1359260Edited by LiamM.110012602layer_information_pageund1449064498167024159400167024159457<p>Scotland has 457 coastal water bodies and 50 transitional water bodies. Waters are classfied into High, Good, Moderate, Poor and Bad Status.&nbsp;</p> <p>The environmental standards and methods used to produce the 2013 classification differ from those used from 2007-2012. The 2013&nbsp;report summarises the differences and their implications.</p> <p>Updated graphs (as found in <em><u>Scotland’s Marine Atlas</u></em>) can be accessed in the ‘Data Sources’ tab at the bottom of the page through the Scotland's Environment interactive tool. See 'Current classification' and 'Historical classification' tabs for breakdown by Scottish Marine Region.&nbsp;</p> full_html<p>Scotland has 457 coastal water bodies and 50 transitional water bodies. Waters are classfied into High, Good, Moderate, Poor and Bad Status. </p> <p>The environmental standards and methods used to produce the 2013 classification differ from those used from 2007-2012. The 2013 report summarises the differences and their implications.</p> <p>Updated graphs (as found in <em><u>Scotland’s Marine Atlas</u></em>) can be accessed in the ‘Data Sources’ tab at the bottom of the page through the Scotland's Environment interactive tool. See 'Current classification' and 'Historical classification' tabs for breakdown by Scottish Marine Region. </p> 184062wfd_spotfire.pngpublic://wfd_spotfire.pngimage/png31719911458319883imageMap and graph data from the SEPA Water Framework Directive online applicationMap and graph data from the SEPA Water Framework Directive online applicationWFD data - Copyright © SEPAWFD data - Copyright © SEPA<_drafty_revision_requested>FIELD_LOAD_CURRENTMap and graph data from the SEPA Water Framework Directive online application800416789<p>The Water Framework Directive (WFD) (2000/60/EC) established a new legal framework for the protection, improvement and sustainable use of rivers, lochs, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater across Europe in order to:</p> <ul> <li>prevent deterioration and enhance the status of aquatic ecosystems, including coastal waters (out to 3 nautical miles from the coast in Scotland)</li> <li>promote sustainable water use</li> <li>reduce pollution, and</li> <li>contribute to the mitigation of floods and droughts.</li> </ul> <p>Scotland’s Environment web site has detailed results and graphs on WFD Water Body Classification where the user can select particular areas e.g. ‘coastal only’, ‘estuaries only’ or ‘estuaries and coastal’ to see graphs of results over the last few years. See 'Interactive WFD Water Body Classification results (maps and graphs)' link below on 'Data Sources' tab below.&nbsp;The 'Current classification' and 'Historical classification' tabs have breakdown by Scottish Marine Region.&nbsp;The visualisation tool will graph results.</p> full_html<p>The Water Framework Directive (WFD) (2000/60/EC) established a new legal framework for the protection, improvement and sustainable use of rivers, lochs, transitional waters, coastal waters and groundwater across Europe in order to:</p> <ul> <li>prevent deterioration and enhance the status of aquatic ecosystems, including coastal waters (out to 3 nautical miles from the coast in Scotland)</li> <li>promote sustainable water use</li> <li>reduce pollution, and</li> <li>contribute to the mitigation of floods and droughts.</li> </ul> <p>Scotland’s Environment web site has detailed results and graphs on WFD Water Body Classification where the user can select particular areas e.g. ‘coastal only’, ‘estuaries only’ or ‘estuaries and coastal’ to see graphs of results over the last few years. See 'Interactive WFD Water Body Classification results (maps and graphs)' link below on 'Data Sources' tab below. The 'Current classification' and 'Historical classification' tabs have breakdown by Scottish Marine Region. The visualisation tool will graph results.</p> 4600524223110231082310914324504650565334947sioc:Itemfoaf:Documentdc:datedc:createdxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601dc:modifiedxsd:dateTimedate_iso8601content:encodedsioc:has_creatorrelfoaf:namesioc:num_repliesxsd:integersioc:last_activity_datexsd:dateTimedate_iso8601https://marine.gov.scot/?q=information/coastal-and-estuarial-transitional-waters-water-framework-directive-wfd-classification013356413592612602draftpublished57167024159411167024159413356413592612602draftpublished57167024159411167024159413356413592612602draftpublished571670241594111670241594