BGS Hosted Metadata
Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Surface Water)
Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Surface Water) are catchment areas that influence the water quality for their respective Drinking Water Protected Area (Surface Water), which are at risk of failing the drinking water protection objectives.
These non-statutory Safeguard Zones are where action to address water contamination will be targeted, so that extra treatment by water companies can be avoided. Safeguard Zones are a joint initiative between the Environment Agency and water companies. Safeguard Zones are one of the main tools for delivering the drinking water protection objectives of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations 2017.
This data includes what substances are causing the drinking water protected area to be ‘at risk’. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right. All rights reserved.
Derived from BGS digital data under licence from British Geological Survey ©NERC.
Derived from Centre of Ecology and Hydrology data ©CEH
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- Alternate title
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Surface Water Drinking Water Safeguard Zones
- Alternate title
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DRWPA (Drinking Water Protected Area)
- Alternate title
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DRWPA_safeguard_zones_surfacewater
- Date (Creation)
- 2012-07-09
- Date (Revision)
- 2021-05-12
- Citation identifier
- 0c4d9ae7-bdc2-48da-bfb2-ccd1134723b3
- Point of contact
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Environment Agency
Point of contact
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Annually
- Theme
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NotOpen
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GEMET - Concepts, version 2.4
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interaction of pesticides
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water pollution
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drinking water supply
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surface water
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blue-green alga
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water quality
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agriculture
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drinking water
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surface water management
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urban water supply
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water pollution prevention
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drinking water protection area
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water purification
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agricultural pollution
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drinking water treatment
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persistence of pesticides
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water protection legislation
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residual pesticide
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colour
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nutrient
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pesticide
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environmental impact of agriculture
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- Other restrictions
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- License
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- Copyright
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2. If you are not using the Information in pursuance of condition 1 you must use the Information in a way that
- we have confirmed in writing to you supports our statutory functions, or
- that is authorised by any statue, or
- does not require a licence form us.
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Environment
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- Extent type code
- Yes
- Geographic identifier
- http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england
- Extent type code
- Yes
- Geographic identifier
- http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/wales
- Begin date
- 2012-04-01
- End date
- 2022-03-31 Unknown
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
- Distribution format
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Name Version Open format | Shapefile (SHP)
Not Applicable
- OnLine resource
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Protocol Linkage Name WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://environment.data.gov.uk/datafiles/f7056505deee407ca6cdccfa1494e24f Shapefile_(zipped)_for_download
http:
https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://environment.data.gov.uk/datafiles/aecbdc76b04743faa7522d88b5dd1fd0 Surface Water Safeguard Zone Action Plan links - CSV for download
ESRI:REST
https://services1.arcgis.com/JZM7qJpmv7vJ0Hzx/arcgis/rest/services/DrinkingWater_SafeguardZones_Groundwater/FeatureServer/0 Drinking_Water_Safeguard_Zone_Surface_Water
WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
https://mapapps2.bgs.ac.uk/waterdataexplorer/index.html?extent=458194.8178%2C122145.1545%2C627528.4898%2C238694.3459%2C27700&showLayers=Drinking_Water_Safeguard_Zone_Surface_Water_820%3BOS_Boundaryline_7486%3Bwms_668_LC.LandCoverSurfaces%3Bwms_9158_LC.25m.GB%3Bwms_7301_LC.25m.GB Water Data Explorer Web GIS
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- Dataset
- Statement
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Operational Instruction QMS 795_15 Surface Water Drinking Water Protected Areas part 3 - Identifying and delineating Safeguard Zones (22/12/2015) contains complete information how Surface Water Drinking Water Safeguard Zones are identified and delineated.
Zones are created using:
Water Framework Directive Cycle 2 River Catchment Water bodies (Environment Agency)
OS 1:250 000 scale raster (Ordnance Survey)
Land Cover Map 2000 (Centre of Ecology and Hydrology)
Metadata
- File identifier
- 1e0002f8-a322-4158-8165-3d688d634a3c XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
- Parent identifier
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Spatial Data Explorer (WebGIS)
863bb531-4c51-4a3f-858c-c592e8ba5bf7
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-06-11T14:35:22.024209Z
- Metadata standard name
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Gemini
- Metadata standard version
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2.2
- Metadata author
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Environment Agency
Point of contact
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