Environment Agency data on water bodies that deteriorated from 'Good' or 'High' status to less than 'Good' between 2009 and 2015 with >75% confidence. It covers English river basin districts and the Severn, including Welsh Severn data. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015.
Use Cases
- Analyze causes of water quality decline based on deterioration status flags
- Model environmental risk factors based on confidence levels (>75%)
- Assess regional water management effectiveness based on geographic coverage of river basin districts
Strengths
- Focuses on deterioration events with a defined confidence threshold (>75%)
- Provides a specific temporal coverage (2009 to 2015)
- Includes geographic coverage for English river basin districts and the Severn
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified
Provenance
- Source
- Environment Agency
- Time Range
- 2009-2015
- Geography
- English river basin districts and the Severn (including Welsh Severn)