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Flow Compliance Bands

Publisher
Environment Agency
Updated
18 September 2026
Topic
Not set

Summary

This is a national picture of flow compliance with the environmental flow indicator shown for Water Framework Directive Cycle 2 river water bodies. The Environment Flow Indicator (EFI) is used to indicate where abstraction pressures may start to cause undesirable effect on river habitats and species. Non-compliance with the EFI is divided into 3 categories depending on how far below the EFI recent actual flows are. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

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Flow_Compliance_Bands_WMS – 18/9/2026
Flow_Compliance_Bands.shp.zip ZIP – 18/9/2026
Flow_Compliance_Bands_Download – 18/9/2026
Flow_Compliance_Bands.gpkg.zip ZIP – 18/9/2026
Flow_Compliance_Bands.geojson.zip ZIP – 18/9/2026
FlowComplianceBands_product_description.doc DOC – 18/9/2026
Flow_Compliance_Bands.gdb.zip ZIP – 18/9/2026
Flow Compliance Bands.lyr – 18/9/2026

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
16 September 2026
Harvest GUID
071276a7-b067-449b-97b0-7654553aaaef
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)
2019-06-01
Dataset reference date (revision)
2022-08-22
Frequency of update
asNeeded
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

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Licence information

Open Government Licence