CEDA - Gridded Groundwater Abstraction Dataset for England (1999-2014)
Open-access 1 km gridded monthly actual groundwater (and surface/tidal water) abstraction dataset for England, 1999-2014, provided as NetCDF and BADC-CSV via the CEDA Archive with OPeNDAP access.
catalogue.ceda.ac.uk
At a glance
- Region
- United Kingdom (Europe)
- Coverage
- National (England)
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Research
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Groundwater Abstraction
- Gridded
- NetCDF
- CSV
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Trend hotspots
Find where water tables are falling year after year.
Because it has: Groundwater Abstraction
- 02
Recharge planning
Site recharge structures and new borewells with evidence.
- 03
Sea-level planning
Plan for sea-level rise and storm surge.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Gap filling
Rebuild missing well readings from neighbours, rainfall and season.
- 02
Level forecasts
Forecast pre- and post-monsoon levels well by well.
- 03
Surge forecasts
Forecast surge and coastal water levels quickly.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
CEDA Archive web download + OPeNDAP service
Licence: Open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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