UNITED KINGDOM · SCOTLAND · LANDSCAPE · WATER
Drinking Water Protected Areas: Groundwater (Scotland)
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What this layer shows
Scotland's Drinking Water Protected Areas, the waters designated because they are used for public drinking water supply: here the groundwater bodies. Activities that could pollute them get closer attention from SEPA.
Publisher and licence
Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 · Open Government Licence v3.0
© Scottish Environment Protection Agency. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0
Where the data comes from
ARCGIS · map.sepa.org.uk
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Facts shown for each feature
Protected area ID · Area (km²)
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)