Montgomery County, Maryland, provides data on permits required for drilling wells. A Well Permit is needed for purposes including potable drinking water, irrigation, agricultural use, geothermal system monitoring, and dewatering. The dataset is updated daily, with the last recorded update on March 22, 2026.
Use Cases
- Monitor groundwater extraction trends based on permit issuance data.
- Assess regulatory compliance for agricultural and irrigation water sources.
- Analyze the prevalence of geothermal system monitoring wells.
- Track dewatering activity for construction or environmental projects.
- Map the distribution of new potable water wells.
Strengths
- Updated daily, indicating a commitment to data freshness.
- Covers multiple well purposes, including drinking water, irrigation, and geothermal monitoring.
- Last updated on 2026 03 22 03:30:35.151878.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- Montgomery County of Maryland
- Collection Method
- Likely collected as part of county permitting processes.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Daily
- Geography
- Montgomery County, Maryland, USA