Identification

Title

WFD (Water Framework Directive) Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 water body changes

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

This spreadsheet contains comparisons of the numbers of water bodies reported in the two WFD (Water Framework Directive) cycle RBMP (River Basin Management Plans). The data is grouped by water body category and River Basin District and is only for England. Please note that the Environment Agency no longer provide classification data for water bodies in Wales - this is now available from Natural Resources Wales. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/datafiles/84b763626f78451884eccf3f55b01859

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Data_download_link

description: Data download link

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

protocol: http:

name: DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM

description: DEFRA Data Services Platform Customer Forum

Unique resource identifier

code

a36a9e8f-d043-48e8-aafa-34feb33b8564

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

inlandWaters

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

OpenData

Keyword set

keyword value

WFD

water body changes

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2009-12-31

End position

2015-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2016-04-22

date type

revision

effective date

2017-12-08

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

Post Cycle 1 the river water bodies were mapped from the 1:50k CEH river centreline to the Detailed River Network, the Agency’s high quality river network. As part of this process, a QA of the water bodies (used in the first River Basin Management Plans) was carried out to ensure that they were sensible and fit for purpose. This review was carried out by our Area staff, and tried to address known issues raised by external parties, as well as their own concerns. The review included all the water body categories. All defined water bodies comply with the guidance for the definition of water bodies taken from the WFD, the implementation guidance, and further instruction from defra. In the majority of cases there was little or no change from the water body reported in the first cycle River Basin Management Plan (RBMP). In others, due to extensive merging or splitting of water bodies, there was a significant change. This process resulted in the creation of some new water bodies, eg by splitting a large water body into 2 small new ones, as well as the removal of many small water bodies which were below the size thresholds set out in the WFD guidance.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | MS Excel (XLSX)

version of format

Not Applicable

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2020-09-29

Metadata language