WFD Cycle 1 2015 Maintained Status for England

Cycle 1 Water Framework Directive (WFD) unchanged class status at water body level for England in 2015. The dataset contains statistical confidence and derived certainty estimates that a change in class has not occurred, assessed by comparing 2015 status against the 2009 baseline. It was created by the Environment Agency and is now retired, superseded by a newer record.

Use Cases

• Assessing water body status stability based on unchanged class status between 2009 and 2015.
• Evaluating statistical confidence in water quality classifications mentioned in the description.
• Analyzing derived certainty metrics for non-change in environmental status.
• Benchmarking water quality for regulatory reporting under the Water Framework Directive.

Strengths

• Includes statistical confidence and derived certainty metrics for status changes.
• Provides a direct comparison between 2015 status and a 2009 baseline.
• Focuses on water body-level detail for England.

Limitations

• Dataset is retired and superseded, indicating potential obsolescence.
• 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

Time Range

2015 (compared to 2009 baseline)

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-17 15:07:54.595042; freshness should be verified.

Geography

England