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sampleDateTime

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

entrovirusCount

	comment	The number of colonies of entro virus per 100ml water sample.
	see also	CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION BW1 EC Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC) QUALITY AND ADDITIONAL SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS The Bathing Waters (Classification) Regulations 1991
	type	MeasureProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	integer

escherichiaColiCount

	comment	The number of colonies of escherichia coli per 100ml water sample.
	see also	made EC Revised Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) INTESTINAL ENTEROCOCCI AND ESCHERICHIA COLI The Bathing Water Regulations 2008
	type	MeasureProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	integer

faecalColiformCount

	comment	The number of colonies of faecal coliform per 100ml water sample.
	see also	CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION BW1 EC Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC) QUALITY AND ADDITIONAL SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS The Bathing Waters (Classification) Regulations 1991
	type	MeasureProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	integer

faecalStreptococciCount

	comment	The number of colonies of faecal streptococci per 100ml water sample.
	see also	CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION BW1 EC Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC) QUALITY AND ADDITIONAL SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS The Bathing Waters (Classification) Regulations 1991
	type	MeasureProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	integer

intestinalEnterococciCount

	comment	The number of colonies of intestinal enterococci per 100ml water sample.
	see also	made EC Revised Bathing Water Directive (2006/7/EC) INTESTINAL ENTEROCOCCI AND ESCHERICHIA COLI The Bathing Water Regulations 2008
	type	MeasureProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	integer

totalColiformCount

	comment	The total number of colonies of coliform per 100ml water sample.
	see also	CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION BW1 EC Bathing Water Directive (76/160/EEC) QUALITY AND ADDITIONAL SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS SAMPLING REQUIREMENTS The Bathing Waters (Classification) Regulations 1991
	type	MeasureProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	integer

recordDate

	comment	The Sample Assessment date of record.
	type	AttributeProperty DatatypeProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	date

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

discountable

	comment	A boolean valued attribute to indicate that a sample assessment is eligible to be discounted (discountable=true) from annual Compliance Assessments. This attribute is updated throughout the season, and is required to show where a sample meets the criteria to be eligible for discounting. The absence of a value for this attribute indicates that a judgment on whether the sample is discountable is pending. This may occur several days after first publication of sample assessment result.
	type	AttributeProperty DatatypeProperty
	domain	SampleAssessment
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	boolean