Delaware data on advisories issued for water quality problems in selected recreational water areas. The dataset includes advisory details such as start and end dates, reasons, and types. It is provided by data.delaware.gov and was last updated in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze seasonal patterns of water quality issues by aggregating advisories by AdvStartDate and AdvReason.
- Assess the duration of public health impacts by calculating the time between AdvStartDate and AdvEndDate for different AdvTypes.
- Identify high-risk recreational areas by mapping UnitName against frequency of advisories and their AdvReason.
Strengths
- Includes structured fields for advisory timing (AdvStartDate, AdvEndDate) and cause (AdvReason, AdvType).
- Data is provided by a government source (data.delaware.gov) and was updated in April 2026.
Limitations
- Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting statistical reliability.
- Geographic scope is limited to selected areas within Delaware.
Provenance
- Source
- data.delaware.gov
- Freshness
- Last updated April 2026.
- Geography
- Delaware, USA