Identification

Title

Groundwater Vulnerability Maps (2017) on MAGIC

Abstract

This dataset is available for use for non-commercial purposes only on request as AfA248 dataset Groundwater Vulnerability Maps (2017). For commercial use please contact the British Geological Survey. The Groundwater Vulnerability Maps show the vulnerability of groundwater to a pollutant discharged at ground level based on the hydrological, geological, hydrogeological and soil properties within a single square kilometre. The 2017 publication has updated the groundwater vulnerability maps to reflect improvements in data mapping, modelling capability and understanding of the factors affecting vulnerability Two map products are available: • The combined groundwater vulnerability map. This product is designed for technical specialists due to the complex nature of the legend which displays groundwater vulnerability (High, Medium, Low), the type of aquifer (bedrock and/or superficial) and aquifer designation status (Principal, Secondary, Unproductive). These maps require that the user is able to understand the vulnerability assessment and interpret the individual components of the legend. • The simplified groundwater vulnerability map. This was developed for non-specialists who need to know the overall risk to groundwater but do not have extensive hydrogeological knowledge or the time to interpret the underlying data. The map has five risk categories (High, Medium-High, Medium, Medium-Low and Low) based on the likelihood of a pollutant reaching the groundwater (i.e. the vulnerability), the types of aquifer present and the potential impact (i.e. the aquifer designation status). The two maps also identify areas where solution features that enable rapid movement of a pollutant may be present (identified as stippled areas) and areas where additional local information affecting vulnerability is held by the Environment Agency (identified as dashed areas). Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2017. All rights reserved.Derived from 1:50k scale BGS Digital Data under Licence 2011/057 British Geological Survey. © NERC.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx

protocol: WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

name:

description: Groundwater Vulnerability Maps 2017 on MAGIC

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

protocol: http:

name: DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM

description: DEFRA Data Services Platform Customer Forum

Unique resource identifier

code

0c4d9ae7-bdc2-48da-bfb2-ccd1134723b3

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

NotOpen

groundwater

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/wales

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2017-11-01

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2017-11-01

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

Methodology report - https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/414084/Groundwater_vulnerability_map_report.pdf.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Proprietary format | ESRI File based Geodatabase (GDB)

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-conditional-licence/environment-agency-conditional-licence"> Environment Agency Conditional Licence </a>

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

Special conditions: 1.1 This information may only be used by you: - for the purposes of a contract you have to do work for us (and if you do not have a contract to do work for us no use is licensed and you are limited to use that is authorised by any statute or use that does not require a licence from us), and - for your internal use only but this does not prevent you from passing it back to us or to a subcontractor who complies with these conditions and - if, subject to any express written provision in the contract, you ensure that all intellectual property rights created in the performance of the contract vest in us, and - you destroy all copies of the Information at the end of the contract subject only to any retentions necessarily required by statute or otherwise by a binding legal obligation or for archive purposes for the sole purpose of addressing a complaint or challenge from a regulator or the National Audit Office in relation to your use of the Information. 1.2 We have restricted use of the Information as a result of legal restrictions placed upon us to protect the rights or confidentialities of others. IN this instance it is because of prior rights owned by the British Geological Survey. If you contact us in writing (this includes email) we will, as far as confidentiality rule allow, provide you with details including, if available, how you might seek permission from a third party to extent your use rights

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-04-27

Metadata language

eng