EnviroAtlas - Philadelphia, PA - Domestic Water Demand per Day by U.S. Census Block Group

Description

As included in this EnviroAtlas dataset, the community level domestic water use was calculated using locally available water use data per capita in gallons of water per day (GPD), distributed dasymetrically, and summarized by census block group. Domestic water use, as defined in this case, is intended to represent residential indoor and outdoor water use (e.g., cooking hygiene, landscaping, pools, etc.) for primary residences (i.e., excluding second homes and tourism rentals). For the purposes of this metric, these publicly-supplied estimates are also applied and considered representative of local self-supplied water use. Domestic water demand was calculated and applied using the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP) PWS Service Areas layer, population served per provider, and average domestic water use per provider. Within the EnviroAtlas study area, there are 108 service providers with 2016 estimates ranging from 26 to 323 GPD. In the absence of finer scale data, USGS Water Use Report county-level estimates were used for the study area extending into Delaware (80 GPD), Maryland (71 GPD), and New Jersey (80 GPD). This dataset was produced by the US EPA to support research and online mapping activities related to EnviroAtlas. EnviroAtlas (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas) allows the user to interact with a web-based, easy-to-use, mapping application to view and analyze multiple ecosystem services for the contiguous United States. The dataset is available as downloadable data (https://edg.epa.gov/data/Public/ORD/EnviroAtlas) or as an EnviroAtlas map service. Additional descriptive information about each attribute in this dataset can be found in its associated EnviroAtlas Fact Sheet (https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-fact-sheets).

Resources

Name Format Description Link
57 The URL providing direct access to the downloadable dataset. https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/download//PhiPA_metrics_Apr2020_CSV_Shapes.zip
57 The endpoint of a web service to access the dataset (REST endpoint, WMS GetCapabilities URL, or a SOAP WSDL endpoint). https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/download//PhiPA_metrics_Apr2020_FGDB.zip
23 URL for accessing related documents such as data dictionary, technical information about a dataset, developer documentation, etc. https://enviroatlas.epa.gov/arcgis/rest/services
0 Alternative landing page used to redirect user to a contextual, Agency-hosted "homepage" for the Dataset or API https://www.epa.gov/enviroatlas/enviroatlas-data

Tags

  • environment
  • ecology
  • philadelphia
  • utilities
  • demand for ecosystem services
  • enviroatlas
  • ecosystem
  • pennsylvania
  • ecosystem services
  • water
  • environmental atlas
  • drinking water
  • ground water
  • pa
  • census block groups
  • surface water
  • communities

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