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Aquifer Properties, Database Of Physical Properties Of Aquifers In England And Wales.

Data on the physical properties (transmissivity, storage coefficient, porosity and permeability) of aquifers in England and Wales. Compiled by BGS staff from paper records of field and laboratory testing held by BGS, the Environment Agency and other organisations. Contains summary data on approximately 20,000 pump tests at over 2000 discrete locations. Raw data may be available on request. The majority of BGS and EA pump test data is included for both major and minor aquifers, but in minor aquifers this is complemented by data on specific yield. Laboratory determinations of porosity and permeability are limited to open file BGS data only. All data subject to similar processing and interpretation, but raw data highly variable.

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Date (Creation)
1960
Citation identifier
http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13480111
Point of contact
Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

enquiries@bgs.ac.uk

Originator

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Distributor

British Geological Survey

Enquiries

not available

Point of contact
Maintenance and update frequency
Irregular

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

  • Geology

BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences

  • Aquifer properties

  • Hydrogeology

  • Permeability

  • Pump tests

  • UK Location (INSPIRE)

  • Groundwater

  • Porosity

  • Hydrology

dataCentre
  • UK Location (INSPIRE)
Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Data are sold as package with printed report. Data are copyright and provision to third parties without agreement and/or licensing is limited.
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints

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

Either: (i) the dataset is made freely available, e.g. via the Internet, for a restricted category of use (e.g. educational use only); or (ii) the dataset has not been formally approved by BGS for access and use by external clients under licence, but its use may be permitted under alternative formal arrangements; or (iii) the dataset contains 3rd party data or information obtained by BGS under terms and conditions that must be consulted in order to determine the permitted usage of the dataset. Refer to the BGS staff member responsible for the creation of the dataset if further advice is required. He / she should be familiar with the composition of the dataset, particularly with regard to 3rd party IPR contained in it, and any resultant use restrictions. This staff member should revert to the IPR Section ( ipr@bgs.ac.uk) for advice, should the position not be clear.

Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
10000
Language
English
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Geographic identifier
ENG

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

Geographic identifier
ENGLAND [id=150000]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier
WALES [id=170000]

British Geological Survey Gazetteer: Geographical hierarchy from Geosaurus 1979 creation

Geographic identifier
WLS

ISO 3166_1 alpha-3 2009 revision

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Begin date
1960
Supplemental Information

Date of some data capture may be unknown, but this does not materially affect data validity. Ongoing update of database subject to funding and is project driven. Density of data in proportion to drilling densities, from 1 per km2 to less than 1 per 100 km2. The summary data are included as CD-ROMS with printed copies of the Aquifer Property Manual publications. The database in Allen et al contains data on the Major Aquifers, Jones et al contains the summary data for both major and minor aquifers. The software formats used on the CD-ROMs may be outdated and Excel versions of the data can be supplied it to purchasers of the manuals on request. Detailed data are available in various formats by special arrangement. PUBLICATION: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES ALLEN, D J, BREWERTON, LJ, COLEBY, LM, GIBBS, BR, LEWIS, MA, MACDDONALD, AM, WAGSTAFF, SJ, AND WILLIARNS, AT. 1997. THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MAJOR AQUIFERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES. BRITISH GEOLOGICAL REPORT WD/97/34 312PP. ENVIRONMENT AGENCY R&D PUBLICATION 8. JONES, H.K.; MORRIS, B.L.; CHENEY, C.S.; BREWERTON, L.J.; MERRIN, P.D.; LEWIS, M.A.; MACDONALD, A.M. ; COLEBY, L.M.; TALBOT, J.C.; MCKENZIE, A.A.; BIRD, M.J.; CUNNINGHAM, J.E.; ROBINSON, V.. 2000 THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINOR AQUIFERS IN ENGLAND AND WALES. BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 234PP. (WD/00/004, ENVIRONMENT AGENCY R&D PUBLICATION 68)

Unique resource identifier
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid (EPSG::27700)
Distribution format
Name Version

PAPER - Paper reports.

Microsoft Excel

Current version

Microsoft Access

Access 97

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

not available

Distributor
OnLine resource
Protocol Linkage Name

HTTP

http://www.bgs.ac.uk/

BGS Homepage

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

The data were compiled from original paper records collected by the EA for abstraction licensing, and by BGS for research. Data were subject to review and were assessed by project staff for completeness and interpretation accuracy. The original data were collated to give 'best' estimates for each parameter in individual boreholes and, where boreholes fell within a 100 metre radius, for groups of boreholes. Only the collated data is normally released.

Metadata

File identifier
9df8df51-632a-37a8-e044-0003ba9b0d98 XML
Metadata language
English
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2025-06-20
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/13480111

 
 

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Keywords

UK Location (INSPIRE)


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