dataset · Wales
Water Framework Directive (WFD) Management Catchments Cycle 3
WFD Management Catchments Cycle 3 is a dataset collated as defined for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Management catchments are the unit of geography for which action plans are drafted in implementing the WFD. This process was conducted by using expert judgement in consultation. WFD Management Catchments have an action plan published that relates to all waterbodies that fall within its boundaries.
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Licence: ["There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.", "\u00a9 CNC/NRW All rights Reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number
Evidence quality: 43.3
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 llm-inferred
- WFD management catchment boundaries · WFD management catchment geography for action plans
- Coverage docs-verified
- Wales (lat 51.24° to 53.50°, lon -5.77° to -2.61°)
- Update frequency docs-verified
- Not planned (no scheduled update)
- Formats docs-verified
- web service · download (format not stated)
- Access docs-verified
- Free, no access restrictions (NRW may release, publish or disseminate freely). Licence per ENTRY: contains Ordnance Survey data; CNC/NRW all rights reserved.
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Identify the WFD management catchment and linked action plan for a Welsh site in an FRA or drainage consent screen · Catchment-scale water-body context for a Welsh outfall or discharge permit assessment · Catchment-level context for an ecological or BNG baseline in Wales
- Audience llm-inferred
- flood consultants · drainage engineers · hydrologists · ecologists · planners
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Wales only · No scheduled update frequency · Management catchments are defined by expert judgement in consultation, not hydrological boundaries · Publication reference date is 2023-04-19 although the page was updated 2026, so check currency before use
Evidence
- https://datamap.gov.wales/layers/geonode:nrw_wfd_management_catchments_c3
- https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/a15233e5-9765-4f7c-9c31-604e83aad96d/water-framework-directive-wfd-management-catchments-cycle-3
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.