dataset · England
Catchment Data Explorer: Water Body Status Objectives
Water body status objectives describe the long term planned status of a water body that must be achieved or maintained. There are two different status objectives for each water body. For surface waters these are ecological status or potential objective and chemical status objective; for groundwater these are quantitative status objective and chemical status objectives. The water body objectives are derived from the objectives for the relevant individual elements within the water body. Water body
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Evidence quality: 50.7
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
- surface water ecological status or potential objective · surface water chemical status objective · groundwater quantitative status objective · groundwater chemical status objective · planned achievement date for each objective
- Coverage llm-inferred
- England
- Resolution docs-verified
- per water body
- Update frequency docs-verified
- quarterly
- Formats docs-verified
- CSV
- Access docs-verified
- Free; no public access constraints, no API key or auth (ENTRY auth null); Open Government Licence v3.0
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Water Framework Directive status baseline for a site or catchment in a flood risk or drainage assessment · Checking planned good-status target dates when screening a development's impact on a water body · Groundwater quantitative objectives for abstraction or dewatering risk screening · Environmental constraints input when scoping a drainage outfall or discharge consent
- Audience llm-inferred
- environmental consultants · hydrologists · water quality specialists · planners · drainage engineers
Limitations
- Constraints docs-verified
- Objectives are predictions of future status, not current classification · Target dates depend on whether the measures needed are affordable and on recovery time · Objectives are derived from individual element objectives within each water body · No API or MCP tool listed (ENTRY tools empty); access is via the CSV download and Catchment Data Explorer
Evidence
- http://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/5b077c9c-da9c-4d3f-92b7-7405942bb408/catchment-data-explorer-water-body-status-objectives
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.