Water Resource Reliability for Abstraction Licensing in the UK

Resource Reliability data indicates the percentage of time additional water abstraction may be available for licensing. This dataset is based on a nationally consistent method, with results overridden to reflect local assessments in published Abstraction Licensing Strategies. It originates from the UK Government Digital Service and is licensed under OGL-UK-3.0.

Use Cases

• Assessing water availability for new abstraction licenses based on resource reliability percentages.
• Informing local water resource management strategies using nationally consistent, locally overridden data.
• Supporting regulatory decisions for abstraction licensing as outlined in Abstraction Licensing Strategies.

Strengths

• Based on a nationally consistent methodological framework.
• Results are overridden to incorporate local expert assessments from published strategies.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Nationally consistent method, with results overridden by local assessments in Abstraction Licensing Strategies.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Likely covers the United Kingdom, given the source and OGL-UK-3.0 license.