| Data Dictionary: | Census 1980 |
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Survey: Census 1980
| Data Source: | U.S. Census Bureau |
Data set: Summary Tape File 3 (STF3)
| Table: | T121. Source Of Water [6] |
Universe: Year-Round Housing Units
Table Details
| T121. | Source Of Water | ||||||||||||||
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Relevant Documentation:
| Excerpt from: | Social Explorer; U.S. Census Bureau; Census of Population and Housing, 1980: Summary Tape File 3 [machine-readable data file] / conducted By the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Washington: Bureau of the Census [producer and distributor], 1982. |
| Summary Tape File 3 -> Summary Tape File 3 -- Part II -> Glossary -> Water, Source Of |
Source of the water used by the occupants or intended occupants of the housing unit, ascertained for occupied and vacant housing units. This item was asked on a sample basis.
A common source supplying running water to six or more housing units. The water may be supplied by a city or county water department, a water district, a private water company, etc., or it may be obtained from a well which supplies six or more housing units.
Water obtained from a well on the property of the unit being numerated or on a neighboring property providing water to five or fewer housing units. The well water may be hand drawn, wind drawn, or engine drawn; piped or not piped; stored in tanks; or used directly from the well.
A well generally made with a mechanical drilling rig and less than 1 1/2 feet in diameter. Drilled wells include artisian (natural spring) wells.
Water obtained from springs, creeks, rivers, ponds, lakes, cisterns, or other sources not listed, but not from a public system, private company, or well.
