The Australian National Groundwater Data Transfer Standard

Power source

Domain for power source PROPERTY attribute of CONSTRUCTION_ELEMENT_PROPERTY entity                
References                
ASTM D5409-93, 1993, Standard guide for set of data elements to describe a ground-water site; Part Two - physical descriptors. American Society for Testing and Materials                
Mathey, S.B. (ed.) 1997, Users Manual for the National Water Information System of the US Geological Survey, Chapter 1 Groundwater Site Inventory System. USGS Open File Report 97/633, United States Geological Survey, 172 p. http://www-tampa.er.usgs.gov/nw                
Qualifier 1:                
Qualifier 2:                
Note:                
Attribute Code Parent Category   Synonyms Description Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2
power FOS   fossil fuel     powered directly by the burning of fossil fuel such as gas or oil    
power DSL FOS   diesel   powered directly by a diesel engine    
power PET FOS   petrol   powered directly by a petrol engine    
power LPG FOS   LP gas   powered directly by liquid petroleum gas engine    
power NTG FOS   natural gas   powered directly by natural gas engine    
power COL FOS   coal   powered directly by a coal-fed engine    
power RNW   renewable     powered directly by a renewable energy source such as solar or wind    
power SUN RNW   solar sun powered by conversion of solar energy    
power WND RNW   wind windmill powered by conversion of wind energy    
power WAT RNW   water hydro powered directly by conversion of energy from flowing water    
power ELC   electricity     powered by mains electricity    
power MAN   manual   hand powered by manual effort such as a hand pump    
power STM   steam     powered directly by a steam engine    
power ANL   animal     powered directly by animals such as horses, donkeys or cattle    
power CPA   compressed air     powered directly by compressed air    
power UNK   unknown     source of power is unknown    

 

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