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bathing-water-quality

	type	Ontology

DiscountableReasons

	type	ConceptScheme

Abnormal Situation

	type	Concept

sampleDateTime

	comment	The date/time at which a sample was taken
	type	AttributeProperty

Closed

	type	Compliance Concept

ComplianceAssessment

	comment	Specialised qb:Observation subclass for Bathing Water Quality Annual Compliance Assessments.
	type	Class Class

latestComplianceAssessment

	comment	The latest annual compliance sample assessment associated with a bathing water or sampling point
	type	ObjectProperty

SampleAssessment

	comment	Specialised qb:Observation subclass for Bathing Water Quality In-Year Sample Assessments.
	type	Class Class

latestSampleAssessment

	comment	The latest in-season sample assessment associated with a bathing water or sampling point
	type	ObjectProperty

Compliance classification code (Class)

	comment	A subclass of skos:Concept to collect all instances of bathing water compliance codes.
	type	Class Class

Presence indicator code (Class)

	comment	A distinguished subClass of skos:Concept for presence code points.
	type	Class Class

ComplianceByYearSlice

	type	Class Class

ComplianceBySamplingPointSlice

	type	Class Class

entrovirusCount

	comment	The number of colonies of entro virus per 100ml water sample.
	type	MeasureProperty

faecalStreptococciCount

	comment	The number of colonies of faecal streptococci per 100ml water sample.
	type	MeasureProperty

faecalColiformCount

	comment	The number of colonies of faecal coliform per 100ml water sample.
	type	MeasureProperty

escherichiaColiCount

	comment	The number of colonies of escherichia coli per 100ml water sample.
	type	MeasureProperty

Presence indicator codeset concept scheme)

	comment	A skos:ConceptScheme for the :Presence code points. :Presence code points indicated the presence of some characteristic detected during an assessment process.
	type	ConceptScheme

complianceDsd

	comment	A DSD for Bathing Water Quality Annual Compliance assessment reporting.
	type	DataStructureDefinition

complianceClassification

	comment	Annual bathing water quality assesment: C(closed), G(Higher), I(Minimum), F(Fail), N(Not classified)
	type	CodedProperty MeasureProperty

sampleAssessmentDsd

	comment	A DSD for reporting Bathing Water Quality in-season samples.
	type	DataStructureDefinition

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

Exceptional Circumstance

	type	Concept

faecalColiformQualifier

	comment	>, < or actual qualifier for faecal coliform count
	type	AttributeProperty CodedProperty

entrovirusQualifier

	comment	>, < or actual qualifier for entro virus count
	type	AttributeProperty CodedProperty