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.
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name: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-FGDB.zip
description: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-FGDB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-GeoJSON.zip
description: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-GeoJSON.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-GML.zip
description: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-GML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-KML.zip
description: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-KML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-MID_MIF.zip
description: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-MID_MIF.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-SHP.zip
description: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-SHP.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-TAB.zip
description: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-TAB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
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name: WFD_Ground_Waterbodies_Cycle2.lyr
description: WFD_Ground_Waterbodies_Cycle2.lyr download on Defra Data Services Platform
https://environment.data.gov.uk/explore/761a2d91-d465-11e4-a4bc-f0def148f590?download=true
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name: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2_Download
description: Download data by area of interest
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/wfd-groundwater-bodies-cycle-2/wms
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name: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2_WMS
description: WFD - Groundwater bodies Cycle 2 WMS
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/wfd-groundwater-bodies-cycle-2/wfs
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name: WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2_WFS
description: WFD - Groundwater bodies Cycle 2 WFS
https://environment.data.gov.uk/spatialdata/wfd-groundwater-bodies-cycle-2/ogc/features/v1
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name: OGC API - Features service
description: OGC API - Features service
761a2d91-d465-11e4-a4bc-f0def148f590
eng
http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
planningCadastre
environment
inlandWaters
planningCadastre
environment
inlandWaters
water monitoring
publication
2010-01-13
water management
publication
2010-01-13
-6.236
2.072
55.816
49.943
2015-12-31
2099-12-31
creation
2013-09-01
revision
2016-08-01
annually
EA CAMS boundaries. BGS data 1:50K scale 1:250K scale. OS data coastline boundaries only.
Open format | Shapefile (SHP)
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