dataset · England
Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Groundwater)
Drinking Water Groundwater Safeguard Zones (SgZs) are established around public water supplies where additional pollution control measures are needed. The Water Framework Directive requires that Drinking Water Protected Areas are identified (WFD Article 7.1) and that they are given the necessary protection (WFD Article 7.3) with the aim of avoiding deterioration in their quality in order to reduce the level of purification treatment required in the production of drinking water. The geometry of G
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Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
Evidence
- https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=6597b302-4d0d-4d53-8699-1eec9ca7c455&fileName=Drinking_Water_Safeguard_Zones_Groundwater.gdb.zip
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/7fe90245-d6e8-4d7c-a13a-65a87455f429/drinking-water-safeguard-zones-groundwater
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