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present

	label	present
	definition	A coded property value to indicate that an assessement has detected the presence of some characteristic.
	type	Concept Presence indicator code (Class)
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	top concept of	Presence indicator codeset concept scheme)

replacement

	label	replacement
	comment	A status code for marking a sample assessments that replace an earlier assessment.
	type	Concept RecordStatus
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

withdrawal

	label	withdrawal
	comment	A status code for marking an assessments that withdraw an earlier assessment
	type	Concept RecordStatus
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

new

	label	new
	comment	A status code for marking new sample assessments.
	type	Concept RecordStatus
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

sampleDateTime

	comment	The date/time at which a sample was taken
	type	AttributeProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	Instant

abnormalWeatherException

	comment	Article 5 of the Bathing Waters Directive allows the Environment Agency to disregard results that exceed the bathing water standards if they were affected by floods, other natural disasters or abnormal weather conditions. This applies to both the mandatory and guideline bathing water quality standards. Our monitoring policy requires us to take bathing water samples according to a pre-determined timetable. We don't avoid taking samples because there is a forecast of wet weather. If it subsequently happens that there is a mandatory exceedence and the sample was affected by abnormally wet weather, flooding or natural disaster, we will make an application for a waiver. If the application is successful the sample result will be disregarded when we assess compliance but it will not be removed from our public register. Our policy for waiving bathing water results as a result of abnormal weather conditions has been agreed with Defra. Abnormal weather for the purposes of the Bathing Water Directive is defined as a storm event with return period of at least 1 in 5 years. A storm event will usually have occurred between 1 to 48 hours before the sample was taken (exceptionally upto 72 hours for larger catchments). We use rainfall data from rain-gauges that are representative of the bathing water catchment and approved by the Met Office. We then use this data to make an assessment based on the 1 in 5 year criteria. The sample results displayed in the 'What's in your Backyard' section of our website only hold the results used to assess Bathing Water Directive compliance. When a waiver is granted the result is removed from this site but is still available to the public through our public register.
	type	AttributeProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	boolean

faecalColiformQualifier

	comment	>, < or actual qualifier for faecal coliform count
	type	AttributeProperty CodedProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	CountQualifier

entrovirusQualifier

	comment	>, < or actual qualifier for entro virus count
	type	AttributeProperty CodedProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	CountQualifier

entrovirusQualifier

	comment	>, < or actual qualifier for intestinal enterococci count
	type	AttributeProperty CodedProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	CountQualifier

escherichiaColiQualifier

	comment	>, < or actual qualifier for escherichia coli count
	type	AttributeProperty CodedProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	CountQualifier