Water Extraction Areas Under the Dutch NH2020 Environmental Regulation

The NH2020 Environmental Regulation, adopted on 16-11-2020 under Decision No. 1477251/1478383, defines this scope for water extraction areas. The plan is published by the Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and can be consulted on spatialplans.nl, with details in articles 4.30, 4.39 to 4.41, and 7.15.

Use Cases

• Map and analyze regulated water extraction zones based on the spatial plan.
• Assess compliance with environmental regulations for water management projects.
• Integrate regulatory boundaries into environmental impact models.
• Support land-use planning decisions concerning water resource protection.

Strengths

• Data is tied to a specific, officially adopted regulation (NH2020, Decision No. 1477251/1478383).
• Published by a government ministry (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties).
• Available in standard geospatial web service formats (WFS, WMS).

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

Published as part of the official NH2020 Environmental Regulation spatial plan.

Time Range

Regulation adopted on 16-11-2020.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Likely covers the Netherlands, as it is a Dutch national regulation.