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bathing-water-quality

	type	Ontology
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

Abnormal Situation

	type	Concept

Closed

	label	Closed
	definition	Indicates that the bathing water was closed during the bathing season.
	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	Concept Compliance classification code (Class)
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	top concept of	compliance classification codeset concept scheme

Exceptional Circumstance

	type	Concept

Fail

	label	Fail
	definition	Bathing water quality compliance classification for use in bathing water quality reporting under the Bathing Water Directive - cBWD (76/0160/EEC) For annual assessments "Fail" means that fewer than 95% of the samples meet the required mandatory standards of the cBWD Directive (76/0160/EEC). Sample limits used are: "Higher": TC: ≤500; FC: ≤100; FS: ≤100. "Minimum": TC: ≤10000; FC: ≤2000; FS: N/A. "Fail": TC: >10000; FC: >2000; FS: N/A. TC= Total Coliforms, FC = Faecal Coliforms, FS = Faecal Streptococci. All numeric limits are cfu/100ml
	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	Concept Compliance classification code (Class)
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	top concept of	compliance classification codeset concept scheme

Higher

	label	Higher
	definition	Bathing water quality compliance classification for use in bathing water quality reporting under the Bathing Water Directive - cBWD (76/0160/EEC) For annual assessments "Higher" means the bathing water meets the criteria for the stricter UK guideline standards of the cBWD Directive (78/0160/EEC) (includes lower levels of concentrations and a third parameter (FS)). Sample limits used are: "Higher": TC: ≤500; FC: ≤100; FS: ≤100. "Minimum": TC: ≤10000; FC: ≤2000; FS: N/A. "Fail": TC: >10000; FC: >2000; FS: N/A. TC= Total Coliforms, FC = Faecal Coliforms, FS = Faecal Streptococci. All numeric limits are cfu/100ml
	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	Concept Compliance classification code (Class)
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	top concept of	compliance classification codeset concept scheme

Minimum

	label	Minimum
	definition	Bathing water quality compliance classification for use in bathing water quality reporting under the Bathing Water Directive - cBWD (76/0160/EEC) For annual assessments "Minimum" means that at least 95% of the samples meet the mandatory standards of the cBWD Directive (76/0160/EEC). Sample limits used are: "Higher": TC: ≤500; FC: ≤100; FS: ≤100. "Minimum": TC: ≤10000; FC: ≤2000; FS: N/A. "Fail": TC: >10000; FC: >2000; FS: N/A. TC= Total Coliforms, FC = Faecal Coliforms, FS = Faecal Streptococci. All numeric limits are cfu/100ml
	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	Concept Compliance classification code (Class)
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	top concept of	compliance classification codeset concept scheme

Not Classified

	label	Not Classified
	definition	Indicates that the bathing water was not classified during the bathing season.
	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	Concept Compliance classification code (Class)
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	top concept of	compliance classification codeset concept scheme

RecordStatus

	comment	A class of sample assessment record status codes
	type	Class
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

Short term pollution

	type	Concept

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

actual

	label	actual
	definition	'=' indicates that the actual count value is as given.
	type	Concept count qualifier code (Class)
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	top concept of	count qualifier codeset concept scheme

bathingWater

	comment	The bathing water from which the sample was taken.
	type	DimensionProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	BathingWater

bySamplingPointKey

	comment	A Slice Key for grouping samples by sampling point
	type	SliceKey
	component property	samplingPoint
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

bySamplingPointYearKey

	comment	A Slice Key for grouping samples by sampling point and sample year
	component property	sampleYear samplingPoint
	type	SliceKey
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

byWeekKey

	comment	A Slice Key for grouping samples by sample week
	type	SliceKey
	component property	sampleWeek
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

byYearKey

	comment	A Slice Key for grouping samples by sample year
	type	SliceKey
	component property	sampleYear
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

complianceBySamplingPointKey

	comment	A slice key for grouping annual compliance assessments by sampling point.
	type	SliceKey
	component property	samplingPoint
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

complianceByYearKey

	comment	A slice key for grouping annual compliance assessments by year.
	type	SliceKey
	component property	sampleYear
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

complianceClassification

	comment	Annual bathing water quality assesment: C(closed), G(Higher), I(Minimum), F(Fail), N(Not classified)
	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	CodedProperty MeasureProperty
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	Compliance classification code (Class)

compliance classification code datatype

	comment	A datatype for typing bwq compliance code skos:notations.
	type	Datatype
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

complianceCodeNotation

	type	Property
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	complianceCode
	sub property of	notation

complianceDsd

	comment	A DSD for Bathing Water Quality Annual Compliance assessment reporting.
	component	dimension samplingPoint attribute inYearDetail dimension bathingWater dimension sampleYear measure complianceClassification
	slice key	complianceBySamplingPointKey complianceByYearKey
	type	DataStructureDefinition
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

count qualifier code notation datatype

	comment	A datatype for count qualifier notation literal values.
	type	Datatype
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

countQualifierNotation

	comment	A skos:notation sub-property for signifying count qualifier notation datatyped values.
	type	Property
	is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
	range	countQualifierCode
	sub property of	notation