dataset · England
Integrated WB & CAMS AP sub-catchments
The Integrated water body (WB) layer covers England and breaks it down into manageable areas from which we can monitor water resource availability. Each water body is either a Water Framework Directive (WFD) water body or a Water Resources Geographical Information System (WRGIS) water body. WRGIS water bodies are a combination of WFD water bodies and additional Assessment Points (AP). Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.
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Evidence quality: 57
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
- Integrated water body (WB) layer · WFD water bodies · WRGIS water bodies · Assessment Points (AP) sub-catchments
- Coverage docs-verified
- England
- Update frequency docs-verified
- asNeeded
- Formats docs-verified
- OGC API - Features · WFS · WMS · Shapefile (ZIP) · File Geodatabase (ZIP) · GeoJSON (ZIP)
- Access docs-verified
- Free/open under the Open Government Licence (OGL v3.0 per DOCS footer); no public access constraints; retain the Environment Agency attribution statement
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Screening which WFD or WRGIS water body and AP sub-catchment a site or abstraction falls within for water resource availability checks · Assigning catchment units to site locations for water resources or abstraction licensing assessments in GIS · Building England-wide sub-catchment boundary layers as the spatial framework for catchment-scale reporting
- Audience llm-inferred
- GIS analysts · hydrologists · water resources engineers · environmental consultants · planners
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- England only · Update frequency is as needed, with no fixed schedule · Units mix WFD water bodies with additional Assessment Points, so not every unit is a WFD water body · Attribution statement (© Environment Agency, 2015) must be retained · Dataset reference dates (creation 2009, revision 2025) are not a time series; temporal coverage is not stated
Evidence
- https://environment.data.gov.uk/api/file/download?fileDataSetId=bd453931-e8d6-401c-8854-bb498dc59162&fileName=Integrated_Waterbodies_product_description 2020.doc
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/649adf84-b0d0-4707-902e-7a90158fed5e/integrated-wb-cams-ap-sub-catchments
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