Drinking Water Extraction Areas in Groningen, 2016-2020

Drinking water extraction areas from the Environmental Vision of Groningen 2016-2020. The dataset defines zones where activities harmful to groundwater, such as manure use or deep drilling, are prohibited to protect drinking water production. It is published by the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties under a CC-PDM-1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Map groundwater protection zones based on the defined area boundaries.
• Analyze land-use compatibility based on the prohibited activities described.
• Model environmental policy impact based on the regulatory framework for water extraction areas.

Strengths

• Includes legally established zones with specific prohibitions on activities like manure use.
• Published by a government ministry (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties).
• Available via geospatial service protocols (WFS, WMS).

Limitations

• 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

Established as part of the Environmental Vision of Groningen 2016-2020 policy.

Time Range

2016-2020

Freshness

unknown

Geography

Groningen, Netherlands