Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (UWWTR) Sensitive Areas - Eutrophic
The Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 (WFD Regulations 2017) requires specification of protected areas for those areas designated as nutrient sensitive areas. The Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (UWWTR) Sensitive Areas Eutrophic layer is a replacement layer of the Welsh only sites previously designated under the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. It shows the extent of Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulation (UWWTR) sensitive areas (eutrophic).
The UWWTR describes eutrophication as 'the enrichment of water by nutrients, especially compounds of nitrogen and/or phosphorous, causing an accelerated growth of algae and higher forms of plant life to produce an undesirable disturbance to the balance of organisms present in the water and to the quality of the water concerned'.
The UWWTR regulates the collection and treatment of waste water from homes and from industry. In the UK, the Directive is implemented through the Urban Wastewater Treatment Regulations 1994. Under these Regulations, water bodies that are (or may soon become) eutrophic should be designated as sensitive areas by Defra. This applies to still fresh waters, rivers, estuaries and coastal waters.
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Identification
- Identifier
- NRW_DS116263
- Alternative Title
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- UWWTD Sensitive Areas – Eutrophic.LYR
- Ardaloedd Sensitif - Ewtroffig
- AfA249 Sensitive Areas – Eutrophic
- Metadata Language
- English
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This dataset consists of the following in a single layer:
- rivers currently designated as UWWTR eutrophic sensitive areas
- shows harbours and estuaries currently designated as UWWTR eutrophic sensitive areas.
The new polygons were created by selecting features from OS MasterMap Areas 2020. This was supplemented by features from OS MasterMap Areas 2014 upstream of Ross-on-Wye (that extend beyond the Welsh border). Black Brook was added to the feature for the Sensitive Area known as “River Alyn (including Black Brook and Mold Receiving stream)” which had been missing.
- Dataset Reference Date (Publication)
- 2023-08-08
Temporal Extent
- Begin date
- 2013-04-01
- Topic category
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- Biota
- Environment
- Inland waters
Extent
Extent
- Geographic Extent
- Wales (WLS)
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Distribution
Distribution
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Geographic Information System
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Unknown
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ArcGIS
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Geographic Information System
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Unknown
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- Resource Locator
- Download data and Web services ( WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link )
- Resource Locator
- Web Mapping Services ( OGC:WMS )
Quality
Data quality
- Quality Scope
- Dataset
- Lineage
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This dataset consists of the following in a single layer:
- rivers currently designated as UWWTR eutrophic sensitive areas
- shows harbours and estuaries currently designated as UWWTR eutrophic sensitive areas.
The new polygons were created by selecting features from OS MasterMap Areas 2020. This was supplemented by features from OS MasterMap Areas 2014 upstream of Ross-on-Wye (that extend beyond the Welsh border). Black Brook was added to the feature for the Sensitive Area known as “River Alyn (including Black Brook and Mold Receiving stream)” which had been missing.
Keywords
Keywords
Keywords
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NRW Thesaurus
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- river pollution
- eutrophication
- lake pollution
- wastewater (waste water)
- sensitivity mapping
- coastal pollution
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-19
Keywords
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IPSV Subjects List
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- Water pollution
- Water quality
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- Theme
Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2020-11-18
Keywords
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NRW SMNR Keywords
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- Freshwater and Wetlands (SMNR)
- Water Resources (SMNR)
- Marine (SMNR)
- Coastal Margins (SMNR)
- Ecosystem (SMNR)
- Soils (SMNR)
- Natural Resources (Incl. Features and Processes) (SMNR)
- Urban (SMNR)
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
- Water Quality (SMNR)
- Management Areas (SMNR)
- Sea and Coast (SMNR)
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Citation
- Date (Publication)
- 2024-06-26
Spatial Reference System
Content
Content Information
NRW Profile
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Constraints
Constraints
Limitations on Public Access and Use
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Access Constraints Directive
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- no limitations
Access Constraints Text
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There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.
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© CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.
Attribution Statement
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Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved.
Licence
- Other constraints
- Open Government Licence
Metadata
Metadata
- File Identifier
- 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313136323633 XML
- Metadata Language
- English
- Parent Identifier
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Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (UWWTR)
NRW_DS121599
- Resource type
- Dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-10T09:20:58.825Z
- Metadata Standard Name
- NRW
- Metadata Standard Version
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1.0