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    Waterbody Classifications

    Metadata Updated: April 4, 2026

    This data set provides the water quality classifications of New York State's lakes, rivers, streams and ponds, collectively referred to as waterbodies. All water bodies in the state are provided a water quality classification based on existing, or expected best usage, of each waterbody or waterbody segment. Under New York State's Environmental Conservation Law (ECL), Title 5 of Article 15, certain waters of the state are protected on the basis of their classification. Streams and small waterbodies located in the course of a stream that are designated as C (T) or higher (i.e., C (TS), B, or A) are collectively referred to as "protected streams."

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 4, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NY State JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 12, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date April 4, 2026
    Publisher data.ny.gov
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.ny.gov/api/views/8xz8-5u5u
    Data First Published 2015-11-12
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-03
    Category Energy & Environment
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.ny.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 01190392-c5e9-4ef2-bb4d-96089d6cfe73
    Harvest Source Id 36f923f9-f915-42dc-a4de-1a5e3a17d284
    Harvest Source Title NY State JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.ny.gov/d/8xz8-5u5u
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash d7d0e80819df8858d5bb25206f1c38157ce3bb9a3edca2cd153849c475de6fcc
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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