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• Bathing Water

  The Environment Agency collects water quality data each year from May to September, to ensure that designated bathing water sites on the coast and inland are safe and clean for swimming and other...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 5 November 2015

• 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

• 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...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 28 February 2021

• Bathing Waters Monitoring Locations

  The Environment Agency collects and analyses water samples each year from May to September, to ensure that designated bathing water sites on the coast and inland are safe and clean for swimming and...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 14 May 2024

• Bathing Waters ZOI Catchments

  Bathing water zones of influence (ZOI) are defined as an area where if heavy rainfall occurs may lead to surface water runoff causing a reduction in water quality at a designated bathing water....

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 8 March 2021

• 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

• Water Quality Archive

  The Water Quality Archive provides data on water quality measurements taken from sampling points around the country and then analysed to measure aspects of the water quality and / or the...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 28 November 2016

• Water Body Measures London

  Water body measures are the actions which will be taken on the ground to help achieve water body objectives. They are brought about by a range of legal, policy or financial mechanisms and involve...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 18 February 2016

• Forestry England Water Pipes

  This dataset shows water pipes within or close to the Nations Forests

  • Published by: Forestry Commission
  • Updated: 13 December 2024

• 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

• Forestry England Water Courses

  This dataset shows captured water courses within the Nations Forests. These will be natural water courses which will usually be permanent.

  • Published by: Forestry Commission
  • Updated: 13 December 2024

• Forestry England Open Water

  This dataset shows captured areas of open water within the Nations Forests. These will generally be fairly natural and permanent in character and not be created by dams.

  • Published by: Forestry Commission
  • Updated: 12 December 2024

• EWCO - Water Quality

  Spatial data supporting appropriately located and designed woodland creation to help reduce pollutants through land use change that reduces fertilizer application or by creating woodland that...

  • Published by: Forestry Commission
  • Updated: 13 January 2023

• 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...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 1 January 2004

• National Framework for Water Resources: Amount of water that potential water resource options could provide

  Amount of water (Ml/d) that potential water resource options could provide to solve the water needs problem at a national, regional water resource group and water company water resource zone scale...

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

• Administrative Boundaries - Water Management Areas

  Water management boundaries are delineated to river catchments.

  The Environment Agency uses these areas for their flood, water management and water quality operational purposes.

  The areas are...

  • Published by: Environment Agency
  • Updated: 15 October 2019

• Water Framework Directive (WFD) Surface Water Operational Catchments Cycle 3

  This is a polygon dataset showing Surface Water Operational Catchments, created to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Operational Catchments are larger than catchments...

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

• Water Framework Directive (WFD) Surface Water Management Catchments Cycle 3

  This is a polygon dataset showing Surface Water Management Catchments, which was created to meet the requirements of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Management Catchments are larger than...

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

• 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