WFD RBMP2: Reasons for Not Achieving Good Water Status in England and Wales

Environment Agency data details water body elements classified below 'Good' status in 2015. It attributes reasons and responsible sectors for these failures across English river basin districts and the Severn, including Welsh Severn data. This dataset is retired and superseded by a newer record.

Use Cases

• Identify pollution sources and responsible sectors based on attributed reasons for poor water status.
• Assess regulatory compliance gaps for water bodies in English and Welsh river basin districts.
• Support planning for the second cycle of River Basin Management Plans (RBMP2) based on 2015 status classifications.

Strengths

• Produced by the Environment Agency, a UK government body, for official river basin management plans.
• Contains specific attribution of reasons and responsible sectors for water bodies failing to achieve 'Good' status.

Limitations

• Dataset is retired and superseded by a newer record, indicating potential outdatedness.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Environment Agency

Time Range

2015

Freshness

Last updated metadata date is 2026-07-17, but the dataset is retired and contains 2015 classification data.

Geography

English river basin districts and the Severn, including Welsh Severn data