S.F. Bay Coastal Waste Water Treatment Plants

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise>

Originator: Matthew Heberger

Publication_Date: 2009

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data (polygon)

Publication_Information:

Publisher: Pacific Institute

Publication_Place: Oakland CA

Series_Information:

Series_Name: The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the California Coast

Originator: Pablo Herrera

Title: S.F. Bay Coastal Waste Water Treatment Plants

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Matthew Heberger

Originator: Heather Cooley

Originator: Peter Gleick

Originator: Pablo Herrera

Publication_Date: 2009

Title: The Impacts of Sea-Level Rise on the California Coast

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Oakland CA

Publisher: Pacific Institute

Online_Linkage: <http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise>

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset shows the footprints of wastewater treatment plants (WWTP's) in the San Francisco Bay that are potentially vulnerable to a 100-year coastal flood with a 1.4 meter sea level rise.

Purpose:

Locate WWTP's vulnerable to a 100-year coastal flood with a 1.4 meter sea-level rise.

Supplemental_Information:

The footprints of the WWTP's were digitized over aerial imagery from NAIP (2005) and Google Earth.
Point data for WWTP's were downloaded from the EPA's PCS (Permit Compliance System) database at: <http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/ftp/basins/gis_data/>

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500

Time_Period_of_Content:

Currentness_Reference: Data reference

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2008

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.629417

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.834933

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 38.254012

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 37.415862

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: General

Theme_Keyword: climate change

Theme_Keyword: sea level rise

Theme_Keyword: coastal flood

Theme_Keyword: 100 year coastal flood

Theme_Keyword: oceans and coastal

Theme_Keyword: 100 year flood

Theme_Keyword: Waste Water

Theme_Keyword: treatment plant

Theme_Keyword: waste water treatment plant

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None

Place_Keyword: United States of America

Place_Keyword: California

Place_Keyword: San Francisco Bay

Access_Constraints:

None. Data are freely downloadable and available for use in GIS and mapping subject the use constraints below.

Use_Constraints:

The data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please reference the Pacific Institute as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data. This information is being made available for informational purposes only. Users of this information agree by their use to hold blameless the State of California, and its respective officers, employees, agents, contractors, and subcontractors for any liability associated with its use in any form. This work shall not be used to assess actual coastal hazards, insurance requirements, or property values and specifically shall not be used in lieu of Flood Insurance Studies and Flood Insurance Rate Maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Security_Information:

Security_Classification: Level 1: Public

Security_Handling_Description:

Public data is accessible to all requester categories, including the General Public, with limited to no restrictions.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Pacific Institute

Contact_Person: Matthew Heberger

Contact_Position: Research Associate/GIS Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 654 13th Street

City: Oakland

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 94612

Country: USA

Address: Preservation Park

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (510) 251-1600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (510) 251-2203

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mheberger@pacinst.org

Hours_of_Service: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Publication_Information:

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Series_Information:

Publication_Information:

Series_Information:

Data_Set_Credit:

Point data for WWTP's were downloaded from the EPA's PCS (Permit Compliance System) database at: <http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/ftp/basins/gis_data/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Pacific Institute

Publication_Time: 2008

Title: WWTP_point.shp

Online_Linkage: <http://www.pacinst.org/reports/sea_level_rise>

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The land surrounding the San Francisco Bay was scanned at a scale of 1:10,000 for WWTP's. Where points were already located, the footprint was digitized. In a number of cases, WWTP's were located with no associated point. These locations were also outlined and identified via telephone communication with associated communities.

Logical_Consistency_Report: The dataset is topologically correct.

Completeness_Report: Data set has been visually inspected.

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

The attributes were derived directly from the EPA PCS database. <http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/ftp/basins/gis_data/>
In the case where treatment plants were located, but did not exist in the database, the footprint was simply outlined with no attributes.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The locations of the WWTP's were checked against NAIP imagery (2005) and Google Earth, which often has higher resolution imagery. The footprints of the WWTP was then outlined at a scale of 1:10,000.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: N/A

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20090224

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Person: Matthew Heberger

Contact_Organization: Pacific Institute

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

City: Oakland

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 94612

Address:

654 13th Street, Preservation Park

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (510) 251-1600

Contact_Position: Research Associate/GIS Manager

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (510) 251-2203

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mheberger@pacinst.org

Hours_of_Service: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: ESRI data format, dependent upon request

Format_Specification: Files are zipped using the 7zip software.

Transfer_Size: 0.008

Fees: None

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Pacific Institute

Contact_Person: Matthew Heberger

Contact_Position: Research Associate/GIS Manager

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing

Address:

654 13th Street, Preservation Park

City: Oakland

State_or_Province: CA

Postal_Code: 94612

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (510) 251-1600

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (510) 251-2203

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mheberger@pacinst.org

Hours_of_Service: 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Distribution_Liability:

The data are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please reference the Pacific Institute as the originator of the dataset in any future products or research derived from these data.
This information is being made available for informational purposes only. Users of this information agree by their use to hold blameless the State of California, and its respective officers, employees, agents, contractors, and subcontractors for any liability associated with its use in any form. This work shall not be used to assess actual coastal hazards, insurance requirements, or property values and specifically shall not be used in lieu of Flood Insurance Studies and Flood Insurance Rate Maps issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

Technical_Prerequisites:

These data are available in Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) shapefile format. The user must have ArcGIS or ArcView 3.0 or greater software to read and process the data file. In lieu of ArcView or ArcGIS, the user may utilize another GIS application package capable of importing the data. A free data viewer, ArcExplorer, capable of displaying the data is available from ESRI at www.esri.com.

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 37

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Planar:

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000

Grid_Coordinate_System:

Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: Universal Transverse Mercator

Universal_Transverse_Mercator:

UTM_Zone_Number: 10

Transverse_Mercator:

Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999600

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -123.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.000000

False_Easting: 500000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Datum_Name: North American Vertical Datum of 1988

Altitude_Distance_Units: meters

Altitude_Encoding_Method: Attribute values

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: SF_Bay_WWTP_Polygon

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NPDES

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FAC_NAME

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OWNERSHIP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NEW_STATUS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PRETREAT

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REC_POTW

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PCS_LAT

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PCS_LONG

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATLONG_AC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EF_LAT

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EF_LONG

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BFIPS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE_ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERM_TYPE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACTIVE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAJOR_ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: IND_CLASS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERMIT_DAT

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: EPA_REG

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STATE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CITY

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COUNTY

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LOC_NAME

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ADDRESS1

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FAC_CITY

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FAC_STATE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ZIP_CODE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TELE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RIV_BASIN

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CU

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STREAM_SEG

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REC_WATER

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: STREAM_MIL

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERM_AGENC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LIMIT_ID

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BSOURCE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FLOW_RATE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BSEG

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERM_ISSUE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: INACTIVE

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERMIT_EXP

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERMIT_EFF

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PERMIT_MOD

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: BCU

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAJOR_STAT

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ADDRESS2