Drinking Water Sources - Intakes/Wellheads

Point features showing the location of intakes and/or wellheads for drinking water systems. A drinking water system is any domestic system servicing anything other than a single-family dwelling, as defined in the Drinking Water Protection Act. These locations are updated as more information is received and is therefore continually being updated and may or may not match the corresponding Point of Diversion locations available through the Water Rights dataset and application. This is one of three Drinking Water Sources datasets (along with the DWS - Source Areas polygons dataset, and DWS - Protection Zones polygons dataset). Note: the polygons all have unique polygon IDs used to relate them to these points.

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Last Updated April 17, 2026, 19:55 (UTC)
Created April 17, 2026, 19:55 (UTC)
contact_email wpsb.geomatics@gov.bc.ca
contact_person {"en": "Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Watershed Stewardship and Security Branch", "fr": "Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique; Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique; Watershed Stewardship and Security Branch"}
criticality_level []
data_dictionary EPSG:3005,EPSG,unknown
geographic_scope []
open_canada_collection fgp
open_canada_date_published 2025-11-24 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords {"en": ["Drinking water", "Intake", "Source water", "Water", "Water system", "Well", "Wellhead", "protection", "Government information"], "fr-t-en": ["Eau potable", "Admission", "Eau de source", "Eau", "Système d'alimentation en eau", "Eh bien", "tête de puits", "protection", "Information gouvernementale"]}
open_canada_subject ["nature_and_environment"]
sensitivity_level unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency irregular