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UK Sustainable Development Goal 6.6.1: groundwater sub-indicator (1990-2019)

The dataset consists of data for the UK for the Sustainable Development Goal 6.6.1: groundwater sub-indicator for the period 1990 to 2019. The dataset reports for the UK against Sub-Indicator 5 of Goal 6.6.1, following the recommended procedures in the UNEP report on monitoring methodologies for that sub-indicator. The sub-indicator is defined as the change in mean groundwater levels, averaged over a five-year period, from a mean in levels over a previous five-year reference period. Groundwater level data was obtained from BGS’ WellMaster database. 192 groundwater level monitoring stations were processed and, following quality control, 154 were used to provide estimates of regional variation in groundwater levels for 19 of the 34 HydroBASINS at Level 6 in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. As required by the guidance in the monitoring methodology, the sites chosen are representative of local and regional groundwater systems and are observation and monitoring boreholes where groundwater levels are not systematically affected by abstraction. All sites chosen have average monitoring frequencies of greater than one observation a month. The dataset is provided as a .csv file with the following headers: Column A: HYBAS_ID, HydroBASIN unique identification number. Column B: reference period (1990 to 1994). Columns C to AA: reporting periods (five-year periods starting in 1991) with data reported as percentage change (relative to reference period) in running mean five-year groundwater level by HydroBasin.

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Metadata Language
English (en)
Dataset Reference Date ()
2021-10-26
Identifier

http://data.bgs.ac.uk/id/dataHolding/13607832

 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

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NOTTINGHAM

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NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

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NG12 5GG

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United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


Environmental Science Centre, Nicker Hill, Keyworth

,

NOTTINGHAM

,

NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

,

NG12 5GG

,

United Kingdom

0115 936 3143
0115 936 3276
 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford

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WALLINGFORD

,

OXON

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OX10 8BB

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United Kingdom

01491 838800
01491 692345
 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford

,

WALLINGFORD

,

OXON

,

OX10 8BB

,

United Kingdom

01491 838800
01491 692345
 

British Geological Survey

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Enquiries


Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford

,

WALLINGFORD

,

OXON

,

OX10 8BB

,

United Kingdom

01491 838800
01491 692345
Maintenance and update frequency
notPlanned
GEMET - INSPIRE themes
  • Geology
BGS Thesaurus of Geosciences
  • Groundwater

Keywords
  • NERC_DDC

Limitations on Public Access
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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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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.

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

Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1990-01-01
End date
2019-12-31
 

Spatial Reference System

No information provided.

Distribution Information

Data format
  • .csv

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Resource Locator
Data
Resource Locator
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
Resource Locator
Data
Resource Locator
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
 
Quality Scope
nonGeographicDataset
Other

non geographic dataset

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2011
Explanation

See the referenced specification

Degree

Report

Dataset Reference Date ()
2010-12-08
Explanation

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

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Statement

Annual mean groundwater levels were calculated for the period 1990 to 2019, as the arithmetic mean of the interpolated monthly values for the calendar year, and a five-year running mean was calculated from the annual means of each monitoring station. Taking the five-year period 1990 to 1994 as a baseline, five-year running means were estimated as percentages with respect to the baseline. Values greater than 100% imply that average groundwater levels have risen since the period 1990 to 1994, while values less than 100% imply falling levels. The five-year running means were arithmetically averaged for each region that contained at least one monitoring station. The interpolated data, annual averages and five-year running means were then plotted as time series and subject to a heuristic QA process to identify any anomalies within the data.

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File identifier
cff29f97-e176-5966-e054-002128a47908 XML
Metadata Language
English (en)
Resource type
nonGeographicDataset
Hierarchy level name

non geographic dataset

Metadata Date
2023-01-23
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version

2.3

 

British Geological Survey


Maclean Building, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Oxon, United Kingdom, OX10 8BB

,

WALLINGFORD

,

OXON

,

OX10 8BB

,

United Kingdom

+44 115 936 3100
 
 

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