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(French) Concerne les données du découpage administratif (contours géographique des différents niveaux administratifs : région, département, commune)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licenced | Yes | Where data is available, it is largely under cc-by licensing. Given the involvement of the 87 utilities, It is hard to ascertain the copyright and licence status of the data included in the reports from the utilities. |
| In an open and machine-readable format | HTML | Most Annually reported data is in PDF form. Where available, live/daily data is HTML |
| Downloadable at once | No | |
| Up-to-date | No | Data is continuously monitored, but only regularly reported by a select few entities. |
| Publicly available | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| findable | 2 | |
| findable_steps | googling "Australian Drinking Water Guidelines" will take you to the reports page of most water utilities. | |
| licence_url | https://www.bom.gov.au/other/copyright.shtml?ref=ftr | |
| Collected by government | Yes | Data is collected by catchment area by the controlling authority. |
| usability | 1 | |
| collector_name | Water utilities measure and collect the data for their catchments. | |
| characteristics | Fecal coliform, Arsenic, Fluoride levels, Nitrates, Total Dissolved Solids, Data per water source | I have been unable to confirm that every water utility publishes this information. |
| location | https://www.nhmrc.gov.au/guidelines-publications/eh52 - Australian Drinking Water Guidelines (2011) - Updated November 2016, https://www.bom.gov.au/water/npr/docs/2014-15/National-p - National performance report 2014–15: urban water utilities, https://www.bom.gov.au/water/npr/ - National Water Performance Report, https://www.bom.gov.au/water/npr/docs/2014-15/National-p - National Water Performance Dataset | A sample of annual reports and live pages are at https://www.sydneywater.com.au/SW/water-the-environment/how-we-manage-sydney-s-water/safe-drinking-water/water-analysis/index.htm https://www.yvw.com.au/about-us/reports/water-quality-reports https://www.seqwater.com.au/about/publications/water-quality-reports/customer-confidence-report?zone=2 https://www.melbournewater.com.au/waterdata/drinkingwaterqualitydata/Pages/drinking-water-quality.aspx https://www.newater.com.au/learning-centre/water/water-quality/Water%20Quality%20Results.asp https://www.watercorporation.com.au/about-us/our-performance/drinking-water-quality https://www.sawater.com.au/community-and-environment/water-quality/in-your-area-whats-in-your-water/central-metro |
After reviewing the submission and verifying the research, this submission is correct.