WINS Water Quality: Constraints 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 shows the constraints affecting the implementation of land management interventions to reduce the risk of faecal coliforms entering the water environment. The constraints map combines constraints across all intervention types considered within the project. As a result, an area with one constraint affecting one intervention type and two constraints affecting another intervention type will be shown as having a total of three constraints. The map provides an indication of the relative complexity of implementing faecal coliform mitigation measures in different locations.

Identifier: NRW_DS121722

Alternative Title

SCCAN Water Quality: Constraints for Reducing Faecal Coliform Pollution

Metadata Language: English

Lineage: To create the faecal coliform management constraints map, the number of constraints affecting each land management intervention type was calculated and combined to produce a cumulative constraints score for each area. The resulting map indicates the relative level of constraint associated with implementing faecal coliform management measures.

The intervention types considered were hedgerow planting and fencing, drainage channel shelter belts, and riparian woodland planting. Constraints associated with each intervention type were identified and summed where they overlapped, creating an overall constraints layer.

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Additional Information: Data gaps and limitations: The National Phase 1 Habitat Map is likely to be out of date in some areas.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 may therefore underestimate the movement of faecal coliforms to water bodies in certain locations. Urban areas and sewerage infrastructure are not considered as potential sources of faecal coliform contamination. The analysis focuses on opportunities to intercept or reduce the transport of faecal coliforms to water bodies and does not assess measures aimed at reducing 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
Inland waters
Imagery base maps earth cover
Elevation

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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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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: To create the faecal coliform management constraints map, the number of constraints affecting each land management intervention type was calculated and combined to produce a cumulative constraints score for each area. The resulting map indicates the relative level of constraint associated with implementing faecal coliform management measures.

The intervention types considered were hedgerow planting and fencing, drainage channel shelter belts, and riparian woodland planting. Constraints associated with each intervention type were identified and summed where they overlapped, creating an overall constraints layer.

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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Area Statement
SoNaRR

Type: Theme

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Date (Publication): 2026-08-27

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

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NRW SMNR Keywords

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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Constraints

Limitations on Public Access and Use

Restriction type: Other restrictions

Access Constraints Directive

Limitations: no limitations

Access Constraints Text

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

Use Constraints

Use constraints type: Other restrictions

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.

Attribution Statement

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

Licence

Other constraints: Open Government Licence

Metadata

File Identifier: 4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313231373232 XML

Metadata Language: English

Parent Identifier: WINS Area Statement Opportunity Maps
NRW_DS121668

Resource type: Dataset

Metadata Date: 2026-09-30T14:15:12.358Z

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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WINS Water Quality: Constraints for Reducing Faecal Coliform Pollution

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