Drinking Water - Public Water System Annually Reported Number of Service Connections Metered and Unmetered by Service Connection Type

It also includes facility public information details from the SDWIS database as metadata associated to the dataset. “Service connection” means the point of connection between the customer’s piping or constructed conveyance, and the water system’s meter, service pipe, or constructed conveyance. “Public water system” means a system for the provision of water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances that has 15 or more service connections or regularly serves at least 25 individuals daily at least 60 days out of the year.

Public water systems submit critical water system information intended to assess the status of compliance with specific regulatory requirements such as source water capacity, provides updated contact and inventory information (such as population and number of service connections) to the to the Division of Drinking Water using the electronic Annual Report (eAR) submission process. **The data in the datasets below are electronically reported annually by public water systems to the State Water Resources Control Board - Division of Drinking Water.