WFD Cycle 1 2014 Water Quality Improvements for England

2014 data on water body class improvements in England, assessed against a 2009 baseline under the Water Framework Directive. The dataset includes statistical confidence and derived certainty estimates for each improvement. It was created by the Environment Agency and is now retired, superseded by a newer record.

Use Cases

• Assessing progress in water body status based on WFD class upgrades from 2009 to 2014.
• Evaluating the statistical confidence of reported environmental improvements.
• Analyzing regional patterns of water quality change across England.
• Supporting regulatory reporting and compliance monitoring for the Water Framework Directive.

Strengths

• Includes statistical confidence and derived certainty metrics for each improvement.
• Provides a direct comparison of water body status between 2009 and 2014.
• Created by the authoritative Environment Agency.

Limitations

• Dataset is retired and superseded by a newer version.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

Assessed by detecting upgrades in class status in 2014 against the baseline status of 2009.

Time Range

Improvements assessed for 2014 against a 2009 baseline.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-17 15:07:49.778761; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England only.