AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Sensitive Areas - Nitrates

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA251. This dataset is a shapefile showing the extent of UWWTD sensitive areas (nitrate).  The Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) regulates the collection and treatment of waste water from homes and from industry. In the UK, the directive is implemented through the Urban Wastewater Treatment regulations 1994. Under these regulations, water bodies that are used as sources for drinking water and which have high nitrate concentrations (as defined by Council Directive 75/440/EEC of 16th June 1975) should be designated as sensitive areas by Defra.
This dataset consists of:
•	Rivers currently designated as UWWTD nitrate sensitive areas. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: drinking water, environment, inlandWaters, nitrate, oceans, sensitive area, sensitive environment, waste water, water pollution, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency
Sensitive Areas - Eutrophic Rivers

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA249-1 Sensitive Areas – Eutrophic Rivers.  This dataset consists of 3 shapefiles showing the extent of Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) (UWWTD) sensitive areas (eutrophic). The UWWTD describes eutrophication as ‘the enrichment of water by nutrients, especially compounds of nitrogen and/or phosphorous, causing an accelerated growth of algae and higher forms of plant life to produce an undesirable disturbance to the balance of organisms present in the water and to the quality of the water concerned’.  
The UWWTD regulates the collection and treatment of waste water from homes and from industry. In the UK, the Directive is implemented through the Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations 1994.  Under these Regulations, water bodies that are (or may soon become) eutrophic should be designated as sensitive areas by Defra. This applies to still fresh waters, rivers, estuaries and coastal waters.
This dataset consists of:
• rivers currently designated as UWWTD eutrophic sensitive areas
• lakes currently designated as UWWTD eutrophic sensitive areas
• shows harbours and estuaries currently designated as UWWTD eutrophic sensitive areas Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: biota, coastal pollution, environment, eutrophication, inlandWaters, lake pollution, river pollution, sensitive area, sensitive environment, waste water, water pollution, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency
Technical assessment boundaries behind the abstraction licensing strategies Cycle 2

The technical assessment boundaries are used to define which water resource demands fall into each technical assessment. They are used to look at the balance between society, the economy and the environment. The technical assessment helps identify where water may be available for future use but also where water resource demands may be impacting the water balance. The technical assessment boundaries should be used on a national (England) scale. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved.

Tags: environment, water resource, water resources management
Organization: Environment Agency
Sensitive Areas - Eutrophic Lakes

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA249-2 Sensitive Areas – Eutrophic Lakes. This dataset consists of 3 shapefiles showing the extent of Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) (UWWTD) sensitive areas (eutrophic).
The UWWTD describes eutrophication as ‘the enrichment of water by nutrients, especially compounds of nitrogen and/or phosphorous, causing an accelerated growth of algae and higher forms of plant life to produce an undesirable disturbance to the balance of organisms present in the water and to the quality of the water concerned’.  
The UWWTD regulates the collection and treatment of waste water from homes and from industry. In the UK, the Directive is implemented through the Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations 1994.  Under these Regulations, water bodies that are (or may soon become) eutrophic should be designated as sensitive areas by Defra. This applies to still fresh waters, rivers, estuaries and coastal waters.
This dataset consists of:
• rivers currently designated as UWWTD eutrophic sensitive areas
• lakes currently designated as UWWTD eutrophic sensitive areas
• shows harbours and estuaries currently designated as UWWTD eutrophic sensitive areas Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: biota, coastal pollution, environment, eutrophication, inlandWaters, lake pollution, river pollution, sensitive area, sensitive environment, waste water, water pollution, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency
Sensitive Areas - Eutrophic Coastal

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA249-3 Sensitive Areas – Eutrophic Coastal. This dataset consists of 3 shapefiles showing the extent of Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) (UWWTD) sensitive areas (eutrophic). 
The UWWTD describes eutrophication as ‘the enrichment of water by nutrients, especially compounds of nitrogen and/or phosphorous, causing an accelerated growth of algae and higher forms of plant life to produce an undesirable disturbance to the balance of organisms present in the water and to the quality of the water concerned’.
The UWWTD regulates the collection and treatment of waste water from homes and from industry. In the UK, the Directive is implemented through the Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations 1994. Under these Regulations, water bodies that are (or may soon become) eutrophic should be designated as sensitive areas by Defra. This applies to still fresh waters, rivers, estuaries and coastal waters.
This dataset consists of:
• rivers currently designated as UWWTD eutrophic sensitive areas
• lakes currently designated as UWWTD eutrophic sensitive areas
• shows harbours and estuaries currently designated as UWWTD eutrophic sensitive areas Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: biota, coastal pollution, environment, eutrophication, inlandWaters, lake pollution, river pollution, sensitive area, sensitive environment, waste water, water pollution, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency
Sensitive Areas - Bundle of datasets

Bundle of datasets including the following (please see individual dataset records for full metadata):

Sensitive Areas - Bathing Waters
Sensitive Areas - Eutrophic Coastal Areas
Sensitive Areas - Eutrophic Lakes
Sensitive Areas - Eutrophic Rivers
Sensitive Areas - Nitrates Rivers Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: bathing water, biota, coastal pollution, environment, oceans, sensitive area, sensitive environment, waste water, water pollution, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency
Sensitive Areas - Bathing Waters

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA250. This dataset is a shapefile showing the extent of UWWTD sensitive areas (bathing waters). The Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC) regulates the collection and treatment of waste water from homes and from industry. In the UK, the directive is implemented through the Urban Wastewater Treatment regulations 1994. Under these regulations, water bodies where treatment more stringent than secondary is necessary to fulfil the requirements of the Bathing Waters Directive should be designated as sensitive areas by Defra. 
This dataset consists of:
•	shows areas currently designated as UWWTD bathing water sensitive areas. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Tags: bathing water, biota, coastal pollution, environment, oceans, sensitive area, sensitive environment, waste water, water pollution, water quality
Organization: Environment Agency
River Arun Internal Drainage District

Internal drainage boards (IDB) are public bodies that manage water levels in some areas where there is a special need for drainage. These areas are known as internal drainage districts (IDD). The Environment Agency undertakes the responsibility of IDB for the River Arun IDD.

Under the Land Drainage Act 1991, internal drainage districts are areas defined as deriving benefit or avoiding danger as a result of drainage operations. Each internal drainage board (IDB) is a local independent public body that manages water levels in the corresponding internal drainage district. IDBs undertake works to reducing flood risk to people and property, and manage water levels for agricultural needs and for the protection and enhancement of the environment within their district. IDBs are defined as a type of Risk Management Authority under the Flood & Water Management Act 2010. 

The River Arun Internal Drainage District dataset also forms part of the "Association of Drainage Authorities: Administrative Boundaries - Internal Drainage Districts in England" dataset. Whilst indicative, this data is the most comprehensive and consistent national dataset of internal drainage district boundaries in England. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights

Tags: Water Resources, environment, water management
Organization: Environment Agency
Risk of Flooding from Multiple Sources: Suitability

PLEASE NOTE: This record has been retired. Flood risk information for Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea and Risk of Surface Water is available

This dataset is not suitable for identifying whether an individual property will flood. 
GIS layer giving an indication of the scale it is appropriate to use the RoFMS, grouped into 5 bands.
Our Risk of Flooding from Multiple Sources (RoFMS) information is a national scale assessment. It gives an indication of what areas of land may be at risk of flooding from more than one source. This first version of the assessment considers flooding from rivers, the sea and surface water. Information used to create this dataset comes directly from our existing products: Risk of Flooding from Rivers and the Sea (RoFRS) and Risk of Flooding from Surface Water (RoFSW). 
There are 3 spatial datasets available for RoFMS:
1.	RoFMS Risk Band 
(risk of flooding from multiple sources grouped into 4 bands)
2.	RoFMS Suitability 
(an indication of the scale it is appropriate to use the information, grouped into 5 bands)
3.	RoFMS Risk Contribution 
(the proportion of the combined risk resulting from the primary flood source input data)
For local surface water flood risk information, please contact the relevant Lead Local Flood Authority. 
Layers are available as *.lpk or *.tiff files and *.tfw files (with RGB values in the document).
For information on the creation, application and limitations of this data, please read the document linked below. Choose the bottom left 'Resource Locator’ and click on 'Link' to access the document. 
 
Information Warnings: Risk of Flooding from Multiple Sources is not to be used at property level. If the Content is displayed in map form to others we recommend it should not be used with basemapping more detailed than 1:10,000 as the data is open to misinterpretation if used as a more detailed scale. Because of the way they have been produced and the fact that they are indicative, the maps are not appropriate to act as the sole evidence for any specific planning or regulatory decision or assessment of risk in relation to flooding at any scale without further supporting studies or evidence. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2013.

Tags: all sources, combined sources, elevation, environment, flooding, mapping, model, multiple sources
Organization: Environment Agency
Risk of Flooding from Multiple Sources: Risk Contribution

PLEASE NOTE: This record has been retired. Flood risk information for Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea and Risk of Surface Water is available

This dataset is not suitable for identifying whether an individual property will flood. 
GIS layer showing the proportion of the combined risk resulting from the primary flood source input data.
Our Risk of Flooding from Multiple Sources (RoFMS) information is a national scale assessment. It gives an indication of what areas of land may be at risk of flooding from more than one source. This first version of the assessment considers flooding from rivers, the sea and surface water. Information used to create this dataset comes directly from our existing products: Risk of Flooding from Rivers and the Sea (RoFRS) and Risk of Flooding from Surface Water (RoFSW). 
There are 3 spatial datasets available for RoFMS:
1. RoFMS Risk Band 
(risk of flooding from multiple sources grouped into 4 bands)
2. RoFMS Suitability 
(an indication of the scale it is appropriate to use the information, grouped into 5 bands)
3. RoFMS Risk Contribution 
(the proportion of the combined risk resulting from the primary flood source input data)
For local surface water flood risk information, please contact the relevant Lead Local Flood Authority. 
Layers are available as *.lpk or *.tiff files and *.tfw files (with RGB values in the document).
For information on the creation, application and limitations of this data, please read the document linked below. Choose the bottom left 'Resource Locator’ and click on 'Link' to access the document. 

Information Warnings:                    Risk of Flooding from Multiple Sources is not to be used at property level. If the Content is displayed in map form to others we recommend it should not be used with basemapping more detailed than 1:10,000 as the data is open to misinterpretation if used as a more detailed scale. Because of the way they have been produced and the fact that they are indicative, the maps are not appropriate to act as the sole evidence for any specific planning or regulatory decision or assessment of risk in relation to flooding at any scale without further supporting studies or evidence. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved. Some features of this map are based on digital spatial data from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, © NERC (CEH). Soils Data © Cranfield University (NSRI) and for the Controller of HMSO 2013.

Tags: all sources, combined sources, elevation, environment, flooding, mapping, model, multiple sources
Organization: Environment Agency
Remotely Sensed Flood Estimates

The estimated flood extent is an un-validated raw product often processed rapidly to share with category one partners during an incident. You must refer to the limitations of the data when using this dataset. 

This dataset is a GIS layer which shows raw, unvalidated flood estimates, derived from a variety of remotely sensed data during a flood incident. These extents are best estimates based upon what can be seen in the image at the time of image capture. Remotely sensed imagery can be acquired upon a variety of platforms, including satellite, aircraft and drones at differing resolutions.  

Each estimated flood extent is attributed to describe the source of imagery, resolution and date of acquisition, as well as whether the digitised extent is permanent water, as described in the Ordinance Survey OpenMap Local Surface Water product, or our best estimate of ‘flood’. During an on-going incident we may produce several extents to assess how water is moving though the environment over a time-series. 

Each extent is assessed and validated by Environment Agency Area teams post-incident. This often involves combining the flood estimate with additional sources of information such as rack marks and local community knowledge to produce a single extent that best describes the peak of a flood event. If accepted and verified the flood estimate will be included in our Recorded Flood Outline records.  

Only once an estimate has been assessed for inclusion in the recorded flood outline will it be added to the remotely sensed flood estimates layer. This layer will be updated in parallel with the recorded flood outlines.  

The geometry of the remotely sensed flood estimates may not match the recorded flood outlines for a specific event. 

Limitations of the data: 

All flood extent mapping is generated from imagery that is a snap-shot in time and is unlikely to represent the extent of peak flood. The extents show flooding to the land and does not necessarily indicate that properties were flooded internally and are therefore not suitable for identifying if an individual property has flooded. 

During incidents a variety of different satellites and sensors may be used with different qualities and effective resolutions, for example, RADAR data and Optical data. Different sensors will likely produce different outcomes. For example, Optical data of a given resolution will normally show more detail than RADAR data at the same resolution, in part due to the noise inherent in RADAR data. Generally, for RADAR data with a 10-metre pixel resolution, the minimum mappable unit will be about 1000 square metres (clusters of approximately 10 pixels). RADAR data is appropriate for generating an overview of flooding and for estimating flood extent in agricultural settings.  Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved.

Tags: GIS digital format, environment, flood, flooding
Organization: Environment Agency
Oblique Aerial Photography

Oblique aerial photography is an airborne mapping technique, which uses a professional grade DSLR camera to capture images out the side of our aircraft. Images are geo-referenced using our GPS systems to provide the position of the plane for each image. The Environment Agency has been capturing oblique aerial photography during incident response since 2010, and for bespoke surveys such as cliff line monitoring. Images can be captured in all survey conditions which can have a large influence on the quality of the imagery. 

The imagery is available as a JPEG image. Contained within the EXIF metadata for each image is a geo-referenced GPS coordinate of the plane during exposure. These coordinates are in WGS1984 latitude, longitude. 

When requesting download of aerial obliques all imagery within a 5km OS Grid is retuned for each type and year of survey. The 'types' of survey available are 'Incident Response' (data captured in varying lighting conditions usually for assessment of flood extent) and 'Other' (bespoke monitoring surveys such as cliff line assessments).

Please refer to the metadata index catalgoues which provde the date and time each image was taken and the location of the plane. The direction the plane was travelling along with the the image view angle is also provided. The image view angle is an approximate direction the camera was pointing for each image with all images captured out the left hand side of the plane. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2019. All rights reserved.

Tags: Aerial imagery, aerial photograph, aerial photography, environment, flooding, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, mapping, remote sensing, survey
Organization: Environment Agency
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) 2021 Designations

This dataset identifies Nitrate Vulnerable Zones for implementation in 2021.
 
The designations are made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015 (England). This dataset supersedes the previous dataset ‘Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) 2017 – Combined (Final Designations)’.

Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) are areas designated as being at risk from agricultural nitrate pollution. 
Waters are defined within the Nitrates Directive and Nitrate Regulations as polluted if they:
- contain or could contain, if preventative action is not taken, nitrate concentrations greater than 50mg/l  
- are eutrophic, or become eutrophic, if preventative action is not taken.

To view maps and NVZ datasheets use 'Check for Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (SgZs) and Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) Interactive Map' Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2023. All rights reserved.
Derived in part from geological mapping data provided by the British Geological Survey © NERC.
Derived in part from data provided by the National Soils Research Institute © Cranfield University.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights 2016.
Derived in part from data provided by the Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs © Crown 2016 copyright Defra.
Derived in part from data provided by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology © NERC.
Derived in part from data provided by UK Water Companies.

Tags: EC directive on water protection, agricultural pollution, environment, estuary pollution, eutrophication, freshwater pollution, groundwater, groundwater pollution, groundwater protection, groundwater quality, nitrate, surface runoff, surface water, surface water management, water pollution, water protection, water protection directive
Organization: Environment Agency
Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) 2017 - Combined (Pre appeals Designations)

PLEASE NOTE: This dataset has been retired, as it has been superseded by the dataset for Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) 2021 Designations. See: https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/60be356d-6475-4d51-9572-9f8c09f1a764

This dataset sets out the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone designations following the 4 yearly review for implementation in 2017. These were the designations prior to appeals.

This dataset supersedes the previous dataset ‘Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ) 2013 -  Combined (Final Designations)’.
This dataset is superseded by the current data 'Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ) 2017 - Combined (Final Designations)'.

Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZs) are areas designated as being at risk from agricultural nitrate pollution.
The designations are made in accordance with the Nitrate Pollution Prevention Regulations 2015.

Waters are defined within the Nitrates Directive as polluted if they contain or could contain, if preventative action is not taken, nitrate concentrations greater than 50mg/l. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2023. All rights reserved.
Derived in part from geological mapping data provided by the British Geological Survey © NERC.
Derived in part from data provided by the National Soils Research Institute © Cranfield University.
Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database rights 2016.
Derived in part from data provided by the Department for the Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs © Crown 2016 copyright Defra.
Derived in part from data provided by the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology © NERC.
Derived in part from data provided by UK Water Companies.


Tags: EC directive on water protection, agricultural pollution, environment, estuary pollution, eutrophication, freshwater pollution, groundwater, groundwater pollution, groundwater protection, groundwater quality, nitrate, surface runoff, surface water, surface water management, water pollution, water protection, water protection directive
Organization: Environment Agency