Community Water Supply System Types and Sources

This dataset depicts some general categories of community water supply system types in the Twin Cities metropolitan area of Minnesota. As described in the Water Policy Plan of Met Council's regional development guide, Imagine 2050, community water supply systems are defined by eight categories.<br/><br/>1. Independent municipal community public water system with appropriation permit<br/>2. Municipal community public water system with appropriation permit, also supplying neighbor(s)<br/>3. Municipal community public water system with both appropriation permit and purchasing additional source water from neighbor(s)<br/>4. Privately-owned wells, nonmunicipal public water systems, and/or nonmunicipal community public systems - no municipal community public water system<br/>5. Municipal community public water system purchasing all source water from neighbor(s)<br/>6. Neighbor provides municipal community public water system and source<br/>7. Jointly-owned municipal community public water supply system purchasing all source water from neighbor(s)<br/>8. Planning for independent municipal community public water system<br/><br/>This dataset also defines the source(s) of water supplying the community as groundwater, surface water, or both.