e-Digest Statistics about: Inland Water Quality and Use
References and further reading
Internet resources
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
- http://www.ceh.ac.uk
- Defra:
- Water Legislation: Water Act 2003
- Reducing Water Pollution from Agriculture
- Water Quality - Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
- Water Quality - Sewage Treatment
- Drinking Water Inspectorate
- http://www.dwi.gov.uk
- Drinking Water 2000 Annual Report
- Drinking Water Inspectorate Report 2002
- Environment Agency
- http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk
- Dangerous substances in rivers and coastal waters
- Groundwater
- Pesticides
- Pollution Incidents
- River quality
- What's in Your Backyard gives you on-line access to the Environment Agency's environmental data for England and Wales
- Met Office
- http://www.met-office.gov.uk
- National Hydrological Monitoring Programme (NHMP)
- National River Flow Archive
- National River Flow Archive and National Groundwater Level Archive
- Northern Ireland Environment and Heritage Service
- http://www.ehsni.gov.uk
- Northern Ireland Drinking Water Quality
- River Water Quality Monitoring
- Water Pollution
- Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland
- http://www.doeni.gov.uk
- Office of Water Services
- http://www.ofwat.gov.uk
- Water companies contact details
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Environmental Data : Classification Scheme
- Pollution Incidents
- Scottish Office: Publications
- Drinking Water Quality in Scotland
- For national and local information see:
- England and Wales: Environment Agency
- Scotland: Scottish Environment Protection Agency
- Northern Ireland: Environment and Heritage Service
- Department of the Environment in Northern Ireland
- United Kingdom National Focal Centre (UK NFC) for critical loads modelling and mapping
- http://critloads.ceh.ac.uk
- University College London, Freshwater Umbrella
- United Kingdom Acid Waters Monitoring Network (UKAWMN)
References
- [1] Data holdings of the National River Flow Archive and National Groundwater Level Archive: http://www.nwl.ac.uk/ih/nrfa/water_watch/index.htm
- [2] Lessons learned: Autumn 2000 floods. Environment Agency, March 2001. http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/...
- [3] The State of the Environment of England and Wales: Freshwaters. Environment Agency, 1998. The Stationery Office, London.
- [4] Rivers and Estuaries - A Decade of Improvement. General Quality Assessment of Rivers and Estuary classification in England and Wales 2000. Environment Agency, January 2002
- [5] Improving Scotland's water environment. SEPA State of the Environment Report. The Scottish Environment Protection Agency, 1999
- [6] River Quality in Northern Ireland 1995. Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, 1997
- [7] Implementation of the EC Freshwater Fish Directive: Water Quality Requirements for the Support of Fish Life. Water Quality Series No.20. National Rivers Authority, August 1994
- [8] Reducing Water Pollution from Agriculture http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/water/quality/nitrate
- [9] Aquatic Eutrophication in England and Wales: a management strategy. Environment Agency, August 2000
- [10] Pesticides in the Aquatic Environment 1995. Environment Agency, Centre for Ecotoxicology and Hazardous Substances, March 1997
- [12] Critical Loads of Acidity in the United Kingdom. Summary Report. Critical Loads Advisory Group prepared for the DoE, February 1994
- [13] Critical Loads of Acid Deposition for United Kingdom Fresh waters. Sub-group Report on Fresh waters. Critical Loads Advisory Group prepared for the DoE, September 1995
- [18] Defra, Water Strategy: Directing the Flow - priorities for future water policy, November 2002 http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/water/strategy/index.htm pages 31 to 34
- [19] Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1999), Quality of life counts: Indicators for a strategy for sustainable development for the United Kingdom. DETR. Website: Sustainable development
- [20] Mapping Manual 2004. UNECE Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution. Manual on methodologies and criteria for modelling and mapping critical loads and levels and air pollution effects, risks and trends. http://www.icpmapping.org
- [21] Critical loads for sulphur and nitrogen. Report 1988:15. UNECE/Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen, Denmark. Nilsson, J. & Grennfelt. P. (Eds.) 1988.
- [22] Addendum to Status of UK critical loads: The status of UK critical load exceedances. April 2004. Report to Defra (Contract EPG 1/3/185). Hall, J., Ullyett, J., Heywood, L., Broughton, R. & Fawehinmi, J. 2004. http://critloads.ceh.ac.uk
- [23] Pesticides Report 2005: Pesticides in rivers, groundwater and pollution incidents. Environment Agency, December 2006
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