EPA Water Protection Areas

Dataset Number 1191
Dataset Title EPA Water Protection Areas
Status Published
Metadata Maintained by EPA

Description

Category Biological Conservation
Theme Government Protected areas
Keywords and Qualifiers WATER
Dataset Type Spatial
Description The Environment Protection Act 1993 and the Environment Protection (Water Quality) Policy refer to Water Protection Areas in South Australia, which are defined for the purpose of providing special environmental protection.
Dataset Use The layer should only be used as a guide to assist the identification of proclaimed Water Protection Areas. Please contact the EPA to verify this data.
SDE Feature Class Name Admin.WaterProtectionAreas
Projection/ Coordinate System LAMBERT

Custodian

Data Authority

Data Authority Environment Protection Authority
Data Authority Name Keith Baldry
Director - Science and Information
Data Manager Andrew Solomon
Manager - Environmental Science
Environment Protection Authority
andrew.solomon@sa.gov.au
82041401
Subject Matter Expert Clive Jenkins
Senior Scientific Officer
Environment Protection Authority
clive.jenkins@epa.sa.gov.au
8204 1679
Data Integrity Officer Amanda Chenoweth
GIS Analyst
Environment Protection Authority
amanda.chenoweth@sa.gov.au
82049898

Data Provider

Data Provider Environment Protection Authority

Data Quality

Lineage The data was obtained for a State-wide approach to the protection of water quality across all South Australian water bodies, in particular for inland waters
Completeness Considered complete for EPA water protection areas.
Positional Accuracy Features in close proximity to the boundary are generally accurate to +/- 500 metres.
Method / Capture Scale
MethodCapture ScaleComment
DigitisingNot available
GenerateNot available

Tables

Table Name
Admin.WaterProtectionAreas

Field Description

TableNameField AliasData Type% Complete% AccuracyDescription
Admin.WaterProtectionAreasWPNAME Character  Contains Water Protection Name
Admin.WaterProtectionAreasID_NO Character  Contains ID number
Admin.WaterProtectionAreasSOURCE Character  Contains Source of capture
Admin.WaterProtectionAreasSCALE Character  Contains the scale of capture

Geographic Extent

Extent NameSouth Australia
Min Easting or Longitude129
Min Northing or Latitude-38.25
Max Easting or Longitude141
Max Northing or Latitude-26

Dataset Status

Initially Acquired 01-JAN-2003
Last Updated 4/10/2018
Update Frequency As required
Maintenance Method As required
Metadata Created 19-MAY-2015
If copied, source dataset
Metadata updated 11/OCT/18 env\achenoweth
Authorised 22/DEC/15 env\achenoweth
Metadata Retired

Security Classification

ISMF Classification OFFICIAL
ISMF Integrity I1 - LOW Requirement
ISMF Availability A1 - LOW Requirement
AusGOAL Licensing Classification CC BY (Attribution)
Attribution
Further considerations for supply of dataset No

Operator Notes

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