Water Framework Directive (WFD) Coastal Waterbodies is a polygon Shapefile dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Article 2, clause 7 of the WFD defines coastal waterbodies as '...a surface water on the landward side of a line, every point of which is at a distance of one nautical mile on the seaward side from the nearest point of the baseline from which the breadth of territorial waters is measured, extending where appropriate up to the outer limit of transitional waters'. Coastal waters were defined by territorial waters 1 nautical mile from the Mean High Water coastline taken directly from OS 1:50K MeridianTM 2. The delineation between coastal and estuarine waters was delineated by the Environment Agency defined transitional waterbodies. Waterbodies are also split and assigned to River Basin Districts. Since waterbodies are attributed with a unique identifier 'EA_WB_ID' this dataset can be linked directly to other WFD data sources such as physical characteristics, risk, classification, and proposed objectives. This dataset covers the layer for Cycle 3 of the Water Framework Directive.

This was created originally from OS data and territorial waters data as described above. The Cycle 3 version represents a minor update of the cycle 2 dataset.

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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right.

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Attribute name Label Description
objectid
wbid
wb_name
wb_type
hm_desig
rbd
man_catch
op_catch
nrw_area
overallwb
ecological
chem
driving_element
expert
mit_assmnt
eco_bio
fish
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inverts_conf
inverts_roll
iqi
iqi_conf
iqi_roll
imposex
imposex_conf
imposex_roll
phytoplank
phytoplank_conf
phytoplank_roll
angiosperm
angiosperm_conf
angiosperm_roll
salmar_sub
salmar_sub_conf
salmar_sub_roll
seagrs_sub
seagrs_sub_conf
seagrs_sub_roll
macroalgae
macroalgae_conf
macroalgae_roll
oppmac_sub
oppmac_sub_conf
oppmac_sub_roll
rsmac_sub
rsmac_sub_conf
rsmac_sub_roll
eco_gen
din
din_conf
din_roll
do
do_conf
do_roll
eco_hm
morph
morph_conf
morph_roll
spec_poll
arsenic
arsenic_conf
arsenic_roll
chrom_vi
chrom_vi_conf
chrom_vi_roll
copper
copper_conf
copper_roll
iron
iron_conf
iron_roll
manganese
manganese_conf
manganese_roll
permethrin
permethrin_conf
permethrin_roll
phenol
phenol_conf
phenol_roll
toluene
toluene_conf
toluene_roll
ui_nh3
ui_nh3_conf
ui_nh3_roll
zinc
zinc_conf
zinc_roll
chem_phz
anthracene
anthracene_conf
anthracene_roll
bdpe_calc
bdpe_calc_conf
bdpe_calc_roll
cadmium
cadmium_conf
cadmium_roll
dioxins
dioxins_conf
dioxins_roll
endosulfan
endosulfan_conf
endosulfan_roll
hbcdd
hbcdd_conf
hbcdd_roll
hex_chl_bu
hex_chl_bu_conf
hex_chl_bu_roll
hex_chl_bz
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hex_chl_bz_roll
hex_chl_cx
hex_chl_cx_conf
hex_chl_cx_roll
mercury
mercury_conf
mercury_roll
noyphenol
noyphenol_conf
noyphenol_roll
pah
pah_conf
pah_roll
pen_chl_bz
pen_chl_bz_conf
pen_chl_bz_roll
perflusulp
perflusulp_conf
perflusulp_roll
tbt_annx10
tbt_annx10_conf
tbt_annx10_roll
chem_pr
benzene
benzene_conf
benzene_roll
cypermeth
cypermeth_conf
cypermeth_roll
dichlo_1_2
dichlo_1_2_conf
dichlo_1_2_roll
dichlometh
dichlometh_conf
dichlometh_roll
dichlorvos
dichlorvos_conf
dichlorvos_roll
flourthene
flourthene_conf
flourthene_roll
lead
lead_conf
lead_roll
napthalene
napthalene_conf
napthalene_roll
nickel
nickel_conf
nickel_roll
octylphen
octylphen_conf
octylphen_roll
tri_chl_bz
tri_chl_bz_conf
tri_chl_bz_roll
tri_chl_mh
tri_chl_mh_conf
tri_chl_mh_roll
chem_other
carb_tetra
carb_tetra_conf
carb_tetra_roll
ddt_total
ddt_total_conf
ddt_total_roll
drins
drins_conf
drins_roll
pa_pa_ddt
pa_pa_ddt_conf
pa_pa_ddt_roll
tet_chl_ee
tet_chl_ee_conf
tet_chl_ee_roll
tri_chl_ee
tri_chl_ee_conf
tri_chl_ee_roll
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