Identification

Title

Water Quality Archive

Alternative title(s)

Abstract

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 environment at that point. This record is for the Water quality data archive homepage where all records are accessible. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

http://environment.data.gov.uk/water-quality/view/landing

protocol: http

name:

description: Water Quality Archive home page

Unique resource identifier

code

c6628ca9-f9ff-4b78-81bd-51bdc645de0f

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

environment

Keyword set

keyword value

sampling

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Keyword set

keyword value

water quality

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2000-01-01

End position

2099-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

2007-01-01

date type

revision

effective date

2016-11-28

Frequency of update

asNeeded

Quality and validity

Lineage

The Water Quality Archive provides data on water quality measurements carried out by the Environment Agency. Samples are taken from sampling points round the country and then analysed by laboratories to measure aspects of the water quality or the environment at the sampling point. The archive provides data on these measurements and samples dating from 2000 to 2015.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Open format | Comma Separated Values file (CSV)

version of format

Not Applicable

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Constraint set

Use constraints

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://environment.data.gov.uk/support

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-01-05

Metadata language