WINS Water Quality: Opportunities for Reducing Faecal Coliform Pollution

This dataset was created for the Welsh Information for Nature-based Solutions (WINS) project (previously known as SCCAN) to identify opportunities for land management interventions that enhance ecosystem service delivery across a range of key policy areas. An accompanying User Guide is available to support the use of these datasets, and a full list of source datasets and data limitations can be found in the project technical report.

This dataset identifies areas where management interventions could reduce the risk of faecal coliforms entering coastal and transitional waters, as well as rivers and lakes. The management options considered include fencing and/or hedgerow planting to prevent direct livestock access to watercourses, and woodland planting to create riparian woodland or drainage channel shelter belts. Opportunities located within catchments upstream of water bodies with known faecal coliform issues are identified as priority areas for intervention.

Identifier: NRW_DS121721

Alternative Title

SCCAN Water Quality: Opportunities for Reducing Faecal Coliform Pollution

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: The dataset was created by identifying opportunity areas for each management intervention and combining them into a single layer that summarises opportunities to reduce the risk of faecal coliforms entering water bodies.

Opportunities for fencing and hedgerow planting were identified by locating land likely to be used for grazing that is directly adjacent to watercourses, including minor drainage channels. These areas were considered suitable for interventions that restrict direct livestock access to water.

Within these areas, land that is biophysically suitable for tree planting and not subject to woodland planting constraints was identified as an opportunity for the establishment of riparian woodland or drainage channel shelter belts. Opportunities located upstream of water bodies known to be affected by faecal coliform contamination were identified as priority areas for intervention.

This dataset was produced for NRW by Environment Systems Ltd.

Additional Information: Data gaps and limitations: The National Phase 1 Habitat Map is likely to be out of date in some areas. The model does not consider groundwater pathways and therefore may not identify all routes by which faecal coliforms can enter water bodies. Urban areas and sewerage infrastructure are also not considered as potential sources of faecal coliform contamination. The analysis focuses on identifying opportunities to intercept or reduce the transport of faecal coliforms to water bodies and does not assess opportunities to reduce faecal coliform inputs at source.

Dataset Reference Date (Publication): 2018-04-01

Temporal Extent

Begin date: 2017-09-01

End date: 2018-04-01

Topic category

Planning cadastre
Society
Farming
Biota
Geoscientific information
Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
Environment
Elevation
Imagery base maps earth cover
Inland waters

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Natural Resources Wales (NRW) -

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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Natural Resources Wales (NRW) -

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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Geographic Extent: Wales (WLS)

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Conformity: Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
Explanation: This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation.
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Lineage: The dataset was created by identifying opportunity areas for each management intervention and combining them into a single layer that summarises opportunities to reduce the risk of faecal coliforms entering water bodies.

Opportunities for fencing and hedgerow planting were identified by locating land likely to be used for grazing that is directly adjacent to watercourses, including minor drainage channels. These areas were considered suitable for interventions that restrict direct livestock access to water.

Within these areas, land that is biophysically suitable for tree planting and not subject to woodland planting constraints was identified as an opportunity for the establishment of riparian woodland or drainage channel shelter belts. Opportunities located upstream of water bodies known to be affected by faecal coliform contamination were identified as priority areas for intervention.

This dataset was produced for NRW by Environment Systems Ltd.

Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Land use

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2008-06-01

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Date (Publication): 2026-08-27

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Sustainable Management of Natural Resources (SMNR)
Ecosystem Services (SMNR)

Type: Theme

Citation

Date (Publication): 2024-06-26

Code: geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-smnr-keywords

Code: British National Grid (EPSG::27700)

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Other constraints: There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.

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Other constraints: © CNC/NRW All rights reserved. © 2021 Cranfield University. All rights reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey Data. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444. Crown Copyright and Database Right. Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

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Other constraints: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. Contains Cranfield University information © 2021 Cranfield University. All rights reserved. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown Copyright and Database Rights. Ordnance Survey Licence number AC0000849444

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Other constraints: Open Government Licence

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File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313231373231 XML

Metadata Language: English

Parent Identifier: WINS Area Statement Opportunity Maps
NRW_DS121668

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2026-09-30T14:13:46.893Z

Metadata Standard Name: NRW

Metadata Standard Version: 1.0

pointOfContact

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) -

Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales

http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en

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