Drinking water safeguard zone

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Stages

• Backlog
• Screen
• Research

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These are the questions we answer during the Screen stage.

Answering them wil help us learn more about the Drinking water safeguard zone consideration, determine if a data standard is required and whether we know enough to move on to the next stage.

• What is the 'Drinking water safeguard zone' consideration?

  Drinking Water Groundwater Safeguard Zones (SgZs) are established around public water supplies where additional pollution control measures are needed. The Water Framework Directive requires that Drinking Water Protected Areas are identified (WFD Article 7.1) and that they are given the necessary protection (WFD Article 7.3) with the aim of avoiding deterioration in their quality in order to reduce the level of purification treatment required in the production of drinking water.

• Is there legislation that defines 'Drinking water safeguard zone'?

• Who, in law, is responsible for the planning consideration or makes decisions about 'Drinking water safeguard zone'?

• Which organisations do we think should publish the data?

• Is the Drinking water safeguard zone a trigger?

• Is the Drinking water safeguard zone something to consult during plan making?

• Is there any Drinking water safeguard zone data already available?

  Yes

  • What Drinking water safeguard zone data is currently available?

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      • url: https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/7fe90245-d6e8-4d7c-a13a-65a87455f429/drinking-water-safeguard-zones-groundwater
      • name: Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Groundwater)
      • publisher: Environment Agency

• Do we think the data should come from a single source?

• Will a data standard be required?