Groundwater Protection Zones for Drinking Water Abstractions in Eindhoven

Three distinct protection zones—water catchment areas, a 25-year zone, and a drilling-free zone—are defined around the Aalsterweg/Klotputten and Welschap drinking water abstractions in Eindhoven. This data, published via the GIS service of the Province of North Brabant, is governed by the Provincial Environmental Ordinance (PMV) to protect against contaminants. The dataset originates from the Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties and is available in multiple formats including ESRI SHAPE.

Use Cases

• Mapping regulatory boundaries for land-use planning based on the three defined protection zones.
• Assessing environmental risk for proposed construction or drilling activities based on the zone-specific protection regimes.
• Modeling potential contaminant pathways to drinking water sources based on the spatial delineation of catchment areas.

Strengths

• Defines three specific protection zones with distinct regulatory regimes.
• Published via an official provincial GIS service, suggesting authoritative spatial data.
• Available in multiple standard geospatial formats including ESRI SHAPE and CSV.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size 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, via the GIS service of the Province of North Brabant.

Collection Method

Laid down in the Provincial Environmental Ordinance (PMV) and published via GIS.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Protection zones around the Aalsterweg/Klotputten and Welschap drinking water abstractions in Eindhoven, Netherlands.