BGS Hosted Metadata
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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Identification info
- Date (Creation)
- 2013-09-01
- Status
- Point of contact
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Role Organisation Electronic mail address Point of contact Environment Agency
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Inland waters
- Planning cadastre
Extent
Temporal extent
- Time period
- 2015-12-31 2099-12-31
Extent
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Extent
- Maintenance and update frequency
- Annually
- Theme
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planningCadastre
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environment
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inlandWaters
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water monitoring
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water management
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Resource constraints
- Access constraints
- Unrestricted
- Use constraints
- Licence Unrestricted
- Other constraints
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There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- UTF8
Distribution Information
- OnLine resource
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WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-FGDB.zip
WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-FGDB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
- OnLine resource
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WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-GML.zip
WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-GML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
- OnLine resource
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WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-GeoJSON.zip
WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-GeoJSON.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
- OnLine resource
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WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-KML.zip
WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-KML.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
- OnLine resource
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WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-MID_MIF.zip
WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-MID_MIF.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
- OnLine resource
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WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-SHP.zip
WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-SHP.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
- OnLine resource
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WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-TAB.zip
WFDGroundwaterBodiesCycle2-TAB.zip download on Defra Data Services Platform
- OnLine resource
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WFD_Ground_Waterbodies_Cycle2.lyr
WFD_Ground_Waterbodies_Cycle2.lyr download on Defra Data Services Platform
- OnLine resource
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WFD_Groundwater_Bodies_Cycle_2
WFD - Groundwater bodies Cycle 2 WMS
- OnLine resource
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dataset-761a2d91-d465-11e4-a4bc-f0def148f590:WFD_Groundwater_Bodies_Cycle_2
WFD - Groundwater bodies Cycle 2 WFS
- OnLine resource
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OGC API - Features service
OGC API - Features service
Resource lineage
- Statement
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EA CAMS boundaries. BGS data 1:50K scale 1:250K scale. OS data coastline boundaries only.
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
Reference System Information
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700
Metadata
- Metadata identifier
- urn:uuid/e6803676-5721-421e-9a65-3c49e724e279
- Language
- English
- Character encoding
- anyValidURI
- Contact
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Role Organisation Electronic mail address Point of contact
Type of resource
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Date info (Creation)
- 2025-02-28T15:37:10.420335Z
- Date info (Creation)
- 2025-02-28T15:02:37.759434Z
- Date info (Revision)
- 2025-02-28T15:55:03.019633Z
- Date info (Creation)
- 2005-03-31T19:13:30
Metadata standard
- Title
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ISO 19115-3
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