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A dataset capturing geospatial, structural, usage, and management characteristics of artesian well sites

Usage

artesianwells

Format

A tibble with 44 rows and 29 variables

date_submitted

Date when the survey or data entry was submitted

latitude

Latitude coordinate of the surveyed site

longitude

Longitude coordinate of the surveyed site

artesian_well

Indicates whether the location of the artesian well

district

Administrative district where the site is located

traditional_authority

Traditional authority under which the site falls

well_images

Links or filenames of images showing the well

has_structure

Indicates if the well has a surrounding structure

well_structure_type

Type of structure present around the well

well_structure_type_other

Description of structure if Other is selected

can_test_flow

Indicates if a flow test can be conducted at the site

seconds_to_fill_20L

Time in seconds required to fill a 20 liter container

use_of_site

Primary community usage of the water source

other_site_use

Additional uses of the site (if any)

seasonal_unavail

Indicates if the site becomes unavailable during certain seasons

area_photos

Links or filenames of photos showing the broader site area

abstraction_nearby

Indicates if there are other water abstractions near the site

abstraction_count

Number of nearby water abstractions

abs1_name

Name or label of the nearest water abstraction

abs1_latitude

Latitude of the nearest abstraction

abs1_longitude

Longitude of the nearest abstraction

abs1_method

Method used at the nearest abstraction

abs1_region

Region or area where the nearest abstraction is located

recharge_known

Indicates if groundwater recharge source is known

recharge_other

Description of recharge source if Other is selected

river_nearby

Indicates if a river is near the site

has_operator

Indicates if the water point has a designated operator

mgmt_type

Type of management in place for the water source

mgmt_type_other

Type of management in place for the water source if Other is selected

Examples

# Load the dataset
data(artesianwells)

# View the first few rows
head(artesianwells)
#> # A tibble: 6 × 29
#>   date_submitted latitude longitude artesian_well district traditional_authority
#>   <chr>             <dbl>     <dbl> <chr>         <chr>    <chr>                
#> 1 4/3/2024          -15.3      35.0 Meleka 2 art… Balaka   TA Nkaya             
#> 2 4/3/2024          -15.3      35.0 Msunuzi Arte… Balaka   TA Nkaya             
#> 3 4/3/2024          -15.4      35.0 Mulangeni ar… Blantyre TA Chigalu           
#> 4 4/3/2024          -15.5      35.1 Jordan Artes… Blantyre TA Lundu             
#> 5 4/4/2024          -15.6      35.0 Pasani Artes… Blantyre TA Kapeni            
#> 6 4/4/2024          -15.9      34.9 Ndire         Blantyre TA Somba             
#> # ℹ 23 more variables: well_images <chr>, has_structure <chr>,
#> #   well_structure_type <chr>, well_structure_type_other <chr>,
#> #   can_test_flow <chr>, seconds_to_fill_20L <dbl>, use_of_site <chr>,
#> #   other_site_use <chr>, seasonal_unavail <chr>, area_photos <chr>,
#> #   abstraction_nearby <chr>, abstraction_count <dbl>, abs1_name <chr>,
#> #   abs1_latitude <dbl>, abs1_longitude <dbl>, abs1_method <chr>,
#> #   abs1_region <chr>, recharge_known <chr>, recharge_other <chr>, …

# Check dimensions
dim(artesianwells)
#> [1] 44 29

# Summary of districts
table(artesianwells$district)
#> 
#>   Balaka Blantyre Chikwawa  Karonga  Liwonde Machinga Mangochi   Mwanza 
#>        2        5        4        3        1       10        8        1 
#>     Neno  Ntchisi   Salima 
#>        3        4        3