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Water Resource Zones

Publisher
Environment Agency
Updated
16 January 2026
Topic
Not set

Summary

The Water Resource Zones are a polygon data layer provided by Water Companies in England showing the supply operating boundaries, known as resource zones. These data have been supplied by water companies and collated into a national dataset by the Environment Agency. Attribution statement: Contains Environment Agency information © Environment Agency and/or database rights. Some information used in this dataset is © water companies

Data links

Link Format Preview Updated
OGC API - Features service 16/1/2026
WaterResourceZones_WFS 16/1/2026
WaterResourceZones_WMS 16/1/2026
WRZ boundaries dataset usage caveat and guide Sept2025.docx DOCX 16/1/2026
WaterResourceZones_Download 16/1/2026
Water_Resource_Zones.shp.zip ZIP 16/1/2026
Water_Resource_Zones.gpkg.zip ZIP 16/1/2026
Water_Resource_Zones.geojson.zip ZIP 16/1/2026
Water_Resource_Zones.gdb.zip ZIP 16/1/2026
OS_Copyright_Statement.txt TXT 16/1/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
16 January 2026
Harvest GUID
72a77500-d465-11e4-a8b3-f0def148f590
Extent (Latitude)
55.816° to 49.943°
Extent (Longitude)
-6.236° to 2.072°
Spatial reference system
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Dataset reference date (creation)
2008-01-01
Dataset reference date (publication)
2025-12-05
Dataset reference date (revision)
2025-10-08
Frequency of update
irregular
Access constraints
There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
Responsible party
Environment Agency (pointOfContact)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

Enquiries

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

Freedom of information (FOI) requests

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

Freedom of Information (FOI) requests

Licence information

Open Government Licence