverage comes from the RIGIS database, and shows areas that are important recharge areas for groundwater reservoirs. This coverage is used in the openspace analysis.

Detailed metadata from RIGIS

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