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

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18 September 2026
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Summary

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.

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
16 September 2026
Harvest GUID
a36a9e8f-d043-48e8-aafa-34feb33b8564
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)
2016-04-22
Dataset reference date (revision)
2017-12-08
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

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