Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change						August 27, 2013
Attribute Definitions for Permit to Take Water

PERMITNO: Permit Number for water taking 
CLIENTNAME: Name of client requesting a permit 
PURPOSECAT: Major Taking Category *
SPURPOSE: Specific Purpose **
EXPIRYDATE: Expiry Date of Permit
ISSUEDDATE: Date the Permit was issued
RENEWDATE: Date that a legacy permit was renewed ***
OLDCTYTWN: Former township name related to lot\concession 
P_LOT: Lot where permit source is located 
P_CON: Concession where permit source is located
P_MUNICIP: Current Municipality where permit source is located 
P_UPPERT: Upper tier (county/district/regional municipality) where permit source is located
P_LOWERT: Lower tier (township/municipality) where permit source is located
SURFGRND: Origin of water taking: Surface, Ground, Both
SOURCEID: Description of exact location of water taking source (e.g. well 3, Mission River)
EASTING: Easting coordinates in UTM 
NORTHING: Northing coordinates in UTM
UTMZONE: UTM Zone (15, 16, 17, 18)
MAXL_DAY: Maximum litres allowed per day
DAYS_YEAR: Number of days that water taking is allowed
HRS_DAYMAX: Maximum water taking in hours per day
L_MINUTE: Allowable water taking (in litres) per minute
AMENDED_BY: Previous Permit number
EXPIRED_BY: Previous Permit number
PERMIT_END: date of which the water permit ends
ACTIVE: Indicated whether the permit is active or expired (Yes/No) based on PERMIT_END and the date that data was extracted from the source database
LATITUDE: the latitude coordinates 
LONGITUDE: the longitude coordinates 

*Purpose Category
Agricultural
Commercial
Construction
Dewatering
Dewatering Construction
Industrial
Institutional
Miscellaneous
Recreational
Remediation
Water Supply

** Specific Purpose

Aesthetics
Aggregate Washing
Aquaculture
Bottled Water
Brewing and Soft Drinks
Campgrounds
Communal
Construction
Cooling Water
Dams and Reservoirs
Dredging
Field and Pasture Crops
Fish Ponds
Food Processing
Fruit Orchards
Golf Course Irrigation
Groundwater
Heat Pumps
Hospitals
Mall / Business
Manufacturing
Market Gardens / Flowers
Municipal
Nursery
Other - Agricultural
Other - Commercial
Other - Construction
Other - Dewatering
Other - Industrial
Other - Institutional
Other - Miscellaneous
Other - Recreational
Other - Remediation
Other - Water Supply
Pipeline Testing
Pits and Quarries
Power Production
Pumping Test
Road Building
Schools
Snowmaking
Sod Farm
Tender Fruit
Tobacco
Wetlands
Wildlife Conservation


*** Legacy Permit: Permits issued before 2005
