Catchment Data Explorer: Waterbody Status Pressures and Deterioration Reasons

Water body reasons for not achieving good status (RNAGS) identify pressures impacting status classification, while reasons for deterioration (RFDs) identify pressures causing quality element decline. The data includes a level of certainty (suspected, probable, or confirmed) for each reason. It supports Water Framework Directive river basin management plans and is provided by the Environment Agency.

Use Cases

• Identify key environmental pressures based on reasons for not achieving good status (RNAGS).
• Analyze trends in water quality deterioration based on reasons for deterioration (RFDs).
• Prioritize remediation efforts based on the assigned certainty levels (suspected, probable, confirmed).
• Support regulatory reporting and planning for Water Framework Directive compliance.

Strengths

• Data includes a structured certainty assessment (suspected, probable, confirmed) for each pressure.
• Directly supports official Water Framework Directive river basin management plans.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-06 07:09:26.650995

Geography

United Kingdom