BGS carried out investigations of the baseline quality of groundwater in Scottish aquifers from 2005 – 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 below.
Sampling a pumped outflow from an abandoned coal mine in East Lothian. BGS © UKRI.
Baseline Scotland report series
These reports were produced through a collaboration between BGS and SEPA.
Final report
Baseline groundwater chemistry in Scotland’s aquifers
Regional reports
- 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
A summary of the baseline groundwater chemistry in each major bedrock aquifer in Scotland is presented in Scotland’s Aquifers and Groundwater Bodies.