{"id":1959,"date":"2024-01-05T15:48:49","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T15:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/quality\/baseline\/scotland-reports\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:33:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T14:33:42","slug":"scotland-reports","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/quality\/baseline-chemistry-uk-aquifers\/baseline-reports\/scotland-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseline Scotland reports"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<section class=\"hero-section hero-section-with-social\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Baseline Scotland reports<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"social-wrap social-wrap-inline-them\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sea-background-f\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>Share this article<\/span><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/quality\/baseline-chemistry-uk-aquifers\/baseline-reports\/scotland-reports\/\"><span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span class=\"hidden\">Facebook<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Baseline%20Scotland%20reports&#038;url=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/quality\/baseline-chemistry-uk-aquifers\/baseline-reports\/scotland-reports\/\"><span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span class=\"hidden\">Twitter<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   onclick=\"javascript:void( (function() {var e=document.createElement('script' );e.setAttribute('type','text\/javascript' );e.setAttribute('charset','UTF-8' );e.setAttribute('src','\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/js\/pinmarklet.js?r='+Math.random()*99999999);document.body.appendChild(e)})());\"  href=\"javascript:void(0);\"><span class=\"icon-pinterest\"><span class=\"hidden\">Pinterest<\/span><\/span><\/a><a target=\"_blank\"  href=\"https:\/\/wa.me?text=https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/quality\/baseline-chemistry-uk-aquifers\/baseline-reports\/scotland-reports\/\"><span class=\"icon-whatsapp\"><span class=\"hidden\">WhatsApp<\/span><\/span><\/a><a   href=\"mailto:?subject=Baseline%20Scotland%20reports&#038;body=%20(https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/quality\/baseline-chemistry-uk-aquifers\/baseline-reports\/scotland-reports\/)\"><span class=\"icon-mail\"><span class=\"hidden\">Email<\/span><\/span><\/a><a href=\"#\" data-copy=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/quality\/baseline-chemistry-uk-aquifers\/baseline-reports\/scotland-reports\/\" class=\"copy-url-on-click\"><span class=\"icon-link\"><span class=\"hidden\">Copy Link<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>Baseline Scotland was a joint project between BGS and the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepa.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scottish Environment Protection Agency<\/a>&nbsp;(SEPA), which provided new groundwater chemistry data for Scotland. The data provided essential information to sustainably manage Scotland\u2019s water environment, such as the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfduk.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Water Framework Directive<\/a>. Before Baseline Scotland, very little reliable groundwater chemistry data existed, particularly for trace elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Systematic groundwater sampling surveys were carried out across all the major bedrock aquifers, as well as many superficial aquifers, in Scotland between 2005 and 2011. Standardised sampling techniques were used to characterise the groundwater chemistry in detail and investigate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>how long it had been since groundwater was recharged from rainfall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>how groundwater has interacted with the aquifer rocks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>whether there was any groundwater pollution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/P1038659.jpg\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Monitoring shallow groundwater in Glasgow. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_63313\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/P1038659.jpg\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"A white woman wearing a yellow hard hat, a blue jacket and a yellow hi-vis vest sits in a field typing on a laptop. There is an borehole next to her. In the background is a digger and a building site.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/P1038659.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption sm-line\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Monitoring shallow groundwater in Glasgow. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/P1038659.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Baseline Scotland report series<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The aims of Baseline Scotland were to provide a scientific foundation to Scottish, UK and European water quality policy and groundwater management and protection and to characterise the natural background groundwater quality in the main aquifers of Scotland. There was an emphasis on the protection and sustainable development of high quality groundwater.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Spatial coverage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Before the Baseline Scotland project began there was little information on natural groundwater chemistry in Scotland. Existing data was mainly old, of variable quality and limited, often to a few major ions only. The data was also skewed to areas of groundwater contamination, particularly related to mining, and to the more productive Scottish aquifers, in particular the Devonian aquifers of Fife, Strathmore and Morayshire, and the Permian aquifer in Dumfries.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/AllBaselineSamples-Nov15.png\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Spatial coverage of Baseline Scotland groundwater chemistry data for bedrock aquifers (blue circles) and Quaternary aquifers (green squares). Backdrop is 1:625\u00a0000 scale geological map. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_5777\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/AllBaselineSamples-Nov15.png\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"A map of Scotland showing samples sites as blue dots (bedrock aquifers) and green squares (Quaternary aquifers).\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/AllBaselineSamples-Nov15.png\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Spatial coverage of Baseline Scotland groundwater chemistry data for bedrock aquifers (blue circles) and Quaternary aquifers (green squares). Backdrop is 1:625\u00a0000 scale geological map. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/08\/AllBaselineSamples-Nov15.png\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Technical details<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/quality\/baseline-chemistry-uk-aquifers\/baseline-reports\/scotland-reports\/baseline-scotland-sampling\/\">Technical details of the baseline sampling methodology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Regional report<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Twelve major bedrock aquifer units were defined across Scotland, which have distinctly different controls on baseline groundwater chemistry (largely related to geological age and rock type). The baseline groundwater chemistry of each of these aquifer units is reported separately.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/519084\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Baseline groundwater chemistry in Scotland\u2019s aquifers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Regional Baseline Reports <\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A summary of the baseline groundwater chemistry in each major bedrock aquifer in Scotland is presented in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/511413\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Scotland\u2019s aquifers and groundwater bodies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/9161\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Groundwater chemistry of Aberdeenshire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/14314\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Groundwater chemistry of the Carboniferous sedimentary aquifers of the Midland Valley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/10293\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Groundwater chemistry of the Old Red Sandstone aquifers of the Moray Firth area<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/9164\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Groundwater chemistry of southern Scotland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nora.nerc.ac.uk\/10299\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Lower Devonian aquifer of Strathmore<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n<figure  class=\"img-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BaselineBedrockGps-edit.png\" data-toggle=\"lightbox\" data-footer=\"&lt;p&gt;Major bedrock aquifer units in Scotland, which show distinctly different baseline groundwater chemistry. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-gallery=\"gallery_21541\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BaselineBedrockGps-edit.png\" class=\"lazy-blur\" alt=\"A map of scotland with its groundwater aquifers\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BaselineBedrockGps-edit.png\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/info-caption.svg\" alt=\"Information icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption-text\"><p>Major bedrock aquifer units in Scotland, which show distinctly different baseline groundwater chemistry. BGS \u00a9 UKRI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"expand-box expand-box-top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/09\/BaselineBedrockGps-edit.png\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/groundwater\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/expand.svg\" alt=\"Expand icon\"><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\t\t<section id=\"in-this-section-4215-block_c0e10d8d1a75bbed6d4fc76aff5cf534\" class=\"grid-section  sea-background-e   \" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row header-of-section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Data summaries<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row grid-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 col-lg-4\">\n\t<div class=\"cards-over-img cards  cards-find-more \">\n\t\t<a class=\"media-wrap\" 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