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  • River Water Quality Monitoring

    Topics:
    • Countryside Management and Managing your Business, 
    • Water, 
    • Countryside management, 
    • Water Management Unit

    These datasets provide the raw data from river monitoring sites including Water Framework Directive monitoring sites.

    It should be noted that, as the data is in its raw state, it cannot be used to provide a WFD status without processing.  The data does not show Limits of Detection or Limits of Quantitation, which would require a value to be treated as a half value for WFD calculation.  In addition, both altitude and alkalinity affect status calculations for some parameters.  The data may contain results which are erroneous due to typos, sampling error or contamination.  Such data points are usually several orders of magnitude above expected values.

    This is the first in a series of water datasets being made available as Open Data. You can investigate them via the Open Data portal, or by clicking on the links below.

    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Alkalinity
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Ammonia
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Biochemical Oxygen Demand
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Conductivity
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Dissolved Copper
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Dissolved Iron
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Dissolved Oxygen
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Dissolved Zinc
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Nitrate
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Nitrite
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - pH
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Soluble Phosphorus
    • River Water Quality Monitoring 1990 to 2018 - Suspended Solids

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