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. 2023 Jan 26;3(1):e0001062. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001062

Table 2. Correlation results for each method.

Discharge capacity and estimated population Discharge capacity and population density Discharge capacity and sewershed area
Method Median discharge capacity (mgd) Pearson correlation P value Pearson correlation P value Pearson correlation P value
Provided by treatment plant/municipality/county 0.36 0.83 0 0.439 0 0.826 0
Parcel digitized no description 0.52 0.876 0 0.514 0 0.853 0
Parcel digitized from description 0.99 0.974 0 0.615 0.005 0.853 0
Digitized from physical map (JPEG/PDF) 10 0.972 0 0.673 0 0.698 0
Digitized from manhole/sewer main shapefile 0.4 0.707 0 0.195 0.27 0.668 0
Parcel digitized from DANC records 0.1 0.897 0 0.544 0 0.822 0