SEPA Time Series Data API

SEPA Time Series Data API

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) publishes live and historical hydrometric time series (river level, flow, rainfall and other observations) through a KISTERS KiWIS web service (timeseries.sepa.org.uk). Distinct from the Environment Agency's England-only ea-hydrology-api.

Coverage

Scottish hydrometric monitoring data. The service page says: "Live and historical high resolution environmental observation data can be accessed directly via a web-browser, or programmatically, by making use of a data retrieval API." It adds: "All data may be subject to later revision and it is your responsibility to assess the data and to determine whether they are suitable for your purpose." History start: Not stated.

Verdict

KiWIS web service for SEPA river level, flow, rainfall and other hydrometric time series. Licensed Custom (Open Government Licence, version not named on the page; its link is the unversioned OGL address): the service page says: "The data are provided as open data under the Open Government Licence with no requirement for registration. If you make use of these data please acknowledge SEPA in the attribution statement." Rate limits: the access-controls page says: "Anonymous access does not require the user to register, but imposes a lower daily download limit (5000 credits, see below for details)." and "Note there is currently an issue with anonymous access which means that the data limit is quickly exceeded each day." SEPA recommends registered or Referer-header access for regular use. Signal Lab links only.