dataset · England
Abstraction Sensitivity Bands - cycle 2
Combined Physical, LIFE & Fish based scores on the combination matrices for rivers and lakes. The final Abstraction Sensitivity Bands (ABSs) define the percentages of natural flow that can be taken from rivers at low flows (a flow percentile specifically known as Q95). Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2016. All rights reserved.
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Evidence quality: 50
Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- Abstraction Sensitivity Bands (ABS): percentage of natural flow that can be taken from rivers at low flows (Q95) · Combined Physical, LIFE & Fish based scores on the combination matrices for rivers and lakes
- Coverage llm-inferred
- England (per entry regions); docs give extent 49.943° to 55.816° N, -6.236° to 2.072° E
- Update frequency docs-verified
- As needed (docs: 'Frequency of update asNeeded'; last updated 18 September 2026)
- Formats docs-verified
- XLSX
- Access docs-verified
- Open: no public access constraints, no auth; licence Open Government Licence v3.0 (OGL)
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Q95 low-flow headroom check for a river abstraction licence application · Abstraction sensitivity context for water resources and Water Framework Directive reporting · Water environment baseline section of an EIA or FRA for a proposed abstraction
- Audience llm-inferred
- hydrologists · water resources engineers · environmental consultants · EIA practitioners
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Distributed as a single XLSX file with no API documented, so access is manual download · Cycle 2 scores; reference dates are 2016 (creation) and 2023 (revision), so may not reflect later assessments · Band values are screening inputs, not a site-specific abstraction licensing decision · Spatial coverage is only given as a bounding box in the docs, not a named boundary
Evidence
- https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=252a6610-8bc1-4c4a-b79f-50bf5acf083b&fileName=Abstraction_Sensitivity _Bands_Cycle_2_updated.xlsx
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/e57a3e74-0d88-47a6-94b8-6aa16f51d8ed/abstraction-sensitivity-bands-cycle-2
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