WFD Cycle 1 Site Classifications 2011: UK Water Body Environmental Assessments

United Kingdom water body classifications for the first Water Framework Directive planning cycle in 2011. The dataset includes supporting classification facts produced by models and is extracted from the Environment Agency's Catchment Planning System. Data were collected by field operatives or automated methods to define current environmental conditions and measure the effect of subsequent work.

Use Cases

• Assessing water body environmental conditions based on monitoring site classifications mentioned in the description
• Tracking changes in water quality over time based on subsequent classification cycles mentioned in the description
• Evaluating the effectiveness of environmental work based on classification results that form the basis of water body classification

Strengths

• Includes supporting classification facts produced by models
• Data are available for each year and WFD planning cycle
• Extracted from the Environment Agency's authoritative Catchment Planning System

Limitations

• Dataset has been retired and superseded by a newer record
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Data collected by field operatives or automated collection methods, passed through classification models

Time Range

2011

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-17 15:08:04.369173; freshness should be verified

Geography

United Kingdom