This is a spatial dataset identifying the river waterbodies managed under the Water Framework Directive and any related programs. 'WFD River Waterbodies Cycle 2' is a subset extracted from the NRWs Detailed River Network. Other input datasets and extensive local Natural Resources Wales staff knowledge has been used to augment the core geometry to incorporate critical spatial detail and attribution, such as flow direction and path, not available from the OS mapping and to verify the accuracy of the centreline itself. Sections of DRN belonging to a particular waterbody have been merged together so that a defined waterbody is a single record within the dataset (rather than being made up of hundreds of records within the DRN). DRN attributes become obsolete at this point and waterbody specific attribution has been added. Therefore the geometry for the resulting waterbodies is taken from the DRN, but the attribution and number of records is very different. Not all sections of the DRN belong to defined waterbodies and the final WFD river waterbody dataset represents <20% of the online DRN.

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Anomalous results were observed at freshwater sampling points throughout Wales for orthophosphate between January 2014 and December 2016. This data was used as part of the 3-year data set which informed the 2015 WFD classification and affected the outcome of that exercise.

Please refer to the Supporting Documentation for further information

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Attribute name Label Description
wb_id
catchment
name
objectid
ds_wbid
water_cat
country
rbd_id
rbd_name
area_id
area_name
cycle_2
opcatname
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edit_made
shape_stlength__
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length_kms_
hmwb
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fish
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hydrologicalregime
flow
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eco_gencert
ammonia
amm_cert
do
docert
ph
phcert
p
p_cert
temp_
tempcert
annex8chem
a8fail
a8cert
f2_4_dichlorophenol
f2_4_dichlorophenolcert
f2_4_dichlorophenoxyacetic_acid
f2_4_dichlorophenoxyacetic_ac_1
arsenic
arseniccert
copper
coppercert
cyanide
cyanidecert
diazinon
diazinoncert
dimethoate
dimethoatecert
iron
ironcert
linuron
linuroncert
mecoprop
mecopropcert
permethrin
permethrincert
phenol
phenolcert
toluene
toluenecert
triclosan
triclosancert
un_ionised_ammonia
un_ionised_ammoniacert
zinc
zinccert
dichlorvos
dichlorvoscert
bdpecalc
bdpecalccert
manganese
manganesecert
annex10
a10fail
a10cert
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benz_p_i_p
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benzo_a_pyrene
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cadmium
cadmiumcert
chlorfenvinphos
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chlorpyrifos
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di_2_ethylhexyl_phthalate
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diuron
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trichloroethylene
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