AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Flood Defence Structures


      The National Flood Asset Database records flood infrastructure in Wales managed by Lead Local Flood Authorities (LLFAs) and Natural Resources Wales (NRW). It includes many embankments, walls, flood gates, culverts, and inlet screens (which catch debris), but not all flood infrastructure maintained or owned by these parties. This infrastructure has been constructed to help manage the risk of flooding from rivers and the sea. They do not remove the risk of flooding and can be overtopped, blocked, or fail in extreme weather conditions. Three datasets are available as open data.
 1. Flood defence Locations. These show the linear alignment of flood defence asset that have been built to protect against flooding from rivers and the sea. It includes the type, length, maintainer, and an ID. These defence locations are also shown in Flood Risk Assessment Wales (FRAW), Flood Map for Planning (FMfP) and Find flood defence structures near you maps. They may relate to an Area Benefiting from Flood Defence (FRAW) and TAN15 zone (FMfP).
 2. Culverts (Polyline); These show an indicative location of underground culverts for general guidance only. Attributes include maintainer, owner, length and ID. Due to the underground nature and history of many culverts, the locations may not be accurate, complete, or up to date.
3. Culvert openings and Screens (Points). These show an indicative location of culvert openings and screens (often referred to as Trash or Debris Screens). Attributes include maintainer, owner and ID. Locations and details may not be accurate, complete or up to date.
We are currently not able to show information for the following local authorities: Flintshire, Newport.
We will regularly update the information when new and improved data becomes available. If you have any queries or concerns about location, maintenance, condition, or records of flood assets, check with the owner or maintainer.
    

Tags: Natural risk zones
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Compliance Assessment of Welsh River SACs against Phosphorus Targets


      Revisions to Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC) monitoring guidance have required Natural Resources Wales (NRW) to review its conservation objectives for river Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) in Wales, notably with respect to phosphorus where targets have been substantially tightened.
This data was created to identify compliance with the revised phosphorus targets for Welsh river SACs. Phosphorus concentration data were extracted from the NRW water quality database (KiWQM), for a three-year period from January 2017 to December 2019 for all sample points within water bodies in the nine SACs designated for one or more river features. These were Afon Gwyrfai a Llyn Cwellyn; Afon Eden – Cors Goch Trawsfynydd; Meirionnydd Oakwoods (Afon Glaslyn); Afon Teifi; Afon Tywi; Afonydd Cleddau; River Dee & Llyn Tegid; River Usk; and River Wye. In total, 125 water bodies (river sections) were in scope.
Data were excluded where (i) detection limits were inadequate to assess compliance with the target or (ii) where the sample exceeded the recommended holding time of three days prior to analysis. Outliers in the data were identified and, if they were considered likely to be causing a failure on their own, data from other nutrient pollution indicators (biochemical oxygen demand, nitrate and ammonia) were checked to corroborate possible pollution events.
The data consists of two products: 1. An Excel spreadsheet summarising results and 2. An ArcGIS layer consisting of the WFD catchment area water bodies, clipped to the Welsh border and excluding water bodies not overlapping with river SAC boundaries.
    

Tags: Hydrography
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Industrial and Commercial Waste Survey Wales 2018


      The purpose of this study was to produce information on the quantities, origins (by industry sector and geographic region), and fate (management method) of industrial & commercial (I and C) wastes generated by businesses in Wales in 2018.
This information is required by Welsh Government for a variety of reasons including:
reporting on waste generation in compliance with the EU Waste Statistics Regulations 2002;
informing the development of national waste policy;
monitoring progress against national waste prevention and recycling targets;
informing waste planners and the regulator; and
providing data to the waste management industry to inform investment decisions.
The precision for the total waste generated is +/- 4.54% at 90% confidence.
    

Tags: Production and industrial facilities
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
National Flood Hazard Maps 2019


      The National Flood Hazard and Risk Maps are based on generalised modelling only. The maps have been published to comply with the Flood Risk Regulations (2009) and the EU Directive (2007/60/EC), and used to inform the creation of Flood Risk Management plans across Wales. These maps have no official status for Planning or Insurance purposes, therefore the public and professionals are advised to use the information contained within the Flood Risk Assessment Wales Map, the Development Advice Map/ Flood Map for Planning (as appropriate) for these purposes as these will be more up-to-date and incorporate improved modelling information.
The National Flood Hazard Maps have been created for 3 sources of flooding, namely,
1. Flooding from Rivers
2. Flooding from the Sea
3. Flooding from Surface Water & Small Watercourse
The Maps show flood depth, velocity (speed and direction), hazard and extent for High, Medium and Low risk scenarios without raised flood defences.
For Rivers and Surface Water & Small Watercourses, High risk is up to 1 in 30year; Medium risk is between 1 in 30 and 1 in 100year; and Low risk is between 1 in 100year and 1 in 1,000year Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP).
For the Sea, High risk is up to 1 in 30 year; Medium risk is between 1 in 30 to 1 in 200 year; and Low risk 1 in 200 year to 1 in 1000 year.
The Flooding from Surface Water & Small Watercourses dataset is a direct replacement for the earlier Updated Flood Map for Surface Water (uFMfSW), 2013 and is based on the modelling of Surface Water Catchments.
Details of the modelling work to produce the new National Flood Hazard Maps are available in the supporting Information sheets.
    

Organization: Natural Resources Wales
River Wye catchment (Wales) species rich grassland creation opportunity maps


      A detailed GIS analysis of land use, Phase 1 habitats, National Vegetation Classification (NVC) community data, soils and designated sites for the River Wye catchment within the NRW mid-Wales operational area boundary was undertaken. The potential hydrological suitability of each soil type for species-rich floodplain vegetation was assessed usng HOST classes. A trial of GIS-based Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis was undertaken to identify potential sites for restoration of species rich floodplain grassland within the Wye catchment.
Target NVC communities for restoration were selected (MG4, MG5, MG8 and M22-26) and criteria likely to affect restoration success identified. GIS vector datasets relevant to each criterion were then assembled or created, and assigned a suitability score. A weighted analysis was then undertaken for each of the target communities resulting in a series of maps, one for each plant community type, indicating areas suitable for restoration.
    

Tags: Habitats and biotopes
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) and Special Protection Areas (SPA) Monitoring Programme Results 2013-2018


      Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas (SPAs) are protected and designated sites under the EC Habitats and Birds Directives. The Directives list habitat types and species that are considered to be most in need of conservation at a European level. An obligation for this is a programme of species and habitat monitoring across the site. This dataset shows the results of NRWs' feature condition monitoring programme on the SACs and SPAs in Wales and contains the base data used to populate one of NRWs' corporate performance indicators. The data is updated from the active condition monitoring programme on an annual basis.
The publication of indicative condition assessments for marine features in Wales in January 2018 supersedes the information for marine features currently in this data layer. The indicative condition assessments are NRWs formal advice on condition of its European marine sites and should be used. Information on the assessments and the reports themselves can be downloaded from the following link:
https://naturalresources.wales/guidance-and-advice/environmental-topics/wildlife-and-biodiversity/find-protected-areas-of-land-and-seas/indicative-feature-condition-assessments-for-european-marine-sites-ems/?lang=en
Subsequent updates of the SAC and SPA table may provide updated assessments for a few marine features and as such any marine feature assessment dated after May 2017 should be considered to take precedence.
    

Tags: Habitats and biotopes, Protected sites
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Historic General Quality Assessment (GQA) Headline Indicators of Water Courses


      The General Quality Assessment (GQA) Headline Indicator scheme or GQAHI (previously known as GQA) was the national indicator for water quality in rivers and canals. It was designed to provide an accurate and consistent assessment of the state of water quality and how it changes over time. These assessments were made for Biological, Chemical and Nutrients and undertaken for discrete river stretches.  This is now a static dataset and 2009 was the final year of the scheme.
    

Tags: Hydrography
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Water Framework Directive (WFD) Risk Assessments for Cycle 2


      This dataset contains risk assessment data produced to support the cycle 2 river basin management plans. It contains
-   Lake water bodies
-   River water bodies
-   Transitional water bodies (estuaries)
-   Groundwater bodies
-   Coastal water bodies
that are assessed to be at risk of failing WFD Objectives or at risk of deteriorating from current status for a number of pressures. It also contains details of protected areas (Shellfish Waters and Bathing Waters) that are assessed to be at risk of failing their objectives or at risk of deteriorating in the future.
    

Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Surface Water Temperature Archive up to 2007


      Water temperature data is collected  for different reasons and in different locations. Time series of surface water temperatures can provide indicators of climate change and associated ecological responses. An archive was created in 2007 as part of a research project, and is a unique collation of Natural Resource Wales and The Environment Agencies water temperature data from more than 30,000 sites across England & Wales. The archive contains water temperature data (up to 2007) and site metadata. The archive contains water temperature data (up to 2007) and site metadata. Most sites have records starting from the 1980s.
    

Tags: Environmental monitoring facilities
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Large Raised Reservoirs


      This dataset has been discontinued. Please see the datasets - Large Raised Reservoir register (Locations and undertakers) and Large Raised Reservoir (Registered information) which have replaced it.
This dataset contains details of Large Raised Reservoirs. Natural Resource Wales (NRW) collects and maintains data on all reservoirs designed or capable of holding more than 25,000 cubic metres of water above the natural level of any part of the land adjoining them defined as 'large raised reservoirs' under the Reservoirs Act 1975. Two types of reservoir are maintained within the register:
- Impounding (Dammed); or
- Non-Impounding (Pumped/unimpeded)
    

Tags: Environmental monitoring facilities
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Seas (RoFRS)


      This is a national assessment of flood risk for Wales produced using local expertise. The dataset shows the chance of flooding from rivers and/or the sea, based on cells of 50 m. Each cell is allocated one of four flood risk categories, taking into account flood defences and their condition. No more detailed resolution is provided.  An online Flood Risk Map Browser is available via the NRW website.
    

Tags: Natural risk zones
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Risk of Flooding from Surface Water


      The surface water flood maps give an indication of the broad areas likely to be at risk of surface water flooding.  This includes flooding that takes place from the surface runoff generated by rainwater (including snow and other precipitation) that:
(a) is on the surface of the ground (whether or not it is moving), and
(b) has not yet entered a watercourse, drainage system or public sewer.
The Flood Map for Surface Water pick out natural drainage channels, rivers, low areas in floodplains, and flow paths between buildings. But it does not indicate flooding caused by local rainfall.  It does not show flooding that occurs from overflowing watercourses, drainage systems or public sewers caused by catchment-wide rainfall events or river flow.  A national model has been run for 1 in 30, 1 in 100 and 1 in 1000 year rainfall events.  It has been modelled on a 2 metre square grid.  Lead Local Flood Authorities were consulted and where available locally held model outputs have been incorporated into the maps.
This dataset has been superseded by the new National Flood Hazard Maps 2019 - NRW_DS124790
    

Tags: Natural risk zones
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ)


      Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) were areas within Wales that contain surface water or groundwater that is susceptible to nitrate pollution from agricultural activities. They were designated in 2013 accordance with the requirements of the European Commission’s Nitrates Directive 91/676/EEC, which aimed to protect water quality across Europe by preventing nitrates from agricultural sources polluting ground and surface waters and by promoting the use of good farming practices. In April 2021 the designated NVZs in Wales were revoked by the introduction of the Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution)(Wales) Regulations with some measures transitioning into law over a period of time. The transition periods do not apply to those farms located in previously designated NVZ
where all the measures within CoAPR apply  immediately. This dataset is relevant until all measures transition into law.

    

Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Register of Private Water Supplies in Northern Ireland

<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>About this layer: </span><span>A private water supply is any supply of water intended for human consumption and not provided by the water undertaker appointed under Article 13 of The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006, i.e. NI Water Ltd. The Private Water Supplies Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 require the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) to hold a register of private water supplies which includes supplies to public or commercial premises or two or more private dwellings where the water is used for drinking, cooking, food preparation or other domestic purposes. This spatial dataset (polygons) illustrates a layer of 100m by 100m squares, each of which is randomly described around a registered private water supply in Northern Ireland. Both private water supplies currently monitored, or historically monitored, by the Drinking Water Inspectorate are identifiable. This dataset is updated regularly by DWI, at least quarterly, most recent update: </span><span style='background-image:initial; background-position:initial; background-size:initial; background-repeat:initial; background-attachment:initial; background-origin:initial; background-clip:initial;'>31 December 2022</span>.</p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Maintenance: </span><span>Next update due </span>31 March 2023</p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Visualisation: </span><span>This layer can be used for visualisation online in web maps.</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Analysis: </span><span>This layer can be used in dashboards.</span></p><p><span style='font-weight:bold;'>Download: </span><span>The data is downloadable.</span></p><p><span></span></p></div></div></div>

Tags: NI, Northern Ireland, UK, United Kingdom, drinking water, polygons, private water supplies, registered private water supplies
Organization: OpenDataNI
Subtidal and Intertidal Seagrass Beds

<div style='text-align:Left;font-size:12pt'><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>The subtidal polygons were digitised around survey data in which Zostera marina (subtidal seagrass) beds were identified from dive and towed camera surveys. The boundary was digitised according to SAC guidance using the minimum number of vectors/lines and staying as close as possible to the feature of interest, but including a boundary of approximately 2.5 times the maximum depth (for navigation purposes).  Further survey work is planned to provide more ground truthing points in Ballyhenry Bay and a second seagrass bed was identified in Castleward bay but its extent was not mapped.</span></span></p><p><p style='margin:0 0 0 0;'><span><span>The digitised polygons encompassing intertidal seagrass (Zostera subgroup zosterella noltei) mapped using high spec GPS data-logger (TRIMBLE) on foot and when possible by Hovercraft provided by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) in the Republic of Ireland. This work was done by the Marine Monitoring and Assessment Team and was repeated over a number of years to detect change in area, density or number of species however this layer only shows the latest data. MMAT have added that due to health and safety reasons the Larne Lough and Carlingford Lough surveys are not complete, and all the seagrass in these areas was not mapped.  They will be prioritised this year and it is hoped that the remaining areas will be surveyed using a drone and/or hovercraft in 2020.</span></span></p><p><p><p style='font-size:16ptmargin:7 0 7 0;'><span /></p><p style='font-weight:bold;margin:7 0 7 0;'><span /></p></div>

Tags: Carbon sink, Climate change indicator, Intertidal Zostera beds, Marine Protected Area, Northern Ireland Priority Habitat, OSPAR Threatened and or Declining Habitats, Priority Marine Feature, Protected Feature, Seagrass, Subtidal seagrass beds, WFD monitoring, Wildlife Order, Zostera subgroup Zostera marina, Zostera subgroup zosterella noltei
Organization: OpenDataNI
UK Water Quality Sampling Harmonised Monitoring Scheme Summary Data


      The Historic UK Water Quality Sampling Harmonised Monitoring Scheme (HMS) data contains statistics for a series of water quality sampling sites including annual means, maximum and minimum values for each region for specified determinands from 1975 onwards. The Harmonised Monitoring Scheme (HMS) was established to provide an archive of water quality data for the UK. It is used to provide information for international obligations, including the long-term trends of some determinands and the estimation of riverborne input of selected determinands to the sea.
    

Tags: Environmental monitoring facilities
Organization: Natural Resources Wales
Rushmoor Public Toilet Data

Rushmoor Public Toilet Data Produced for the "Local Government Open Data Incentive Scheme" 

There are two versions of the file: 

 - An Open Data version with no licensed information inside
 - A File containing information licenced from the Ordnance Survey (and Geoplace) under the PSMA Enduser Licence

Downloading the second file will take you to an end-user licence agreement, which must be accepted before using the data. 


Organization: Rushmoor Borough Council
Neptune Coastline Campaign: Land Use 1965

1965 Coastal Land Use Data.  Created from physical survey carried out by University of Reading.  Project details: <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/documents/mapping-our-shores-fifty-years-of-land-use-change-at-the-coast.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/documents/mapping-our-shores-fifty-years-of-land-use-change-at-the-coast.pdf</a>  <div><br /></div><div>In 1965, concerned about the impact of development along the coast, the National Trust launched ‘Enterprise Neptune’ to help raise money to buy and protect the most ‘pristine’ stretches. In order to understand which areas were most at risk from development, University of Reading staff &amp; students were commissioned to carry out a physical coastal land use survey that was lovingly recorded on 350 OS 2.5 miles to 1 inch scale maps.</div><div><br /><div><p>Half a century later, the Neptune Coastline Campaign, has raised £65 million, enabling the National Trust to acquire an additional 550 miles of coastline to a total of 775 miles. To celebrate this milestone the Trust commissioned the University of Leicester to re-survey the land use along the coast with a desktop methodology that focused on change <a href="http://uk-nationaltrust.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/ab9ac11913e042dfa55f51df440fd0ac_0" target="_blank">(2014 Coastal Land Use dataset)</a>.</p><p>For more information on the creation of the Land Use datasets see:
<a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tran.12128/abstract">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tran.12128/abstract</a></p></div></div>

Organization: National Trust
Neptune Coastline Campaign: Land Use 2014

2014 Coastal Land Use Data.  Digital survey of aerial imagery and desktop mapping software.  Carried out by the University of Leicester.  Project details: <a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/documents/mapping-our-shores-fifty-years-of-land-use-change-at-the-coast.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/documents/mapping-our-shores-fifty-years-of-land-use-change-at-the-coast.pdf</a>  <div><br /></div><div>In 1965, concerned about the impact of development along the coast, the National Trust launched ‘Enterprise Neptune’ to help raise money to buy and protect the most ‘pristine’ stretches. In order to understand which areas were most at risk from development, University of Reading staff &amp; students were commissioned to carry out a physical coastal land use survey that was lovingly recorded on 350 OS 2.5 miles to 1 inch scale maps (<a href="http://uk-nationaltrust.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/64c3e911034f40829d288e1cd908415a_0" target="_blank">1965 Coastal Land Use dataset</a>).<div><br /></div><div><p>Half a century later, the Neptune Coastline Campaign, has raised £65 million, enabling the National Trust to acquire an additional 550 miles of coastline to a total of 775 miles. To celebrate this milestone the Trust commissioned the University of Leicester to re-survey the land use along the coast with a desktop methodology that focused on change.</p><div>For more information on the creation of the Land Use datasets see: <a href="http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tran.12128/abstract">http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/tran.12128/abstract</a></div></div></div>

Organization: National Trust