Potential Groundwater Areas for Drinking Water in Drenthe, 2014

A geospatial dataset identifying preferred locations for future drinking water extraction from groundwater. The map layer was adopted by the Provincial Staten van Drenthe on 2 July 2014. It originates from the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and is licensed for public domain use.

Use Cases

• Site suitability analysis for new drinking water wells based on identified potential groundwater areas.
• Environmental impact assessment for groundwater extraction projects using the designated preferred locations.
• Long-term regional water resource planning based on the map of future extraction zones.

Strengths

• Includes a specific adoption date (2 July 2014) providing a clear policy reference point.
• Originates from an authoritative government organization (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties).
• Released under a public domain license (CC-PDM-1.0), allowing for unrestricted reuse.

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

Collection Method

Likely derived from hydrogeological analysis for regional planning.

Time Range

Policy version from 2014.

Freshness

Last updated: unknown

Geography

Province of Drenthe, Netherlands.