BGS carried out investigations of the baseline quality of groundwater in Scottish aquifers from 2005 to 2011, as part of a collaboration between BGS and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Outputs from this project are presented in a series of reports published between 2006 and 2017, which are available for download.
Monitoring shallow groundwater in Glasgow. BGS © UKRI.
Baseline Scotland report series
These reports were produced through a collaboration between BGS and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).
Final report
Regional reports
A summary of the baseline groundwater chemistry in each major bedrock aquifer in Scotland is presented in Scotland’s aquifers and groundwater bodies.
- Baseline Scotland: groundwater chemistry of Aberdeenshire
- Baseline Scotland: groundwater chemistry of the Carboniferous sedimentary aquifers of the Midland Valley
- Baseline Scotland: groundwater chemistry of the Old Red Sandstone aquifers of the Moray Firth area
- Baseline Scotland: groundwater chemistry of southern Scotland
- Baseline Scotland: the Lower Devonian aquifer of Strathmore