Water Resource Availability and Abstraction Reliability Cycle 2

This record is for Approval for Access (AfA) product AfA445. The Water Resource Availability and Abstraction Reliability Cycle 2 dataset indicates whether, and for what percentage of time, additional water may be available for consumptive abstraction (subject to assessment of local risks) for each Water Framework Directive Cycle 2 water body. Each water body is colour coded as follows: • Green - Water available for licensing • Yellow - Restricted water available for licensing • Red - Water not available for licensing • Grey - Heavily Modified Waterbodies (and /or discharge rich water bodies) This data is not raw, factual or measured. It comprises of estimated or modelled results showing expected outcomes based on the data available to us.