WFD (Water Framework Directive) Cycle 1 and Cycle 2 water body changes

This spreadsheet contains comparisons of the numbers of water bodies reported in the two WFD (Water Framework Directive) cycle RBMP (River Basin Management Plans). The data is grouped by water body category and River Basin District and is only for England. Please note that the Environment Agency no longer provide classification data for water bodies in Wales - this is now available from Natural Resources Wales. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.