Nova Scotia Pumping Test Database

Nova Scotia Pumping Test Database, Version 2, G.W. Kennedy, Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables, Digital Product ME 498, 2022


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Abstract

The Nova Scotia Pumping Test database is maintained by Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources and Renewables (NRR) and contains an inventory of pumping tests submitted to the province, typically in support of a water withdrawal approval application. Information recorded in the database includes details about the well construction and pumping test, and the interpreted hydrogeological properties.

It is a point feature dataset consisting of 1221 records and is current to November 2021.

Additional metadata and field descriptions can be found at: hgeo_ptest.htm

Nova Scotia Open Government Licence

This data is made available under the Nova Scotia Open Government Licence.

Use of this data indicates your acceptance to the terms contained in the Nova Scotia Open Government Licence.

Sample in ArcMap

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Sample of Pumping Tests in the Groundwater Atlas

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Format and Projection

Format ESRI shape files (SHP), ArcGIS File Geodatabase (GDB), a Google Earth compatible file format (KML\KMZ), and TXT files compressed in a single ZIP file (more information on data formats)
Size

SHP/GDB/KML - 1 MB (compressed), 4 MB (uncompressed)

Projection The data is in six-degree Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, Zone 20, Central Meridian 63° 00' West using the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83).

Downloading Instructions

The data files have been compressed into a single ZIP file.

All data sets are in six-degree Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, Zone 20, Central Meridian 63° 00' West using the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83).

A readme file and a link to the licence agreement are also included with each dataset.

Download Digital Data Set DP ME 498