Wastewater Discharge Points from Treatment Plants in Indre-et-Loire, France

Indre-et-Loire, France, is the geographic scope for this dataset of points where treated wastewater is discharged into the natural environment. The data is provided by the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM) and was last updated in June 2019. It describes discharge points from community wastewater treatment plants (STEPs), excluding the application of station sludge.

Use Cases

• Mapping the locations of treated wastewater outfalls based on the described discharge points.
• Assessing potential environmental impact zones based on the described pollution stream after treatment.
• Planning infrastructure or monitoring networks based on the locations of pipe ends, injection drillings, and infiltration sites.

Strengths

• Data is provided by a national geological and mining research organization (BRGM).
• The layer is linked to data awarded with identified 'business' applications.
• Specific geographic focus on the Indre-et-Loire department in France.

Limitations

• Last updated 2019-06-03 00:00:00; freshness should be verified.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

BUREAU DE RECHERCHES GÉOLOGIQUES ET MINIÈRES

Collection Method

Likely collected as part of regulatory reporting for wastewater treatment plants.

Freshness

Last updated 2019-06-03 00:00:00

Geography

Indre-et-Loire, France