FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: WATERS NOT ATTAINING STANDARDS (WNAS) IN FLORIDA - 2019

Geodataset Name:       WATERS_NOT_STND_NOV19
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         4724
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains Waters Not Attaining Standards (WNAS) in the State of Florida. Waters of the state of Florida are broken up into 5 groups that are assessed on a rotating basis (generally one group per year). This coverage is a compilation of the last five groups of assessments (Group 2, Cycle 3 through Group 1, Cycle 4) and includes any WBID/parameter combination that did not attain standards (assessment categories 4a, 4b, 4d, 4e, and 5). If a WBID (waterbody) does not attain standards for multiple parameters, overlapping polygons are created to represent each parameter. So that the assessment units (WBIDs) properly reflect their status at the time of assessment, the geometry for this layer is based on the run at the time the assessment for each group was made (Group 1 - Run 56; Group 2 - Run 50; Group 3 - Run 52; Group 4 Run 53; Group 5 Run 54). For more information or questions regarding the waters not attaining standards, please contact Kevin O'Donnell (kevin.odonnell@dep.state.fl.us or (850) 245-8469) or for questions specific to this layer, please contact Phil Homann (philip.homann@dep.state.fl.us or (850) 245-8472). This is an update to the FGDL layer WATERS_NOT_STND_AUG18.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Watershed Assessment Section
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20191114 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 20170411 End Date: 20191112 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: WATERS_NOT_STND_NOV19.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
WBID
6 String
CYCLE
254 String
GROUP_NUMB
254 String
GROUP_NAME
254 String
PLANNING_U
254 String
NAME
254 String
TYPE
254 String
CLASS
254 String
PARAM_IWR
254 String
PARAMGROUP
254 String
IR_ASSMT_C
254 String
ASSMT_STAT
254 String
COMMENTS
254 String
DESCRIPT
75 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

WBID Unique Alpha Numeric Water Body Identification.

CYCLE Identifies which iteration of the 5 year cycle the listing was made.

GROUP_NUMB Number of group (1-5) within the 5 year basin rotation cycle.

GROUP_NAME Name of group within basin rotation cycle.

PLANNING_U Planning Unit

NAME Waterbody Name

TYPE Type of water body (BEACH, COASTAL, ESTUARY, LAKE, SPRING, STREAM).

CLASS Designated Use Class of waterbody (Class 1 - Potable Water; Class 2 - Shellfish Propagation or Harvesting; Class 3F/3M - Freshwater/Predominantly Marine for Fish Consumption, Recreation, Propagation and Maintenance of a Healthy, Well-Balanced Population of Fish and Wildlife).

PARAM_IWR Parameter for which the waterbody was assessed.

PARAMGROUP General parameter group into which the listed parameter falls.

IR_ASSMT_C Intergrated Report assessment category.
4a = TMDL complete

4b = Reasonable Assurance

4d = No Causative Pollutant

4e = Ongoing Restoration Activities

5 = Impaired


ASSMT_STAT Brief description of Integrated Report assessment status.

COMMENTS Comment providing additional information related to the current assessment status.

DESCRIPT Based on fields NAME and WBID.

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

Coverage includes all WBID/parameter combinations from Group 1, Cycle 3 through
Group 5, Cycle 3 that did not attain water quality standards (EPA categories 4a, 4b, 
4d, 4e, & 5).

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

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legal document and shall have no legal force of effect.

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REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection Geospatial Open Data
https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/waters-not-attaining-standards-wnas

FDEP Watershed Assessment Section
https://floridadep.gov/dear/watershed-assessment-section

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Philip Homann presented a spreadsheet of Waters Not Attaining Standards to 
Andrew Morris. This list was used to select matching data from a hybrid WBID layer 
containing geometries used in the assessment to create this feature layer.
Process Date: 20170411

Data for a new layer obtained from DEAR and added the same in the GIS library. Process Date: 20170414
Philip Homann presented a spreadsheet of Waters Not Attaining Standards to Andrew Morris. This list was used to select matching data from a hybrid WBID layer containing geometries used in the assessment to create this feature layer. Process Date: 20170830
Updated data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library. Process Date: 20170918
Philip Homann presented a spreadsheet of Waters Not Attaining Standards to Andrew Morris. This list was used to select matching data from a hybrid WBID layer containing geometries used in the assessment to create this feature layer. Process Date: 20180802
Updated data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library. Process Date: 20180809
Philip Homann presented a spreadsheet of Waters Not Attaining Standards to Andrew Morris. This list was used to select matching data from a hybrid WBID layer containing geometries used in the assessment to create this feature layer. Contact Organization Primary: Contact Organization: FDEP, Division of Environmental Assessment and Restoration, Office of Watershed Services Contact Person: Andrew Morris Contact Position: Environmental Consultant Contact Address: Address Type: mailing and physical Address: 2600 Blair Stone Road City: Tallahassee State or Province: Florida Postal Code: 32399-2400 Country: US Contact Voice Telephone: 850-245-8426 Contact Electronic Mail Address: Andrew.Morris@dep.state.fl.us Hours: 8:30-4:30, M-F Process Date: 20191112
Updated data obtained from DEAR and updated the same in the GIS library. PARAMETER_98 field removed with this update per request from DEAR staff. Process Date: 20191114
The GeoPlan Center downloaded the Waters Not Attaining Standards (WNAS) dataset on December 11th, 2019 from the FDEP Data Portal: Florida Department of Environmental Protection Geospatial Open Data: https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/ https://geodata.dep.state.fl.us/datasets/waters-not-attaining-standards-wnas Please Note: Data is also available via the FTP website: http://publicfiles.dep.state.fl.us/otis/gis/data/WATERS_NOT_STANDARD.zip WATERS_NOT_STANDARD.zip WATERS_NOT_STANDARD.gdb The GDB layer was exported to shapefile. The dataset's projection was redefined to FGDL Albers. During the QA/QC process the following tasks were undertaken: - Redefined the dataset's projection from FDEP Albers to FGDL Albers. - Deleted the OBJECTID field. - Uppercased all records in the table. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on NAME and WBID. - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source. - Renamed file from WATERS_NOT_STANDARD to WATERS_NOT_STND_NOV19. Process Date: 20191211
Dataset copied. Process Date: 20191218
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahassee, Florida
32399-2400


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