Identification

Title

Drinking Water Protected Area

Abstract

Any water bodies in Wales used to provide drinking water are designated as Drinking Water Protected Areas (DrWPAs). The designation aims to protect the water and prevent any deterioration in quality that could increase the required treatment of water to meet Drinking Water Standards. Drinking Water Protected Areas need to be identified under the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017. This data shows the designated Drinking Water Protected Areas in Wales and is split into two separate layers for Surface Water Drinking Water Protected Areas and one for Groundwater Drinking Water Protected Areas. This aims to protect from over-abstraction and prevent deterioration in water quality that could increase the treatment of drinking water. Within these Drinking Water Protected Areas, we work with water companies to identify raw water sources that are 'at risk' of deterioration, which would result in the need for additional treatment.

Surface Water: The designation may be based on any WFD river or lake waterbody that meets the qualifying criteria as specified in Article 7 of the Water Framework Directive .

Groundwater: All groundwater bodies in Wales are designated as Drinking Water Protected Areas. These are sourced from Groundwater Bodies available in WFD Groundwaterbodies Cycle 2, 2015.

Attribution Statement

Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Derived in part from 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale digital data under permission from British Geological Survey. ©NERC.

Licence

Open Government Licence for Public Sector Information (OGL)

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Copyright:

None

Publication date

31 July 2024

Type

Spatial data

Category:

Environment

Environmental resources, protection and conservation. Examples: environmental pollution, waste storage and treatment, environmental impact assessment, monitoring environmental risk, nature reserves, landscape

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Regions

Global

Approved

Yes

Published

Yes

Featured

No

Group

Natural Resources Wales

Information

Spatial extent

Projection system

EPSG:27700

Extension x0

146597.199797902

Extension x1

355308.0

Extension y0

164586.296917809

Extension y1

395984.199957072

Features

Contact

Email

opendata@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

Organisation

Natural Resources Wales

References

Link online

/layergroups/geonode:nrw_dwpa

Metadata page

/layergroups/geonode:nrw_dwpa/metadata_detail

OWS endpoints

WMS

WFS