WFD Cycle 2 2016 Maintained Status for Water Bodies in England

Cycle 2 Water Framework Directive (WFD) unchanged class status at water body level for England in 2016. The dataset contains statistical confidence and derived certainty that a change in class has not occurred, assessed by detecting unchanged status against the 2015 baseline. It was created by the Environment Agency and has been retired, superseded by a newer record.

Use Cases

• Assessing water body status stability based on unchanged class status between 2015 and 2016.
• Evaluating statistical confidence in water quality assessments based on the derived certainty metrics.
• Benchmarking environmental performance for England against WFD Cycle 2 objectives.
• Analyzing spatial patterns of water quality status maintenance across English water bodies.

Strengths

• Provides a specific assessment for the year 2016 against a defined 2015 baseline.
• Includes derived metrics for statistical confidence and certainty of status change.
• Originates from the authoritative Environment Agency for England.

Limitations

• Dataset is retired and superseded by a newer version, indicating it is not the current reference.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Collection Method

Assessment of Water Framework Directive status at the water body level.

Time Range

2016, with comparison to 2015 baseline.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-17 15:08:12.820169; freshness should be verified as the dataset is retired.

Geography

England only.