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A century of groundwater accumulation in Pakistan and northwest India - dataset (NERC Grant NE/R000069/1)
The groundwater systems of northwest India and central Pakistan are amongst the most heavily exploited in the world. Groundwater has been monitored in the region for more than a century resulting in a unique long-term record of groundwater level change. The BGS has compiled groundwater level data from northwest India (Haryana and Punjab) and Pakistan (Punjab) between 1884 and 2020. The dataset, presented here, was compiled from various sources between 2018 and 2020. The excel file consists of tw
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Licence: ["The copyright of materials derived from the British Geological Survey's work is vested in the Natural Environment Research Council [NERC]. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in an
Evidence quality: 38.7
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- groundwater level (metres below ground level) · site location information · long-term groundwater level records (130 sites with >40 years of data)
- Coverage docs-verified
- Northwest India (Haryana and Punjab) and Pakistan (Punjab) · 1884 to 2020
- Resolution llm-inferred
- Site-level point observations: 4,028 sites in the full dataset, 130 sites in the LTS subset. Observation frequency not stated.
- Update frequency docs-verified
- notApplicable
- Formats docs-verified
- Excel
- Access docs-verified
- Reuse restricted. Licence listed as 'Not set'. Copyright is vested in NERC; reproduction or transmission needs prior permission via the BGS IPR Manager.
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Long-term groundwater level trend context for overseas water-resource or hydrogeology reviews in Punjab (India and Pakistan) · Shortlisting sites with more than 40 years of record (LTS subset) for trend analysis · Groundwater depletion background for international water-security or development assessments
- Audience llm-inferred
- hydrogeologists · hydrologists · water-resource planners · GIS analysts
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Geographic coverage is limited to northwest India and Pakistan (Punjab); no UK coverage · Reuse is restricted by NERC copyright and access constraints, and the licence is not set · Compiled from sources between 2018 and 2020 with no update schedule (frequency notApplicable) · NERC gives no warranty on quality or accuracy, and use is at the customer's own risk · Only Excel files are listed; no API or programmatic access is described · The LTS subset covers only 130 sites
Evidence
- https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item167240
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/ceea1598-b908-4594-ac80-f7b408b86d24/a-century-of-groundwater-accumulation-in-pakistan-and-northwest-india-dataset-nerc-grant-ne-r00
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.