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Metadata: 2015, Vattenfall, Kentish Flats Extension, Bathing Water Quality Report
Abstract:
The Kentish Flats Extension (KFE) Environmental Statement (ES) recognised that there is a slight risk associated with the re-suspension of sediments during cabling works which could lead to increases in bacterial concentrations of the water column resulting from release of sediment bacteria. This Bathing Water Quality Monitoring Report has been produced in order to discharge Licence Condition 13 (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 (Deemed Marine Licence under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009) of the Kentish Flats Extension Order 2013, which reads as follows: “In the event that the installation of the export cable(s) takes place between May and September, bathing water quality shall be monitored and reported to the Environment Agency in accordance with a written protocol agreed in advance of such works taking place. The protocol shall include procedures for setting the bathing water quality baseline, details of the appropriate standards and the steps to be taken in the event that, as a result of the export cable works, bathing water quality falls below the agreed standards”. The closest designated bathing water to the project is at Herne Bay Central (lat/long: 51.37, 1.12; easting/northing: 617150, 168280) which is just under 1.5km east of the landfall at Hampton Pier (see Figure 1). The bathing water here ranges between the ‘sufficient’ and ‘good’ categories over 2011 to 2014 bathing seasons (note that these classifications are projected).
Data holder:
The Crown Estate
| Other details | ||
| Internal code | Internally assigned metadata identifier | 19002 |
| Title | The title is used to provide a brief and precise description of the dataset such as 'Date', 'Originating organisation/programme', 'Location' and 'Type of survey'. All acronyms and abbreviations should be reproduced in full. | 2015, Vattenfall, Kentish Flats Extension, Bathing Water Quality Report |
| Alternative title | The purpose of alternative title is to record any additional names by which the dataset may be known. | Bathing Water Quality Report |
| File Identifier | The File Identifier is a code, preferably a GUID, that is globally unique and remains with the same metadata record even if the record is edited or transferred between portals or tools. | 19a198e0-ee3e-4279-8515-e3a52f136432 |
| Resource Identifier | This is the code assigned by the data owner. | TCE-842 |
| Resource type | The resource type will likely be a dataset but could also be a series (collection of datasets with a common specification) or a service. | series |
| Start date | This describes the date the resource starts. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2015-05-13 |
| End date | This describes the date the resource ends. This may only be the year if month and day are not known | 2015-07-07 |
| Frequency of updates | This describes the frequency with which the resource is modified or updated i.e. a monitoring programme that samples once per year has a frequency that is described as 'annually'. | asNeeded |
| Abstract | The abstract provides a clear and brief statement of the content of the resource. | The Kentish Flats Extension (KFE) Environmental Statement (ES) recognised that there is a slight risk associated with the re-suspension of sediments during cabling works which could lead to increases in bacterial concentrations of the water column resulting from release of sediment bacteria. This Bathing Water Quality Monitoring Report has been produced in order to discharge Licence Condition 13 (3) of Part 2 of Schedule 2 (Deemed Marine Licence under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009) of the Kentish Flats Extension Order 2013, which reads as follows: “In the event that the installation of the export cable(s) takes place between May and September, bathing water quality shall be monitored and reported to the Environment Agency in accordance with a written protocol agreed in advance of such works taking place. The protocol shall include procedures for setting the bathing water quality baseline, details of the appropriate standards and the steps to be taken in the event that, as a result of the export cable works, bathing water quality falls below the agreed standards”. The closest designated bathing water to the project is at Herne Bay Central (lat/long: 51.37, 1.12; easting/northing: 617150, 168280) which is just under 1.5km east of the landfall at Hampton Pier (see Figure 1). The bathing water here ranges between the ‘sufficient’ and ‘good’ categories over 2011 to 2014 bathing seasons (note that these classifications are projected). |
| Lineage | Lineage includes the background information, history of the sources of data, data quality statements and methods. | The Environment Agency undertake sampling at each bathing water 20 times during the season, between 15th May and 30th September each year. Samples are analysed within 24 hours by the National Laboratory Services (NLS) and presumptive results are emailed across within 48 hours. If an exceedance is detected, a reactive sample will be taken within a week in order to provide the best chance of identifying the source of pollution. At the time of planning the survey, the exact duration and location of works in the inter-tidal zone was not known and therefore it was estimated that it would take between 2 and 5 days to complete the cable installation. During consultation, the Environment Agency considered that compliance with the licence condition should form three surveys: a pre-construction survey, a survey during construction and a survey after construction works. |
| Related keywords | ||
| Keyword | General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Water quality bioindicators |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Construction monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Post-Construction monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Pre-Construction monitoring | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Intertidal zone | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Offshore Cable Corridor | |
| General subject area(s) associated with the resource, uses multiple controlled vocabularies | Hydrography | |
| Geographical coverage | ||
| North | The northern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.473833 |
| East | The eastern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.1424 |
| South | The southern-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 51.373278 |
| West | The western-most limit of the data resource in decimal degrees | 1.0327 |
| Responsible organisations | ||
| Role | The point of contact is person or organisation with responsibility for the creation and maintenance of the metadata for the resource. | pointOfContact |
| Organisation name | Vattenfall | |
| MDE@vattenfall.com | ||
| Role | The custodian is the person or organisation that accepts responsibility for the resource and ensures appropriate care and maintenance. If a dataset has been lodged with a Data Archive Centre for maintenance then this organisation is be entered here. | custodian |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The originator is the person or organisation who created, collected or produced the resource. | originator |
| Organisation name | Vattenfall | |
| MDE@vattenfall.com | ||
| Role | The distributor is the person or organisation that distributes the resource. | distributor |
| Organisation name | The Crown Estate | |
| Phone | +44 020 7851 5000 | |
| enquiries@thecrownestate.co.uk | ||
| Role | The owner is the person or organisation that owns the resource. | owner |
| Organisation name | Vattenfall Wind Power Ltd | |
| MDE@vattenfall.com | ||
| Resource locators | ||
| Locator URL | Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/details/TCE-842/summary |
| Web address (URL) that links to the resource | https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk | |
| Dataset constraints | ||
| 20.1 Limitations on Public Access - Access constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 20.2 Limitations on Public Access - Other constraints | There will be no limitations when published on the Marine Data Exchange | |
| 21.1 Conditions for Access and Use - Use constraints | This states `otherRestrictions` from ISO vocabulary RestrictionCode and is an INSPIRE/GEMINI requirement. | otherRestrictions |
| 21.2 Conditions for Access and Use - Other constraints | This states any constraints on use of the data. Multiple conditions can be recorded for different parts of the data resource. If no conditions apply, then `No condtions apply` is recorded. This uses free text. | Data Must be used in accordance to the Marine Data Exchange's Terms of Use: https://www.marinedataexchange.co.uk/content/info/terms-of-use |
| Version info | ||
| Date of publication | The publication date of the resource or if previously unpublished the date that the resource was made publicly available via the MEDIN network. | 2025-05-15 |
| Harvest date | The date which this record has been (re)harvested from the provider. | 2026-04-19 |
| Metadata date | The date when the content of this metadata record was last updated. | 2026-03-24 |
| Metadata standard name | The name of the metadata standard used to create this metadata | MEDIN |
| Metadata standard version | The version of the MEDIN Discovery Metadata Standard used to create the metadata record | 3.1.2 |