UNITED KINGDOM · ENGLAND · LANDSCAPE · WATER
Drinking Water Protected Areas (Surface Water)
What this layer shows
Surface water bodies in England designated as Drinking Water Protected Areas under the Water Framework Directive regulations, with whether each is at risk and the safeguard zone linked to it. This is the statutory designation; the safeguard zones layer shows the separate, non-statutory zones.
Publisher and licence
Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved · Open Government Licence v3.0
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved, Open Government Licence v3.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · environment.data.gov.uk
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Facts shown for each feature
DrWPA ID · Risk · Safeguard zone · Water body type · River basin district
Other layers in this group
- Nitrate Vulnerable Zones 2013 (Wales)
- Internal Drainage Districts
- Nitrate Vulnerable Zones 2021
- Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Surface)
- Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Groundwater)
- Principal Salmon Fisheries (England)
- Bathing Waters (England)
- Bathing Waters (Scotland)
- Bathing Waters (Wales)
- Bathing Waters (Northern Ireland)
- Groundwater Bodies (WFD 2025)
- River Water Body Catchments (WFD 2025)