WFD Cycle 2 2016 Deteriorations: Water Body Status Changes in England

England's water body status changes for 2016, assessed under the Water Framework Directive Cycle 2. The dataset contains class deteriorations from 2015 to 2016, including statistical confidence and derived certainty estimates for each detected downgrade. It was created by the Environment Agency and is now retired, superseded by a newer record.

Use Cases

• Identify water bodies with statistically significant quality deteriorations based on the confidence and certainty metrics.
• Analyze regional patterns of water quality decline in England for the 2015-2016 period.
• Support regulatory reporting and compliance assessments for the Water Framework Directive.
• Benchmark water body status changes against a defined baseline year (2015).

Strengths

• Includes derived statistical confidence and certainty metrics for each detected deterioration.
• Focuses on a specific regulatory assessment cycle (Cycle 2) and year (2016) for England.
• Assessment is based on a defined baseline status from the previous year (2015).

Limitations

• The dataset is retired and superseded, indicating it is not the current version.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data freshness should be verified; the last metadata update was 2026-07-17.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Deteriorations assessed by detecting downgrades in WFD class status in 2016 against the 2015 baseline.

Time Range

2015-2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-17 15:08:10.550421; dataset is retired.

Geography

England