Drinking Water Extraction Areas in the Groningen Environmental Ordinance

Drinking water extraction areas as established in the Environmental Ordinance of the province of Groningen. The dataset likely contains geospatial boundaries for zones where activities are regulated to protect groundwater used for drinking water production. The data is provided by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a Creative Commons Public Domain Mark license.

Use Cases

• Mapping regulated groundwater protection zones based on the described zoning structure.
• Planning land-use activities to avoid prohibited actions like fertilizer use or deep drilling in extraction areas.
• Enforcing environmental regulations for activities potentially harmful to groundwater extraction.

Strengths

• Data is defined by a formal provincial Environmental Ordinance, providing a legal basis.
• The description specifies a clear three-part structure for groundwater protection areas.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and last update date are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties

Collection Method

Likely digitized from legal ordinance boundaries.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Province of Groningen, Netherlands