wqx/descriptions/ReferenceLocationType.json

Water Quality Exchange (WQX): JSON Schema

{
  "Control": "a group or individual used as a standard of comparison for checking the results of a survey or experiment.",
  "Random": "Location made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: characterized selection in which each item of a set has an equal probability of being chosen.",
  "Reference": "strategically chosen areas of similar chemical and physical characteristics used to compare impacts of disturbed areas",
  "Treatment Site": "Any site that improves the quality of water to make it more acceptable for a specific end-use. The end use may be drinking, industrial water supply, irrigation, river flow maintenance, water recreation or many other uses, including being safely returned to the environment. "
}