Border Prohibition Zones for Deep Groundwater Drilling in Drenthe, 2010

A 2010 policy dataset from the province of Drenthe, Netherlands, indicating zones where deep groundwater drilling is prohibited. It was created by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties based on the Environment Vision adopted on 2 June 2010. The data supports the ambition to retain and build up a large supply of good quality fresh groundwater.

Use Cases

• Spatial analysis of groundwater protection zones based on the defined prohibition areas.
• Policy compliance checking for drilling permits based on the established environmental vision.
• Land-use planning and environmental impact assessment based on the groundwater conservation strategy.

Strengths

• Based on a formal provincial policy document (Environment Vision) adopted on 2 June 2010.
• Explicitly linked to a specific geographic region (Drents Plateau and Hondsrug in Drenthe, Netherlands).

Limitations

• Row count and dataset scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Derived from map 11 (Landwater) of the provincial Environment Vision.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Province of Drenthe, Netherlands (specifically the Drents Plateau and Hondsrug).