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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

ComplianceBySamplingPointSlice

sub class of	Slice
type	Class Class
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

ComplianceByYearSlice

sub class of	Slice
type	Class Class
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

DiscountableReasons

top concept	AbnormalSituation ExceptionalCircumstance ShortTermPollution
type	ConceptScheme

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

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

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

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

Short term pollution

type	Concept

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	countQualifier

complianceCodeNotation

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

less-than

label	less-than
definition	'<' Indicates that the actual count value is less than the value given; that it is less than a detection/measurement lower bound.
type	Concept count qualifier code (Class)
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
top concept of	countQualifier

more-than

label	more-than
definition	'>' Indicates that the actual count value is more than the value given; that it exceeds a detection/measurement upper bound.
type	Concept count qualifier code (Class)
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
top concept of	countQualifier

not-assessed

label	not-assessed
definition	A coded property value to indicate that an assessment of the presense of some characteristic has not been made.
type	Concept Presence indicator code (Class)
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
top concept of	presence

not-present

label	not-present
definition	A coded property value to indicate that an assessement has not detected the presence of some characteristic.
type	Concept Presence indicator code (Class)
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
top concept of	presence

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

totalColiformQualifier

comment	>, < or actual qualifier for total coliform count
type	AttributeProperty CodedProperty
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
range	count qualifier code (Class)

faecalColiformQualifier

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

entrovirusQualifier

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

faecalStreptococciQualifier

comment	>, < or actual qualifier for faecal streptococci count
type	AttributeProperty CodedProperty
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl
range	count qualifier code (Class)

entrovirusQualifier

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

escherichiaColiQualifier

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

byYearKey

comment	A Slice Key for grouping samples by sample year
type	SliceKey
component property	sampleYear
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

bySamplingPointKey

comment	A Slice Key for grouping samples by sampling point
type	SliceKey
component property	samplingPoint
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

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

SampleDataset

comment	A specialisation of qb:Dataset for In-Year Bathing Water Quality Sample data.
sub class of	Dataset
type	Class Class
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)

sampleClassification

comment	In year sample 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)

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

compliance classification codeset concept scheme

comment	A collection of Bathing Water Compliance codes derived from classifications given at <http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/37841.aspx>
note	A SKOS ConceptScheme for bathing water compliance classification codes.
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
top concept	C F G I N Closed Closed Excellent Fail Good Higher Insufficiently Sampled Minimum New Not Classified Poor Sufficient
type	ConceptScheme
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

new

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

replacement

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

withdrawal

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

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

count qualifier codeset concept scheme

comment	A skos:ConceptScheme for count qualifier code points. Count qualifier codes indicate whether an actual count or upper/lower bounds to detection are being reported.
top concept	actual lessThan moreThan
type	ConceptScheme
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

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.
top concept	not-assessed not-present present
type	ConceptScheme
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

record-status concept scheme

comment	A skos:ConceptScheme indicating the status of in-season sample assessment records.
top concept	new replacement withdrawal
type	ConceptScheme
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

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

sampleAssessmentDsd

comment	A DSD for reporting Bathing Water Quality in-season samples.
component	dimension sampleWeek attribute entrovirusQualifier attribute totalColiformQualifier attribute faecalColiformQualifier dimension samplingPoint dimension bathingWater attribute recordStatus attribute sampleDateTime attribute recordDate measure salmonellaPresent attribute intestinalEnterococciQualifier measure totalColiformCount measure faecalStreptococciCount measure escherichiaColiCount attribute escherichiaColiQualifier measure sampleClassification measure faecalColiformCount measure intestinalEnterococciCount measure entrovirusCount attribute abnormalWeatherException attribute faecalStreptococciQualifier dimension sampleYear
slice key	bySamplingPointKey bySamplingPointYearKey byWeekKey byYearKey
type	DataStructureDefinition
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl

RecordStatus

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

LatestSampleSlice

comment	A category of (key-less) slice for gathering the most recent in season sample assessments
type	Class Class
sub class of	Slice

recordDate

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

sampleDateTime

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

ByYearSlice

comment	A specialised subclass of qb:Slice for bathing water quality sample dataset slices by the year in which the sample was taken.
sub class of	Slice
type	Class Class
is defined by	bathing-water-quality.ttl