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UKGEOS Glasgow groundwater and surface water chemistry dataset release (2022-2024)

This dataset contains surface water and groundwater chemistry data of 111 samples - 41 surface waters, 63 groundwater, and 7 groundwater duplicates - collected at the UK Geoenergy Observatory (UKGEOS) in Glasgow, between 20 September 2022 and 12 January 2024 by the British Geological Survey (BGS), as part of the monitoring programme at the Glasgow research facility ( https://www.ukgeos.ac.uk/glasgow-observatory). Samples are from 6 surface water sites, 5 mine water boreholes, and 5 environmental monitoring boreholes and were analysed at BGS and other laboratories. It includes the following parameters: field measurements of redox potential (ORP), pH, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, alkalinity and water temperature, as well as chemical analyses of major, minor, and trace elements, non-purgeable organic carbon (NPOC), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), total petroleum hydrocarbons (TPH), oxygen and deuterium isotopes (δ2H and δ18O), carbon isotopes in dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) (δ13CDIC), and – limited to the groundwater samples – ammonium (NH4), reduced iron, dissolved sulphide, dissolved gases radon, methane, ethane and carbon dioxide (Rn, CH4, C2H6, CO2) and volatile organic compounds (VOC). The dataset consists of two excel files: GroundWaterChemData3 and SurfaceWaterChemData4, with an accompanying report by Palumbo-Roe et al. (2025).

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Date (Creation)
2025-11-14
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608584
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

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enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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British Geological Survey

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enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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British Geological Survey

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enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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British Geological Survey

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enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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British Geological Survey

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enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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British Geological Survey

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enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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British Geological Survey

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not available

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British Geological Survey

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not available

Distributor

British Geological Survey

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not available

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British Geological Survey

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not available

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Maintenance and update frequency
Not planned

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • Chemical analysis

  • Groundwater

  • Surface waters

  • NGDC Deposited Data

  • Citable Data

  • Boreholes

  • Geochemistry

  • Mine waters

  • Water chemistry

  • Abrasion

  • Monitoring

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

dataCentre
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
  • UKGEOS
  • NGDC Deposited Data
  • Citable Data
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Access constraints
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licenceOGL
Other constraints
Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"
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Other restrictions
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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 any form or by any means, or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the prior permission of the copyright holder, via the BGS Intellectual Property Rights Manager. Use by customers of information provided by the BGS, is at the customer's own risk. In view of the disparate sources of information at BGS's disposal, including such material donated to BGS, that BGS accepts in good faith as being accurate, the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the quality or accuracy of the information supplied, or to the information's suitability for any use. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurence however caused.

Other constraints

Available under the Open Government Licence subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced NERC materials "Contains NERC materials ©NERC [year]"

Spatial representation type
Vector
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
Glasgow [id=1298677]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: OS gazetteer 2002 revision

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Begin date
2022-09-20
End date
2024-01-12
Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
Distribution format
Name Version

Microsoft Excel

witheld

PDF

witheld

Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor
Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

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Distributor contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

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not available

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British Geological Survey

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not available

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OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:LINK-1.0-http--related

https://doi.org/10.5285/fbe7a056-edd7-4e40-8d00-be0b8d2b511b

Citation Information - Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

WWW:DOWNLOAD-1.0-http--download

https://webapps.bgs.ac.uk/services/ngdc/accessions/index.html#item190725

DATA - UKGEOS Glasgow groundwater and surface water chemistry dataset release (2022-2024)

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Other

dataset

Conformance result

Title

INSPIRE Implementing rules laying down technical arrangements for the interoperability and harmonisation of Geology

Date (Publication)
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Pass
No

Conformance result

Title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Explanation

See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:323:0011:0102:EN:PDF

Pass
No
Statement

Samples of groundwater and surface water were taken during six sampling rounds between 20 September 2022 and 12 January 2024 as part of the environmental monitoring at the UK Geoenergy Observatory (UKGEOS) in Glasgow.. After collection, the samples underwent analysis at BGS, SOCOTEC, UKCEH and Scottish Water laboratories for a range of inorganic and organic determinands. Where possible, analytical methods were UKAS accredited. The analytical data underwent quality assurance by BGS hydrogeochemists and is presented in two data sheets. The BGS undertook further quality control checking of the combined laboratory and field observation dataset. Further description can be found in the accompanying report Palumbo-Roe et al. 2025.

Metadata

File identifier
43f04e06-1ed0-4bbe-e063-3050940a2896 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-01-14
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

Metadata author
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Point of contact
Dataset URI

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13608584

 
 

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Keywords

Citable Data NGDC Deposited Data UK Location (INSPIRE) UKGEOS


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