Clean Water Act (CWA) Metadata Service

https://epa.gov/cwa_rest_services.metadata

Returns the JSON Object Name and ColumnId for usage with the qcolumns parameter for get_qid, get_facility_info and other service endpoints.

Access Token Required: API Key

Query Params

outputstring

Output Format Flag. Enter one of the following keywords: - JSON = Data model formatted as Javascript Object Notation (default). - JSONP = Data model formatted as Javascript Object Notation with Padding. - XML = Data model formatted as Extensible Markup Language.

Responses

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "abc123",
    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

Language

CredentialsAPI KEY

API Key

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cURL Request

1curl --request GET \
2     --url 'https://epa.gov/cwa_rest_services.metadata' \
3     --header 'accept: application/json' \
4     --header 'content-type: application/json'

Response

1{
2  "success": true,
3  "data": {
4    "id": "abc123",
5    "created_at": "2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"
6  }
7}

GET