Environmental Impact of Pesticides on Groundwater and Ecosystems in 2010

A geospatial dataset from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations models the environmental impact of pesticides on groundwater, aquatic life, and soil life. The impact is quantified using environmental tax points derived from the 2010 pesticide spraying scheme. The data is provided as a shapefile and is licensed under the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0.

Use Cases

• Map regional pesticide pollution risk based on environmental tax points.
• Assess potential impact on aquatic ecosystems from the 2010 spraying scheme.
• Model soil contamination and its implications for soil life.
• Analyze spatial patterns of groundwater vulnerability to pesticide leaching.

Strengths

• Quantifies environmental impact using a standardized metric (environmental tax points).
• Focuses on a specific and documented year (2010).
• Covers multiple environmental compartments (groundwater, aquatic life, soil life).

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Calculation results from the 2010 pesticide spraying scheme.

Time Range

2010

Freshness

Data reflects the 2010 spraying scheme; last update date is unknown.

Geography

Likely the Netherlands, based on the source organization.