Aquifer Designation Dataset for England and Wales
Joint BGS/Environment Agency dataset of aquifer designations for England and Wales at 1:50 000. The dataset identifies different types of aquifer - underground layers of water-bearing permeable rock or drift deposits from which groundwater can be extracted. These designations reflect the importance of aquifers in terms of groundwater as a resource (drinking water supply) but also their role in supporting surface water flows and wetland ecosystems. The maps are split into two different type of aquifer designation: superficial - permeable unconsolidated (loose) deposits (for example, sands and gravels), and bedrock - solid permeable formations e.g. sandstone, chalk and limestone.
dataset
https://www.bgs.ac.uk/datasets/aquifer-designation-data/
name: BGS Datasets - Aquifer designation data
function: information
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13605520
eng
geoscientificInformation
publication
2008-06-01
Aquifers
UK Location (INSPIRE)
revision
2022
NERC_DDC
-6.4500
1.7800
55.8300
49.7700
revision
2009
ENG
creation
1979
ENGLAND [id=150000]
creation
1979
WALES [id=170000]
revision
2009
WLS
2010
creation
2010
asNeeded
Dataset derived from DiGMapGB-50 v5.18 linework. Aquifer designation status attributed to linework by BGS and Environment Agency staff. BGS responsible for final geoprocessing steps (removing DiGMap attribution and merging shared boundaries).
publication
2011
false
See the referenced specification
publication
2010-12-08
false
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF
ESRI Shapefile
Current BGS version
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United Kingdom
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01491 692345
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