Operational, financial, and land use data to estimate drinking water treatment cost functions for 2006 calendar year. Data are organized for surface water and groundwater systems. This dataset is not publicly accessible because: EPA cannot release personally identifiable information regarding living individuals, according to the Privacy Act and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This dataset contains information about human research subjects. Because there is potential to identify individual participants and disclose personal information, either alone or in combination with other datasets, individual level data are not appropriate to post for public access. Restricted access may be granted to authorized persons by contacting the party listed. It can be accessed through the following means: US EPA's Office of Water, Office of Science and Technology, Engineering and Analysis Division is the holder of the survey data. US EPA's Office of Water maintains a database of point coordinates for surface water intakes and wells used for public water supply. Format: Our dataset is described in detail in Section 3 of the paper. We include a link to the 2006 Community Water System Survey that excludes the identifiers. Other data are confidential business information.

This dataset is associated with the following publication: Price, J., and M. Heberling. The Effects of Agricultural and Urban Land Use on Drinking Water Treatment Costs: An Analysis of United States Community Water Systems. Water Economics and Policy. World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., 5 Toh Tuck Link, SINGAPORE, 6(4): 2050008, (2020).