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Sensitive areas currently identified in the UK under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive since 1994

This lists current designations of sensitive areas identified under the urban waste water treatment directive across the UK. Environmental waters are designated as sensitive areas where they are in need of protection through the provision of tertiary treatment at sewage treatment plants whose discharges adversely impact the waters. There are various types of sensitive areas and their type will influence the form of tertiary treatment provided: for example bathing and shellfish waters sensitive a

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Licence: UK Open Government Licence (OGL)

Evidence quality: 33.6

Listed in data.gov.uk public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

Evidence

http://data.defra.gov.uk/env/uksensitiveareas120420.csv
https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/8aab46c8-103b-4601-ae69-85b0a3771cf2/uk-sensitive-areas-under-the-urban-waste-water-treatment-directive

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