AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
WFD Groundwaterbodies Cycle 1

WFD Groundwater Bodies Cycle 1 is a polygon Shapefile dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). ie '…all water which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil'. For the purposes of reporting under the WFD a groundwater body represent a distinct body of groundwater flow with a coherent flow unit including recharge and discharge areas with little flow across the boundaries. These reflect hydrogeological characteristics containing information on flow and stage properties, recharge and vulnerability to pollution. This has been undertaken through defining aquifers into different types and broken into catchment units at Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy (CAMS) scale. 
The primary input dataset is '1:625K Classified Aquifer Geology' that has been constructed by the Environment Agency. This dataset has been digitised directly from the hard copy '1:250K Solid Geology Map' and classified according to aquifer type and are therefore directly derived from the underlying BGS data. These classifications were verified by the British Geology Survey (BGS). These data have gone out for consultation at Area level and in some instances 1:50K Solid Geology has been used to define localised boundaries. 
This dataset was previously known as WFD Groundwaterbodies.
Water bodies are attributed with a unique identifier ‘EA_WB_ID' (equivalent to WB_ID in Cycle 2) so this dataset can be linked directly to other WFD data sources such as physical characteristics, risk, classification and proposed objectives as well as Cycle 2 datasets.
This dataset covers the layer for Cycle 1 of the Water Framework Directive. The equivalent layer for Cycle 2 is covered under WFD Groundwater bodies Cycle 2.
Please note that the Environment Agency no longer provide data for water bodies in Wales - this should now available from Natural Resources Wales. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2017. All rights reserved.Derived in part from 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale digital data under permission from British Geological Survey. ©NERC. Open Government Licence. © Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2013.

Tags: WFD, environment, groundwater, hydrology, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, inlandWaters, water body, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency
WFD Groundwater Operational Catchments Cycle 2

WFD (Water Framework Directive) Groundwater Operational Catchments (Cycle 2) show how WFD work is grouped geographically for practical management purposes. The Groundwater operational catchments comprise collections of groundwater bodies (AfA 293). Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved. Derived in part from 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale digital data under permission from British Geological Survey. ©NERC. © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey 100024198.

Tags: WFD, catchment, environment
Organization: Environment Agency
WFD Groundwater Management Catchments Cycle 2

Management Catchments are the geographical units for which action plans are drafted in implementing the Water framework Directive (WFD).  The Groundwater Management catchments comprise collections of groundwater bodies (AfA 293). They are larger in size than the Groundwater Operational catchments, but created from the same base datasets.


WFD Management Catchments have an action plan published that relates to all waterbodies that fall within its boundaries. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved. Derived in part from 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale digital data under permission from British Geological Survey. ©NERC. © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey 100024198.

Tags: WFD, catchment, environment
Organization: Environment Agency
WFD Groundwater Bodies Cycle 2 Classification 2019

WFD Groundwater Bodies Cycle 2 Classification 2019 is an alternate version of ‘WFD Groundwater Bodies Cycle 2’ with the addition of 2019 classification data and additional user attribution. The geometry has been simplified to improve user experience, so the high resolution legal definition of these water bodies remains ‘WFD Groundwater Bodies Cycle 2’.
These are polygon datasets which have been created for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Article 2, clause 2 of the WFD defines them as '…all water which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil'. For the purposes of reporting under the WFD a groundwater body represent a distinct body of groundwater flow with a coherent flow unit including recharge and discharge areas with little flow across the boundaries. These reflect hydrogeological characteristics containing information on flow and stage properties, recharge and vulnerability to pollution. This has been undertaken through defining aquifers into different types and broken into catchment units at Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy (CAMS) scale.

The primary input dataset is '1:625K Classified Aquifer Geology' that has been constructed by the Environment Agency. This dataset has been digitised directly from the hard copy '1:250K Solid Geology Map' and classified according to aquifer type and are therefore directly derived from the underlying BGS data. These classifications were verified by the British Geology Survey (BGS). These data have gone out for consultation at Area level and in some instances 1:50K Solid Geology has been used to define localised boundaries.
The geometry of this dataset has then been simplified to allow for fast display, analysis and reduced file sizes.

Since water bodies are attributed with a unique water body identifier 'WB_ID' this dataset can be linked directly to other WFD data sources. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: Classification 2019, Cycle 2, Groundwater body, WFD, environment
Organization: Environment Agency
WFD Groundwater Bodies Cycle 2

The '1:50k WFD Groundwaterbodies is a polygon dataset which has been created for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Article 2, clause 2 of the WFD defines them as '…all water which is below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the ground or subsoil'. For the purposes of reporting under the WFD a groundwater body represent a distinct body of groundwater flow with a coherent flow unit including recharge and discharge areas with little flow across the boundaries. These reflect hydrogeological characteristics containing information on flow and stage properties, recharge and vulnerability to pollution. This has been undertaken through defining aquifers into different types and broken into catchment units at Catchment Abstraction Management Strategy (CAMS) scale.
The primary input dataset is '1:625K Classified Aquifer Geology' that has been constructed by the Environment Agency. This dataset has been digitised directly from the hard copy '1:250K Solid Geology Map' and classified according to aquifer type and are therefore directly derived from the underlying BGS data. These classifications were verified by the British Geology Survey (BGS). These data have gone out for consultation at Area level and in some instances 1:50K Solid Geology has been used to define localised boundaries.
Since waterbodies are attributed with a unique identifier 'WB_ID' this dataset can be linked directly to other WFD data sources such as physical characteristics, risk, classification and proposed objectives.

The 'WFD Groundwater Bodies Cycle 2' is actually just an update of the geometries previously supplied as part of AfA090 1:50k WFD Groundwater bodies. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved. Derived in part from 1:50,000 and 1:250,000 scale digital data under permission from British Geological Survey. ©NERC. © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey 100024198.

Tags: environment, inlandWaters, planningCadastre, water management, water monitoring
Organization: Environment Agency
WFD Coastal Water Bodies Cycle 1

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA088. WFD Coastal Water Bodies Cycle 1 is a polygon Shapefile dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). 
The WFD defines coastal water bodies 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’.
The delineation between coastal and transitional (estuarine) waters was determined by the Environment Agency defined transitional water bodies (see also the Lineage Statement in the Data Quality Info paragraph below). Water bodies are also split and assigned to River Basin Districts.
Water bodies are attributed with a unique identifier ‘EA_WB_ID' (equivalent to WB_ID in Cycle 2) so this dataset can be linked directly to other WFD data sources such as physical characteristics, risk, classification and proposed objectives as well as Cycle 2 datasets.
This dataset was previously known as WFD Coastal Waterbodies
This dataset covers the layer for Cycle 1 of the Water Framework Directive. The equivalent layer for Cycle 2 is covered under WFD Transitional and Coastal water bodies Cycle 2.
Please note that the Environment Agency no longer provide data for water bodies in Wales - this should now available from Natural Resources Wales. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2017. All rights reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2013.

Tags: WFD, coastal, estuarine, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, inlandWaters, oceans, transitional, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency
WFD Artificial Water Operational Catchments Cycle 2

WFD (Water Framework Directive) Artifcial Water Operational Catchments (Cycle 2) show how WFD work is grouped geographically for practical management purposes. The Artifical Water Operational catchments are the groupings of canal and surface water transfers which, by their nature, do not have natural catchments, and often cross surface water catchment boundaries.

These Operational catchments are groupings of canals and surface waters extracted from AfA292-2 WFD River, Canal and SWT Waterbodies Cycle 2 Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved.

Tags: WFD, catchment, environment
Organization: Environment Agency
WFD Artificial Water Management Catchments Cycle 2

Management Catchments are the geographical units for which action plans are drafted in implementing the Water framework Directive (WFD). The Artificial Water Management catchments are the groupings of canal and surface water transfers which, by their nature, do not have natural catchments, and often cross surface water catchment boundaries.

These Managment catchments are groupings of canals and surface waters extracted from AfA292-2 WFD River, Canal and SWT Waterbodies Cycle 2. Management catchments are larger units than operational catchments, but created from the same base data sets.


WFD Management Catchments have an action plan published that relates to all waterbodies that fall within its boundaries. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved.

Tags: WFD, catchment, environment
Organization: Environment Agency
WFD Artificial Water Bodies Canal Cycle 1

WFD Artificial Water Bodies – Canals Cycle 1 is a polyline Shapefile dataset containing Water Framework Directive (WFD) attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. The WFD defines an ‘artificial water body’ as a body of surface water created by human activity. 
Water bodies are attributed with a unique identifier ‘EA_WB_ID' (equivalent to WB_ID in Cycle 2) so this dataset can be linked directly to other WFD data sources such as physical characteristics, risk, classification and proposed objectives as well as Cycle 2 datasets.
This dataset covers the layer for Cycle 1 of the Water Framework Directive and does not include natural water bodies; these are available as WFD RIVER WATER BODIES CYCLE 1.   However, the equivalent layer for Cycle 2 is covered under WFD River, Canal and Surface Water Transfer Water bodies Cycle 2 (ie both artificial and natural water bodies).
This dataset was previously known as WFD ARTIFICIAL WATERBODIES – CANALS.  
Please note that the Environment Agency no longer provide data for water bodies in Wales - this should now available from Natural Resources Wales. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2017. All rights reserved.© Crown copyright and database rights 2008 Ordnance Survey 100024198.

Tags: WFD, canal, environment, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, inlandWaters, water body, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency
WFD ARTIFICIAL WATER BODIES SURFACE WATER TRANSFER CHANNELS CYCLE 1

WFD Artificial Water Bodies –Surface Water Transfers Cycle 1 is a polyline Shapefile dataset containing Water Framework Directive (WFD) attributes that have been collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive. The WFD defines an ‘artificial water body’ as a body of surface water created by human activity. Surface channel transfers are defined as open surface channels that are often used to increase the effective catchment area of a reservoir and can sometime transfer waters between catchments.  
Water bodies are attributed with a unique identifier ‘EA_WB_ID' (equivalent to WB_ID in Cycle 2) so this dataset can be linked directly to other WFD data sources such as physical characteristics, risk, classification and proposed objectives as well as Cycle 2 datasets.
This dataset covers the layer for Cycle 1 of the Water Framework Directive and does not include natural water bodies; these are available as WFD RIVER WATER BODIES CYCLE 1.   However, the equivalent layer for Cycle 2 is covered under WFD River, Canal and Surface Water Transfer Water bodies Cycle 2 (ie both artificial and natural water bodies)
This dataset was previously known as WFD Artificial Waterbodies: Surface Water Transfer Channels.  

Please note that the Environment Agency no longer provide data for water bodies in Wales - this should now available from Natural Resources Wales. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). © Crown copyright and database rights 2004 Ordnance Survey 100024198

Tags: SWT, environment, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, inlandWaters, surface water transfer, water body, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency
Vertical Aerial Photography

Vertical aerial photography is an airborne mapping technique, which uses a high-resolution camera mounted vertically underneath the aircraft to capture reflected light in the red, green, blue and for some datasets, near infra-red spectrum. Images of the ground are captured at resolutions between 10cm and 50cm, and ortho-rectified using simultaneous LIDAR and GPS to a high spatial accuracy.

The Environment Agency has been capturing vertical aerial photography data regularly since 2006 on a project by project basis each ranging in coverage from a few square kilometers to hundreds of square kilometers. The data is available as a raster dataset in ECW (enhanced compressed wavelet) format as either a true colour (RGB), near infra-red (NIR) or a 4-band (RGBN) raster. Where imagery has been captured under incident response conditions and the lighting conditions may be sub-optimal this is defined by the prefix IR. The data are presented as tiles in British National Grid OSGB 1936 projections. Data is available in 5km download zip files for each year of survey. Within each zip file are ECW files aligned to the Ordinance Survey grid. The size of each tile is dependent upon the spatial resolution of the data. 

Please refer to the metadata index catalgoues for the survey date captured, type of survey and spatial resolution of the imagery.  Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.

Tags: Orthoimagery, aerial photography, environment, flood, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, orthorectified colour data, remote sensing
Organization: Environment Agency
Thames Estuary 2100 Policy Unit boundaries

The Thames Estuary is divided into 23 geographical areas, known as the Policy Units. Each Policy Unit has been assessed to determine the appropriate level of flood risk management.  This is the strategic flood risk management approach for the Thames estuary.  The policies direct the implementation of actions and future flood management investment, and they provide a common foundation from which all partners can plan their short, medium, and long-term activities. As the climate changes, we will all need to change how we manage and live with flood risk. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2023. All rights reserved.

Tags: Actions, Climate change, Flood Risk Management, Flood management investment, Flood risk, Geographical Area, Long Term activities, Medium Term Activities, Policy Units, Short Term Activities, Strategic flood risk management approach, Thames Estuary, environment
Organization: Environment Agency
Thames Estuary 2100 Extreme Water Level nodes

Extreme Water Level nodes show the point locations of modelled data projections for extreme water levels (heights) that could occur in the estuary in the future.  Extreme water levels take into account climate change and predicted sea level rise. It is used in the design of our flood defences to achieve the required standard of defence (crest levels and heights). Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: Actions, Climate change, Extreme Water Level nodes, Flood Risk Management, Flood management investment, Flood risk, Geographical Area, Long Term activities, Medium Term Activities, Modelled water levels, Short Term Activities, Strategic flood risk management approach, Thames Estuary, environment
Organization: Environment Agency
Surface Water Availability for Water Resource Charging

This is a national picture of Surface water resource availability mapped to Integrated Water bodies for the purposes of Water Resource Charging only. Water Resource charges will depend on the water availability. 
Each water body is colour coded as follows:
• Green - Water available
• Yellow - Restricted water available
• Red - Water not available
• Grey - Heavily Modified Waterbodies (and /or discharge rich water bodies)
The data covers Integrated waterbodies that are in England and cross border Wales.
This data is not raw, factual or measured. It comprises of estimated or modelled results showing expected outcomes based on the data available to us. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2022. All rights reserved.

Tags: Water resource charging, environment, water resources management
Organization: Environment Agency
Spatial prioritisation of catchments suitable for using Natural Flood Management

This dataset concerns the spatial prioritisation of catchments suitable for reducing flood risk using Natural Flood Management or land use management and land use change within the Environmental Land Management pilot schemes.

This map has been produced to assist the prioritisation of Natural Flood Management or land use / land management changes with the aim of slowing flows to reduce the risk of fluvial and surface water flooding. It has been specifically created to contribute to the spatial prioritisation of catchments within the pilot Local Nature Recovery and Landscape Recovery land management schemes for NFM interventions, but also within the other grant awarding schemes such as the England Woodland Creation scheme and the England Peatland restoration scheme.

The types of interventions relevant to this spatial prioritisation include changes to vegetation cover, farming practices, small scale structures to store water or small scale re-naturalisation of streams and ditches, or other interventions that work with natural processes to slow flows of water within watercourses or overland flow. The prioritisation map aims to identify catchments where these "slow the flow" type NFM measures, or other associated land use or land management changes, will be most effective in reducing flood risk and will maximise the number of properties protected.

The prioritisation has not been developed to inform other Flood Risk Management schemes or interventions (non NFM interventions). Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2021. All rights reserved.

Tags: Environmental Land Management, NBS, NFM, Natural Flood Management, Nature based solutions, Peatland restoration, Slow the flow, Woodland creation, Working with natural processes, environment
Organization: Environment Agency
Shoreline Management Plan Mapping

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA196. This dataset identifies which second generation Shoreline Management Plan is applicable to a particular stretch of coastline. It also identifies the policies which are applicable. It is a polyline, spatial data layer. 
A Shoreline Management Plan (SMP) is a large-scale assessment of the risks associated with coastal processes and helps reduce these risks to people and the developed, historic and natural environments. Coastal processes include tidal patterns, wave height, wave direction and the movement of beach and seabed materials. The SMPs provide a ‘route map’ for local authorities and other decision makers to move from the present situation towards meeting our future needs, and will identify the most sustainable approaches to managing the risks to the coast in the short term (0-20 years), medium term (20-50 years) and long term (50-100 years). 
INFORMATION WARNING
This dataset was created for the purposes of creating a strategic overview map; as a consequence it was created at a notional scale of 1:250,000, this means that the definition of the breakpoints and the accuracy to which the SMP lengths reflect the 'coastline' is suitable for strategic level use only. Consideration should be given as to whether it should be replaced by a more accurate representation. More detailed representations of the SMP boundaries may be available at Local/Regional level.
Costing information is at a broad scale and indicative only. It not appropriate for any detailed costings work, or for identifying planned capital expenditure. 
This dataset contains hyperlinks to websites operated by other parties. We do not control such websites and we take no responsibility for, and will not incur any liability in respect of, their content. Our inclusion of hyperlinks to such websites does not imply any endorsement of views, statements or information contained in such websites. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: beach, boundaries, coast, coastal management, environment, erosion, erosion control, oceans, shoreline, tide
Organization: Environment Agency