Identification

Title

Groundwater Level Archive

Abstract

Database of water levels in selected observation boreholes: daily, weekly or monthly measurements. Consistent set of boreholes in catchments relatively undisturbed by pumping distributed across most significant aquifer units in the UK. Most sites have more than 30 years of data, and some sites have considerably longer time series. The dataset represents only 5% of active groundwater monitoring networks run by UK measuring agencies. BGS holds other, historical, groundwater level data, including one off measurements and time series.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/

protocol: HTTP

name: BGS Homepage

description: The BGS Homepage is an entry point to the BGS data services.

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480430

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

New data entered as received. High resolution data may be available at some sites. Many of the historical records are at sites that are no longer actively monitored. Monitoring mostly in major aquifers, with approximately one borehole per Water Framework Directive Groundwater Body.

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

Aquifers

General geology

Geology

Water

Groundwater

UK Location (INSPIRE)

Hydrogeology

originating controlled vocabulary

title

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2022

Keyword set

keyword value

Keyword set

keyword value

NERC_DDC

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-9.5700

East bounding longitude

3.5600

North bounding latitude

61.0200

South bounding latitude

49.7600

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

Extent group

authority code

title

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus

reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1979

code identifying the extent

UK [id=139300]

Extent group

authority code

title

ISO 3166_2

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2009

code identifying the extent

UKM

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1983

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1983

Frequency of update

monthly

Quality and validity

Lineage

Data from EA, SEPA and other measuring agencies.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2011

degree

false

explanation

See the referenced specification

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-12-08

degree

false

explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Data format

name of format

DIGITAL - Digital format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford

WALLINGFORD

OX10 8BB

United Kingdom

telephone number

01491 838800

facsimile number

01491 692345

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford

WALLINGFORD

OX10 8BB

United Kingdom

telephone number

01491 838800

facsimile number

01491 692345

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

distributor

Responsible party

organisation name

British Geological Survey

email address

not available

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

British Geological Survey

full postal address

Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford

WALLINGFORD

OX10 8BB

United Kingdom

telephone number

+44 115 936 3100

email address

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2025-03-24

Metadata language

eng