Environment Agency data tracks Water Framework Directive class deteriorations for water bodies in England in 2014. It assesses downgrades against a 2009 baseline and includes statistical confidence estimates for the deteriorations. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service under Environment Agency copyright.
Use Cases
- Identify water bodies experiencing quality declines based on class downgrades from 2009 to 2014.
- Assess the statistical confidence of observed deteriorations for regulatory decision-making.
- Analyze spatial patterns of water quality deterioration across England.
- Support environmental reporting and compliance assessments under the Water Framework Directive.
Strengths
- Includes statistical confidence metrics for each assessed deterioration.
- Provides a specific temporal comparison between 2014 status and a 2009 baseline.
- Focuses on a defined geographic region (England).
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- Environment Agency, provided by Government Digital Service.
- Collection Method
- Deteriorations assessed by detecting downgrades in class status in 2014 against the baseline status of 2009.
- Time Range
- 2014, with comparison to 2009 baseline.
- Geography
- England.