Irrigation Wells Notified Under 2016 Policy for Drainage and Construction

Notified irrigation wells following a new policy implemented in April 2016 concerning drainage pipe construction and well striking. The dataset originates from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and is available via the eu_open_data platform. The data is provided under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0 license.

Use Cases

• Mapping irrigation infrastructure based on policy notifications.
• Analyzing the impact of the 2016 drainage and well construction policy on water resource development.
• Monitoring compliance with agricultural water use regulations based on well notification data.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific policy change from April 2016, providing temporal context.
• Available in multiple geospatial formats (WFS, WMS, PNG) for different analysis workflows.

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 (Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Notifications collected following a new policy.

Time Range

Data likely begins from April 2016.

Freshness

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Geography

Likely covers the Netherlands, given the source organization.