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• Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Groundwater)

  Drinking Water Groundwater Safeguard Zones (SgZs) are established around public water supplies where additional pollution control measures are needed. The Water Framework Directive requires that...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 9 July 2025

• Drinking Water Protected Areas (Surface Water)

  Drinking Water Protected Areas (Surface Water) are defined by the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England & Wales) Regulations 2017 (or WFD Regulations) as locations where raw water...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 23 November 2022

• Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Surface Water)

  Drinking Water Safeguard Zones (Surface Water) are catchment areas that influence the water quality for their respective Drinking Water Protected Area (Surface Water). They are identified where the...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 23 November 2022

• Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive Treatment Plants

  Spatial dataset containing wastewater treatment plants monitored and reported under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) in England. These plants serve population equivalent (PE)...

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• Environmental Permitting Regulations - Waste Sites Quarterly Summary

  A waste management licence was a legal document issued under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. A licence authorised the treatment keeping or disposal of waste in or on the land.

  The...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 13 August 2025

• Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive wastewater reuse in England

  This spreadsheet contains estimates of the total volume of wastewater treated and the total reused at treatment plants reported under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive for England in 2012....

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• Standing Approvals for Oil Spill Treatment Products (England and Wales)

  The use of oil spill treatment products (including dispersants) in waters of 20 metres depth or less, or within 1nm of any such area requires approval from the licensing authority. For England and...

  • Published by: Marine Management Organisation
  • Updated: 1 March 2011

• 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...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 30 April 2015

• Areas Affecting Bathing Waters

  This record is for Approval for Access product AfA143. This dataset comprises a polygon relating to each site identified under the Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC); however these polygons have...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 5 October 2022

• WFD River Water Bodies Cycle 1

  WFD River Water Bodies Cycle 1 is a polyline Shapefile dataset collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). The river polylines were defined by using the...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 3 April 2012

• WFD Lake Water Bodies Cycle 1

  WFD Lake Water Bodies Cycle 1 is a polygon Shapefile dataset containing attributes that have been collated as defined in the Water Framework Directive as '…a body of standing inland surface water'....

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 25 January 2011

• National Framework for Water Resources: Current and future non-public water supply demands

  Current and future estimated (2050s) non-public water supply demands (including sectoral breakdown) under a range of National Framework modelling scenarios at national and water resource regional...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 12 June 2025

• Water Framework Directive (WFD) Lake Water Bodies Cycle 3 Classification 2022

  This is a polygon dataset showing Water Framework Directive (WFD) Lake Water Bodies, which was created to meet the requirements of the WFD. This dataset provides attribution relating to the 2022...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 1 March 2024

• Water Framework Directive (WFD) Lake Water Bodies Cycle 3 Classification 2019

  This is a polygon dataset showing Water Framework Directive (WFD) Lake Water Bodies, which was created to meet the requirements of the WFD. This dataset provides attribution relating to the 2019...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 1 March 2024

• Consented Discharges to Controlled Waters with Conditions

  These data provide details of all permit details as required under the Environmental Permit Regulation. Information is held for all permit holders and covers all substances that are controlled....

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 1 July 2025

• WFD Transitional Water Bodies Cycle 1

  WFD Transitional 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...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 3 April 2012

• Water Framework Directive Cycle 2 Heavily Modified Water Body Use and Physical Modification

  A requirement of the Water Framework Directive is to report the physical modifications and uses that have resulted in a heavily modified water body. This dataset lists the physical modifications...

  • Published by: Environment Agency

• Water Framework Directive (WFD) Transitional and Coastal Water Bodies Cycle 3 Classification 2019 (Simplified)

  This is a polygon dataset showing Water Framework Directive (WFD) Transitional (Estuary) and Coastal Water Bodies.

  This dataset provides attribution relating to the 2019 classification results, as...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 1 March 2024

• Water Framework Directive (WFD) Transitional and Coastal Water Bodies Cycle 3 Classification 2019 (Full Resolution)

  This is a polygon dataset showing Water Framework Directive (WFD) Transitional (Estuary) and Coastal Water Bodies.

  This dataset provides attribution relating to the 2019 classification results, as...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 1 March 2024

• Water Framework Directive (WFD) Transitional and Coastal Water Bodies Cycle 3 Classification 2022 (Full Resolution)

  This is a polygon dataset showing Water Framework Directive (WFD) Transitional (Estuary) and Coastal Water Bodies. This dataset provides attribution on the 2022 classification results, as well as...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 1 March 2024