locus sole source aquifer derived

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      "note": "Awareness/diagnostic only. Full briefs are x402-paid. Agents can discover live free tools at https://api.locus.report/tools/list and paid tools, prices, and manifests at https://api.locus.report/.well-known/ai-tool/index.json.",
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        "name": "U.S. EPA Sole Source Aquifers",
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        "licenseNote": "U.S. EPA public data; no named open-data license is stated. Cite EPA and do not imply endorsement.",
        "sourceLocator": "EPA_Sole_Source_Aquifers.zip",
        "sourceVintage": "2025-05-21",
        "sourceFetchedAt": "2026-07-28T14:05:00Z",
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        "The designation is not a contamination finding, says nothing about current water quality, does not itself restrict a private owner, and is not an ordinary private-construction permit decision.",
        "Most of the country is outside a Sole Source Aquifer designation. Being outside one does not mean groundwater is unimportant or unprotected.",
        "The active snapshot uses simplified mapped boundaries. A point close to a boundary needs confirmation from EPA; this lookup is not a survey or legal boundary determination."
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      "meaning": "EPA's Sole Source Aquifer designation means the aquifer supplies at least 50% of the drinking water for its service area and no economically feasible alternative is available; under SDWA -1424(e), EPA reviews federally funded projects in the designated area for potential to contaminate the aquifer.",
      "message": "The point is outside every designation boundary in the active EPA snapshot. Most of the country is outside a Sole Source Aquifer designation. Being outside one does not mean groundwater is unimportant or unprotected.",
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        "note": "The source boundary was simplified for bounded lookup. The tolerance is stated in Web Mercator metres; its approximate ground-distance equivalent varies with latitude.",
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          "step": "Use locus_groundwater_context for separate nearby USGS monitoring-well, aquifer-code, and static-water-level context."
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          "url": "https://www.epa.gov/dwssa/sole-source-aquifer-contacts-epas-regional-offices",
          "step": "Contact the applicable EPA regional office for an authoritative boundary determination."
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