WFD Cycle 2 2016 Water Quality Improvements in England

Cycle 2 Water Framework Directive class improvements at water body level for England in 2016, including statistical confidence and derived certainty of real improvement. The dataset was created by the Environment Agency and assesses upgrades in class status from 2015 to 2016.

Use Cases

• Assessing water body status improvements based on year-over-year class upgrades.
• Evaluating statistical confidence in environmental quality changes.
• Analyzing regional water quality trends for England.
• Supporting regulatory reporting for the Water Framework Directive.

Strengths

• Includes statistical confidence and derived certainty metrics for each improvement assessment.
• Provides a year-over-year comparison of water body class status from 2015 to 2016.
• Dataset is attributed to the Environment Agency, a primary regulatory body.

Limitations

• The dataset has been retired and superseded by a newer record, indicating it is not the current version.
• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Data is limited to England only for the year 2016.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Improvements assessed by detecting upgrades in class status in 2016 against the 2015 baseline.

Time Range

2015-2016

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-17 15:08:11.656860; however, the dataset is retired.

Geography

England