Public methodology register
Drinking-water locations in a ward
- Version
- ward-counts-v1
- ID
- ward-inventory:drinking-water-location-count
Definition
- Definition
- The current imported City of Ottawa drinking-water locations contained by a sourced ward boundary.
- Formula
- COUNT of imported City drinking-water points contained by the ward geometry.
- Units
- locations, not individual fountains
- Population
- Current imported Ottawa drinking-water points contained by one sourced ward geometry.
- Measurement window
- Current ward-boundary and municipal dataset snapshots.
- Coverage
- Ottawa City-published drinking-water locations with usable coordinates and a resolvable ward.
- Publication eligibility
- Each valid location point is assigned to its containing ward once.
- Scope
- One current City of Ottawa ward boundary and the current City drinking-water import.
- What this number can support
- Descriptive inventory, not potable-now availability, accessibility, population-normalized provision, or a ward score.
Implementation status
- Source candidate
- Implemented in this source candidate.
- Public production
- This metric version has not been independently verified in the public production deployment.
The calculation is implemented in this source candidate. This record does not claim that the same version has been independently verified in the public production deployment.
Sources and identifiers
- Method
ward-counts-v1Ward inventory count method - Current API
ward-scorecardsCurrent ward scorecard public API - Dataset
drinking-fountainsCity of Ottawa drinking-water locations
Exclusions
- The count is not population-normalized and is not a ranking, service-quality score, or accessibility-chain claim.
- A missing geometry or uncomputable input remains null; it is not converted to zero.
- The count does not assert that a location is open now or that water is currently available.
Uncertainty and interpretation
- This is a current imported-data count. It can change after a source import and does not estimate unrecorded assets.
Current evidence
Change history
No registered material change is recorded for this metric version.