WFD Cycle 1 2014 Deteriorations: Water Body Status Changes in England

2014 Water Framework Directive (WFD) class deteriorations at the water body level for England only. The dataset contains assessments of downgrades in class status from a 2009 baseline, including statistical confidence and derived certainty that a real deterioration occurred. It was created by the Environment Agency and is now retired, having been superseded by a newer record.

Use Cases

• Identify water bodies with statistically significant quality declines based on the confidence and certainty metrics.
• Analyze patterns of environmental deterioration across England for the 2014 assessment cycle.
• Benchmark water quality status changes against the 2009 baseline mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Includes statistical confidence and derived certainty metrics for each assessed deterioration.
• Focuses on a specific regulatory assessment cycle (Cycle 1) and year (2014) for England.

Limitations

• The dataset is retired and superseded, indicating it is not the current authoritative version.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Deteriorations assessed by detecting downgrades in WFD class status in 2014 against the 2009 baseline status.

Time Range

2014 (assessment year), with baseline from 2009.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-17 15:07:48.583082; freshness should be verified as the data is retired.

Geography

England