The National Well Database, Jupiter

The National Well Database (Jupiter) is the nationwide groundwater and drilling information system maintained by the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS). It contains detailed records on wells and boreholes, including their construction, geographic location, geological logs, groundwater level measurements, and chemical analyses of groundwater and drinking water, as well as information on water supply facilities across Denmark. The database serves as an authoritative public data source and is openly accessible to support environmental management and research.

The dataset contains information on more than 280.000 shallow boreholes, comprising informatiion on borehole-related data such as geological desciptions, the borehole construction, soundings etc.The dataset is part of the Jupiter Database, which is GEUS ' nationwide database for groundwater, drinking water, raw materials, environmental and geotechnical data. The database is the single public data base in the field and is included in the National Environmental Portal. The database is publicly available and is updated on an ongoing basis.

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Date ( Publication )
2014-04-02
Identifier
dk.geus / jupiter_boringer
Presentation form
Digital map
Purpose
The purpose of the National Well Database (Jupiter) is to collect, maintain, and provide comprehensive geological, hydrogeological, and environmental information about wells and water supply facilities in Denmark. The data support authorities, researchers, consultants, and the public in groundwater and drinking-water management, spatial planning, environmental assessments, and decision-making related to Denmark’s subsurface and water resources.
Status
On going
Point of contact
  The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - Jupiter mailbox ( )
Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Point of contact
  The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - GEUS Well Data Archive
Keywords ( Theme )
  • Dataset
  • Geology
  • Wells
  • Database
  • Groundwater
Forskningsemner Forskningsemner ( Theme )
Geografisk Geografisk ( Place )
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
CC BY 4.0
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
10
Metadata language
Da
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
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Supplemental Information

If you have general questions about the Jupiter Guide or related applicable legislation, please contact the Danish Environmental Protection Agency at vandforsyning@mst.dk.

If you have technical questions about the Jupiter Guide or if you have questions about maps, drilling reports, etc., please contact GEUS at jupiter@geus.dk.

GEUS is responsible for maintaining A-Boringer. If there are corrections to A-Boringer, please contact geusbo@geus.dk

If you have questions about the common public part of the Jupiter database (PCJupiterXL data model, web services and approval web forms), please contact miljoeportal@miljoeportal.dk

Reference system identifier
ETRS 89 / UTM 32N (EPSG:25832)
Distribution format
  • WMS ( )

  • WFS ( )

  • GeoJSON ( )

  • SHP ( )

Distributor
  The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - Jupiter mailbox
OnLine resource
Search Jupiter via form ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

The database is the joint public database in the field and is part of the Danish Environment Portal. The database is publicly available.

OnLine resource
jupiter_boringer_ws ( OGC:WMS-1.1.1-http-get-capabilities )

WMS for Danish wells

OnLine resource
Interactive webmap ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Interactive map displaying the dataset.

OnLine resource
ms:jupiter_boringer_ws ( OGC:WFS-1.0.0-http-get-capabilities )

WFS for Danish boreholes. Maximum features COUNT = 20000.

OnLine resource
Download

Download dataset as GeoJSON

OnLine resource
Download PCJupiter ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

Data can be downloaded for free in different database formats. The datamodel includes information on boreholes and related data such as geological descriptions, borehole construction, soundings etc.

OnLine resource
Download

Download dataset as shapefile

OnLine resource
The Well Data Archive ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )

The Well Drilling Archive was established in connection with the Water Supply Act of 1926 and records and stores information about groundwater and geology.

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Statement
The Well Data Archive was established as a result of the Water Supply Act of 1926 with the purpose to register and preserve information about groundwater and geological conditions in Danish wells. The archive provides information on more than 270.000 wells dating back to the 1890s. Well drillers are required by law to report information on boreholes for water supply or raw materials. Administrational and technical information, along with samples of earth must be sent to GEUS.
File identifier
40ee08f7-4ea3-4692-8eb6-ccc05049f068 XML
Metadata language
Danskda
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-03-02T11:38:53.064312Z
Metadata standard name
ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version
1.0
Point of contact
  The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) - GIS-support ( )
 
 

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Keywords

Database Dataset Geology Groundwater Wells
Forskningsemner
Energy and resources Quaternary geology Soils and biogeochemistry Stratigraphy and correlation

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