This computation aligned the abstraction and discharge datasets sourced from the Environment Agency onto a 1 km x 1 km grid.
Specifically, monthly groundwater, surface water and tidal water abstraction data were obtained from 1999 to 2014, and annual discharges and surface water Hands-off Flow (HoF) conditions were obtained from the EA’s Water Resources Geographic Information System (WRGIS 2017 and 2022 versions respectively). Due to national security data restrictions regarding the location of public water supply abstractions, publication of the dataset is limited to a 1 km x 1 km resolution. Information at a higher resolution has been removed or converted to a 1 km x 1 km resolution as appropriate, and any personal or identifying data has been removed.