Canada Source Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A dataset for the protection of Canada’s municipal water supply
Abstract Over 80% of municipal (i.e., excluding industrial and agricultural) water use in Canada comes from streams, lakes, and reservoirs. These freshwater bodies and their catchments require adequate protection to secure drinking water supply for Canadians. Canada, like most countries, lacks a con...
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| author | François-Nicolas Robinne Chloé Lamache Daniel K. Thompson Jason A. Leach Kevin D. Bladon |
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| description | Abstract Over 80% of municipal (i.e., excluding industrial and agricultural) water use in Canada comes from streams, lakes, and reservoirs. These freshwater bodies and their catchments require adequate protection to secure drinking water supply for Canadians. Canada, like most countries, lacks a consolidated national dataset of municipal catchments, arguably due to gaps in data availability. Against this backdrop, we present the Canada Source Watershed Polygons dataset, or Can-SWaP. Can-SWaP was created using point locations of more than 3,300 municipal water licences defining rights to surface water withdrawal. Where possible, the resulting 1,574 catchments were assessed for accuracy in spatial coverage against provincial and local datasets. Each watershed in Can-SWaP has an estimated water volume used for municipal water purposes derived from licencing data, and several variables from RiverATLAS for investigating the integrity of surface drinking water sources in Canada. Furthermore, basing our method on the HydroSHEDS suite of global products offers a robust framework for the production of other national datasets following an established international standard. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b39c655a40064796b62d131ee116c3922023-11-19T12:19:43ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632023-11-0110111310.1038/s41597-023-02732-9Canada Source Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A dataset for the protection of Canada’s municipal water supplyFrançois-Nicolas Robinne0Chloé Lamache1Daniel K. Thompson2Jason A. Leach3Kevin D. Bladon4Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest ServiceNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest ServiceNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest ServiceNatural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest ServiceCollege of Forestry, Oregon State UniversityAbstract Over 80% of municipal (i.e., excluding industrial and agricultural) water use in Canada comes from streams, lakes, and reservoirs. These freshwater bodies and their catchments require adequate protection to secure drinking water supply for Canadians. Canada, like most countries, lacks a consolidated national dataset of municipal catchments, arguably due to gaps in data availability. Against this backdrop, we present the Canada Source Watershed Polygons dataset, or Can-SWaP. Can-SWaP was created using point locations of more than 3,300 municipal water licences defining rights to surface water withdrawal. Where possible, the resulting 1,574 catchments were assessed for accuracy in spatial coverage against provincial and local datasets. Each watershed in Can-SWaP has an estimated water volume used for municipal water purposes derived from licencing data, and several variables from RiverATLAS for investigating the integrity of surface drinking water sources in Canada. Furthermore, basing our method on the HydroSHEDS suite of global products offers a robust framework for the production of other national datasets following an established international standard.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02732-9 |
| spellingShingle | François-Nicolas Robinne Chloé Lamache Daniel K. Thompson Jason A. Leach Kevin D. Bladon Canada Source Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A dataset for the protection of Canada’s municipal water supply Scientific Data |
| title | Canada Source Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A dataset for the protection of Canada’s municipal water supply |
| title_full | Canada Source Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A dataset for the protection of Canada’s municipal water supply |
| title_fullStr | Canada Source Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A dataset for the protection of Canada’s municipal water supply |
| title_full_unstemmed | Canada Source Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A dataset for the protection of Canada’s municipal water supply |
| title_short | Canada Source Watershed Polygons (Can-SWaP): A dataset for the protection of Canada’s municipal water supply |
| title_sort | canada source watershed polygons can swap a dataset for the protection of canada s municipal water supply |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02732-9 |
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