WFD Cycle 2 Lake Ammonia Classification

• Published by: Environment Agency
• Last updated: 14 June 2024
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• Licence: Other Licence ; View licence information

Summary

This dataset is a subset of "WFD Classification Status Cycle 2" and contains classification data for Ammonia in lakes. Ammonia is a decay product of nitrogenous organic wastes and of the breakdown of animal and vegetable wastes. Sewage effluent is a major source, as are agricultural diffuse sources associated with fertiliser application. Ammonia is used in many cleaning products and in fermentation processes.

Ammonia data is run through a database that calculates summary statistics (Mean, standard deviation) at each site based on the number of samples taken in the classification period. These statistics are then entered into a calculator tool to generate classifications. Ammonia standards are used for Ammonia classification and they set up the boundaries between the various status levels e.g. High, Good, Moderate etc. The standards are ‘Waterbody’ specific based on the Typology of the lake, the altitude and alkalinity. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved.

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Link to the data	Format	File added	Data preview
WFD_SW_Classification_Status_and_Objectives_Cycle2_v3.xlsx	XLSX	14 June 2024	Not available

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• Added to data.gov.uk: 2024-06-12
• Access contraints: There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
• Harvest GUID: 877e2bbc-1584-4445-bf72-af2fc25a33d3
• Extent: Latitude: 55.816° to 49.943°
• Extent: Longitude: -6.236° to 2.072°
• Spatial reference system: http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
• Dataset reference date: 2015-12-09 (creation)
• Frequency of update: annually
• Responsible party: Environment Agency (pointOfContact)
• ISO 19139 resource type: dataset
• Metadata language: eng
• Source Metadata: XML
• Source Metadata: HTML

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