20210826 15131900 1.0 TRUE 20000000 5000 Potential_Drought_h497ns_August_2021_UT83 This layer was developed to show areas of Nova Scotia where private well owners are more likely to experience water shortages (especially owners of shallow... <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>The following criteria was used to develop th</SPAN><SPAN>is layer</SPAN><SPAN>:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>1. Severity of existing drought conditions (based on Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Drought Monitor polygons, </SPAN></SPAN><A href="http://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/292646cd-619f-4200-afb1-8b2c52f984a2" STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;"><SPAN>http://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/292646cd-619f-4200-afb1-8b2c52f984a2</SPAN></SPAN></A><SPAN><SPAN>)</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>2. Recent and forecasted precipitation patterns (based on Environment Canada’s predicted precipitation anomaly, past 9 and next 9 days)</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>3. Proportion of sensitive wells (based on the percentage of dug wells and shallow drilled wells compared to the number of total wells in a given area, source: Nova Scotia Well Logs Database)</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>4. Concentration of groundwater use (estimated density of private well users, source: Nova Scotia Civic Addressing File and compiled municipal water servicing zones)</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN /></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 0 0;"><SPAN>Areas of the province with no impact level indicates that there are no private well users in these areas. 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