<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><metadata xml:lang="en">
    	
    <Esri>
        		
        <CreaDate>20250910</CreaDate>
        		
        <CreaTime>12211300</CreaTime>
        		
        <ArcGISFormat>1.0</ArcGISFormat>
        		
        <SyncOnce>TRUE</SyncOnce>
        	
    </Esri>
    	
    <dataIdInfo>
        		
        <idCitation>
            			
            <resTitle>Map1</resTitle>
            		
        </idCitation>
        		
        <idAbs>&lt;p style='margin-left:0px;'&gt;&lt;span style='background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'&gt;&lt;span style='font-variant-ligatures:none !important; margin:0px; padding:0px;'&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Community water system service areas&lt;/strong&gt; describe the geographic area that receives drinking water from a given community water system. Knowing these boundaries help to connect water system data (such as, compliance status) with water system customers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='color:#000000;'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style='background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'&gt;&lt;span style='font-variant-ligatures:none; margin:0px; padding:0px;'&gt;This dataset contains ~44,000 unique service areas across all 50 states. While not 100% comprehensive, these systems cover 99% of all public water system consumers.&amp;nbsp; 56% of systems are sourced from state/utility databases. The remaining systems, those with no state supplied boundary, were modeled using machine learning techniques. This effort used state sourced service areas to train a model on dozens of explanatory variables including drinking water intakes in order to approximate service areas where none are publicly available.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='color:#000000;'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style='background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'&gt;&lt;span style='font-variant-ligatures:none; margin:0px; padding:0px;'&gt;This dataset used the 2025 Quarter 2 Safe Drinking Water Information System for establishing the universe of community water systems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='color:#000000;'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style='background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'&gt;&lt;span style='font-variant-ligatures:none; margin:0px; padding:0px;'&gt;For detailed information on this dataset, visit our GitHub repository:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a target='_blank' href='https://github.com/USEPA/ORD_SAB_Model' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'&gt;&lt;span style='background-color:#ffffff; color:#000000; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'&gt;&lt;span style='font-variant-ligatures:none;'&gt;https://github.com/USEPA/ORD_SAB_Model&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style='color:#000000;'&gt;The system sourced boundaries are derived from approx. 1000 unique sources. Download the ‘Data Sources.xlsx’ spreadsheet to view these sources: https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=ed844af1c459429aa4a7c81299e6f41a.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style='color:#000000;'&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style='color:#000000; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'&gt;***Version 1.3 was updated on 04/16/25. This update replaced Minnesota's modeled boundaries with authoritative boundaries derived from MN's lead service line inventory***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style='color:#000000; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'&gt;***Version 2.0 was updated on 09/19/25. This update substancially increased the number system sourced service areas. Many of these came from lead service line inventories and utility water main data, for example. With this update, 85% of the population on public water is represented by system sourced service areas.***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style='color:#000000; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'&gt;***Version 2.01 was updated on 09/29/25. There were minor edits to about 24 systems with duplicate PWSIDs***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style='color:#000000; font-family:Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'&gt;***Version 2.1 was updated on 11/18/2025. 996 system sourced service areas were added. In particular, many system sourced utility boundaries were added for Alaska, Colorado, Florida, Mississippi, and Montana.***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style='background-color:rgb(255,255,255); color:rgb(0,0,0); font-family:Calibri, sans-serif; font-size:medium;'&gt;&lt;span style='display:inline !important; float:none; font-style:normal; font-variant-caps:normal; font-variant-ligatures:normal; font-weight:400; letter-spacing:normal; text-align:start; text-decoration-color:initial; text-decoration-style:initial; text-indent:0px; text-transform:none; word-spacing:0px;'&gt;***Version 3.0 was updated on 3/17/2026. This update showcases the release of transient and non-transient non-community water system service areas.***&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</idAbs>
        		
        <searchKeys>
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            			
            
            		
        <keyword>Water System Boundaries</keyword><keyword>Drinking Water</keyword><keyword>Water</keyword><keyword>Community Water System</keyword><keyword>Service Area Boundaries</keyword><keyword>Public Water Systems</keyword><keyword>Water Utility</keyword><keyword>Water Mains</keyword><keyword>Public Water System</keyword><keyword>Safe Drinking Water Act</keyword><keyword>SDWIS</keyword><keyword>EPA</keyword><keyword>Environmental Protection Agency</keyword><keyword>Water Utilities</keyword><keyword>Water Distribution</keyword><keyword>Service Areas</keyword><keyword>Service Lines</keyword><keyword>Lead Service Line Inventory</keyword><keyword>Lead and Copper Rule</keyword><keyword>LCR</keyword></searchKeys>
        		
        <idPurp>This dataset contains US public water system service areas for over 44,000 community water systems and approximately 80,000 transient and non-transient non-community water systems</idPurp>
        		
        <idCredit>US EPA</idCredit>
        		
        <resConst>
            			
            <Consts>
                				
                <useLimit>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='color: #000000;'&gt;MIT License&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='color: #000000;'&gt;Copyright (c) 2025 US EPA&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='color: #000000;'&gt;Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style='color: #000000;'&gt;THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</useLimit>
                			
            </Consts>
            		
        </resConst>
        	
    <dataExt><geoEle><GeoBndBox><westBL>-180.0</westBL><eastBL>180.0</eastBL><northBL>71.348346</northBL><southBL>13.24343</southBL></GeoBndBox></geoEle></dataExt></dataIdInfo>
    	
    <Binary>
        		
        <Thumbnail>
            			
            <Data EsriPropertyType="PictureX">iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAMgAAACFCAYAAAAenrcsAAAAAXNSR0IB2cksfwAAAAlwSFlzAAAO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</Data>
            		
        </Thumbnail>
        	
    </Binary>
    
</metadata>