WFD Transitional and Coastal Water Bodies: 2019 Classification

Water Framework Directive (WFD) Transitional and Coastal Water Bodies is a polygon dataset detailing estuarine and coastal water bodies for environmental monitoring. It provides attribution for the 2019 classification cycle results, including chemical status, and assigns water bodies to River Basin Districts. The dataset is derived from OS OpenMap - Local data and Environment Agency boundaries for the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.

Use Cases

• Assessing chemical status compliance for WFD reporting based on the 2019 classification cycle.
• Mapping the spatial distribution of estuarine and coastal water bodies for regional planning.
• Analyzing water body boundaries defined from Mean High Water and territorial water limits.
• Supporting surface water management decisions within specific River Basin Districts.

Strengths

• Provides specific 2019 classification results for the WFD Cycle 3.
• Includes three specialized layer files for chemical status analysis.
• Cross-platform presence on EU and UK open data portals indicates official use and importance.

Limitations

• Key metadata such as row count, column names, and license are not provided by any source.
• One source lists an improbable future 'last updated' date of 2026-04-07, conflicting with the 2019 classification focus.
• Documentation gaps exist regarding the specific attributes within the polygon files.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service (as per one source), likely originating from UK environmental agencies.

Collection Method

Defined from OS OpenMap - Local Mean High Water boundaries and Environment Agency estuarine/UWWTD boundaries.

Time Range

Classification results are for 2019 (Cycle 3).

Freshness

2026-04-07 14:36:54.943682 (Note: This date is in the future and conflicts with the dataset's 2019 classification content)

Geography

Covers transitional (estuarine) and coastal water bodies, likely within the United Kingdom and related EU WFD reporting areas.