Nitrates in groundwater (NAQUA - National Groundwater Monitoring)
Nitrates are an essential food for plants. Nitrates enter into groundwater mainly through excess agricultural or mineral fertilizers. Under the Waters Protection Ordinance (WPO), nitrate concentrations in groundwater should not exceed 25 mg/l . Nitrate concentrations in Swiss groundwater are measured as part of the NAQUA National Groundwater Monitoring program. The national groundwater monitoring network includes more than 500 monitoring sites and is run by the FOEN in close collaboration with the cantons. Source: NAQUA National Groundwater Monitoring program, Federal Office of the Environment
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
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Groundwater: Nitrate
- Date (Revision)
- 2013-03-05
- Citation identifier
- ch.bafu.naqua-grundwasser_nitrat
Citation identifier
- Collective title
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Nitrat im Grundwasser (Nationale Grundwasserbeobachtung NAQUA)
- Status
- On going
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Hydrogeological Basics Section
- Voice
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+41 58 464 71 87
- Facsimile
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+41 58 464 76 81
Address
- City
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Bern
- Postal code
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3003
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
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hydrogeologie@bafu.adm hydrogeologie@bafu.admin.ch
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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BAFU Hydrogeologie
- Organisation Acronym
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FOEN
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Continual
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GEMET
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environment
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geocat.ch
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FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
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- Use constraints
- Other restrictions
- Other constraints
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No restriction
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
- Topic category
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- I Inland Waters
Extent
- Description
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Switzerland
- Distribution format
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ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
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ESRI Personal Geodatabase (MDB)
()
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ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
()
- OnLine resource
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Preview map.geo.admin.ch
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MAP:Preview
)
Preview map.geo.admin.ch
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.naqua-grundwasser_nitrat
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OGC:WMTS
)
WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Groundwater: Nitrate"
- OnLine resource
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ch.bafu.naqua-grundwasser_nitrat
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OGC:WMS
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WMS-FSDI service, layer "Groundwater: Nitrate"
- OnLine resource
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Link to description
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WWW:LINK
)
Link to description
- Protocol
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WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL
- Function
- Download
- OnLine resource
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Link to portal
(
CHTOPO:specialised-geoportal
)
Link to portal
- Geometric object type
- Point
- Reference system identifier
- EPSG:21781
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2024-01-17T09:16:00.175Z
- Metadata standard name
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GM03 2+
- Metadata standard version
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1.0
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
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Hydrogeological Basics Section
- Voice
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+41 58 464 71 87
- Facsimile
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+41 58 464 76 81
Address
- City
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Bern
- Postal code
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3003
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
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hydrogeologie@bafu.adm hydrogeologie@bafu.admin.ch
- Protocol
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WWW:LINK
- Role
- Point of contact
- Last Name
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BAFU Hydrogeologie
- Organisation Acronym
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FOEN
geocat.ch