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Facility data · coverage maturity

What is known, unknown and still missing.

Every country/territory and facility class is measured separately. “Complete” requires at least 95% of an authoritative denominator plus recurring refresh; no denominator means never 100%.

Validating current coverage

Rechecking source rights and the current public facility state…

Global source and rights ledger

42 facility sources classified

All 249 ISO jurisdictions exist in the ledger: 47 are at C1 and 202 remain C0. A global candidate layer never marks a country as researched by itself.

approved_publish · 6approved_candidate · 8pending · 24blocked · 4expired · 0

83 / 5,229 country/facility-class pairs have a country-scoped source; all others remain explicit C0 gaps.

SourceRightsCountriesClassesLead denominator
Wikidata water-sector frontier
wikidata-water
approved_publishglobal / discoverymixedunknown
EPA SDWIS Community Public Water Systems
epa-sdwis-community-water-systems
approved_publishUS, AS, GU, MP, PR, VImixed44,615
GWI WaterData
gwi-waterdata
blockedglobal / discoverymixed1,700
HydroWASTE version 1
hydrowaste-v1
approved_candidateglobal / discoveryother_treatment58,502
OpenStreetMap water treatment features
openstreetmap-water-facilities
approved_candidateglobal / discoverydesalination, drinking_water_treatment, municipal_wastewater, water_reuse_reclamation137,000
EEA Waterbase Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive final data
eea-uwwtd-treatment-plants
approved_candidateAT, BE, BG, HR, CY, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IE, IT, LV, LT, LU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SI, ES, SE, IS, NO, CHmunicipal_wastewater23,223
US EPA SDWIS facilities
epa-sdwis-facilities
approved_publishUS, AS, GU, MP, PR, VIdrinking_water_treatmentunknown
US EPA FRS and ICIS-NPDES facility data
epa-frs-icis-npdes
pendingUS, AS, GU, MP, PR, VIindustrial_wastewater, municipal_wastewater, stormwater_treatmentunknown
US EPA 2022 Clean Watersheds Needs Survey
epa-cwns-2022
approved_publishUS, AS, GU, MP, PR, VImunicipal_wastewater17,879
Canada Core Infrastructure Cost non-linear wastewater facilities
canada-hicc-nonlinear-wastewater
approved_candidateCAmunicipal_wastewater2,491

Lead denominators describe likely source volume only. They are not authoritative facility denominators and do not produce a coverage percentage unless the source ledger explicitly records a denominator definition.

Have an authoritative source or a rights correction? Review the evidence policy.

Facility coverage ledger · WaterAtlas