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.

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

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.