WFD Cycle 1 2016 Maintained Status: Water Body Classifications for England

Water Framework Directive Cycle 1 unchanged class status data for water bodies in England for the year 2016. The dataset, created by the Environment Agency, includes statistical confidence and derived certainty that a change in class did not occur compared to the 2009 baseline. This record has been retired and superseded by a newer version.

Use Cases

• Assessing regulatory compliance based on unchanged water body status classifications.
• Analyzing statistical confidence in water quality trends based on derived certainty metrics.
• Comparing water body status against a 2009 baseline for environmental reporting.

Strengths

• Includes statistical confidence and derived certainty metrics for status changes.
• Provides a direct comparison to a defined baseline year (2009).
• Authored by the authoritative regulatory body, the Environment Agency.

Limitations

• The dataset is explicitly marked as retired and superseded by a newer record.
• 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

Regulatory assessment under the Water Framework Directive.

Time Range

2016, with comparison to 2009 baseline.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-17 15:07:58.440658; freshness should be verified as the dataset is retired.

Geography

England