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e-Digest Statistics about: Inland Water Quality and Use

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Data in various formats for download: Inland Water Quality and Use
Table
No.		 Title Download file type
1 Amounts of annual rainfall and as a percentage of the 1961-1990 rainfall average: 1990-2005, Great Britain
2 Long-term average rainfall, runoff and outflows, United Kingdom
3 Overall reservoir stocks: 1990-2005, England & Wales
4a Chemical water quality (by distance): 1990-2006, England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland
4b Chemical water quality (by percentage): 1990-2006, England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland
5a Chemical quality of rivers and canals: 1990, 1995, 2000-2006, England, Wales & Northern Ireland
5b Chemical quality of rivers and canals: 1996-2000, Scotland
5c Chemical quality of rivers and canals: 2000-2006, Scotland
6 Biological water quality of rivers and canals : 1990, 1995, 2000-2006, England, Wales & Northern Ireland
7a Compliance with the Freshwater Fish Directive (78/659/EEC) for rivers: 1995-2005, Environment Agency Regions, England & Wales
7b Compliance with the Freshwater Fish Directive (78/659/EEC) for lakes and still waters: 1995-2005, Environment Agency Regions, England & Wales
7c Compliance with the Freshwater Fish Directive (78/659/EEC): 1995-2005, Scotland & Northern Ireland
8a Annual average, highest and lowest mean concentrations of water quality determinands by region: 1980-2005 (Dissolved oxygen), Great Britain
8b Annual average, highest and lowest mean concentrations of water quality determinands by region: 1980-2005 (Biochemical Oxygen Demand), Great Britain
8c Annual average, highest and lowest mean concentrations of water quality determinands by: 1980-2005 (Ammoniacal nitrogen), Great Britain
9a Annual average concentrations of nitrates and orthophosphates by landscape type: 1980-2005, Great Britain
9b Annual average, highest and lowest mean concentrations of nitrates by region: 1980-2005, Great Britain
9c Annual average, highest and lowest mean concentrations of orthophosphates by region: 1980, 1990-2005, Great Britain
9d Nitrate and phosphate concentrations in rivers: 1990-2005, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland
10 Annual average concentrations of selected determinands of river water quality, by river location: 1980, 1990 and 1995-2005, Great Britain
11 Distribution of annual site mean concentrations of certain heavy metals in rivers: 1980-2005, Great Britain
13 Pesticides in surface water samples: 1995-2004, England & Wales
14 Annual average concentrations of nitrates in selected groundwater sites experiencing elevated nitrate levels: 1980, 1990-2005, England
15 Pesticides in groundwater samples: 1998-2005, England & Wales
16 Compliance with numeric discharge consents: 1995-2005, Environment Agency Regions, United Kingdom
17 Urban Waste Water Treatment Plants discharges into freshwaters, estuaries and coastal waters: 1992 and 1995, United Kingdom
18 Water pollution, substantiated incidents: 1990-2005, Environment Agency Regions, United Kingdom
19 Water pollution incidents by severity of impact, and source and pollutant for major incidents: 1990-2005, England and Wales, United Kingdom
20 Abstraction licences in force and new licences determined: 1995/6 - 2004/5, Environment Agency Regions, Great Britain
21 Number of abstraction licences in force by purpose: 2004/5, Great Britain
22 Estimated licensed and actual abstractions from all surface and groundwater sources by purpose: 1990-2004, England & Wales
23a Estimated abstractions from all surface and groundwaters by purpose and Environment Agency region: 1995-2004, England & Wales
23b Estimated abstractions from tidal waters by purpose and Environment Agency region: 1995-2004 England & Wales
23c Estimated abstractions from non-tidal surface waters by purpose and Environment Agency region: 1995-2004, England & Wales
23d Estimated abstractions from groundwaters by purpose and Environment Agency region: 1995-2004, England & Wales
24 Water put into public water supply by water service companies and water supply companies: 1995/6-2005/6, England & Wales
25 Water put into public water supply: 1990/1 - 2005/6, United Kingdom
26 Distribution input and supply pipe leakage: 1992/3-2005/6, England & Wales
27 Number of drought orders by Environment Agency Region: 1976-2005, United Kingdom
28 Drinking water quality, United Kingdom: 1995-2005
29 Drinking water quality, England and Wales: 1995-2005
30 Drinking water quality, Scotland: 1995-2005
31 Drinking water quality: 1995-2005, Northern Ireland
32 Water pollution prosecutions: 1990-2005, United Kingdom
33 Category 1 and 2 pollution incidents for all media: 2005, England and Wales

Data for figures and links to figures

Data in various formats for download: Inland Water Quality and Use
Table
No.		 Title Download file type
1 Average rainfall and temperature in England and Wales: 1845-2006 (Key Facts)
2 Index of overall runoff: 1961-2005, England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland see page
3a Groundwater level hydrographs showing monthly mean flows and monthly extremes and mean monthly flows at selected sites: 1999-2005 see page
3b River flow level hydrographs showing monthly mean flows and monthly extremes and mean monthly flows at selected sites: 1999-2005 see page
3c Groundwater levels at Trafalgar Square: 1845-2005 see page
4 Reservoir stocks in England and Wales: 1996-2005
5 Exceedance of acidity critical loads for freshwaters by non-marine sulphur and nitrogen deposition: 1995-1997 map only
7 Chemical river water quality: 1990-2006 (Key Facts)
8 Biological river water quality: 1990-2006 (Key Facts)
9 Phosphate concentrations in rivers: 1990-2005 (Key Facts)
10 Nitrate concentrations in rivers: 1995-2006 (Key Facts)
11 Water pollution incidents: 1993-2005 (Key Facts)
12 Abstractions from non-tidal surface water and groundwater, by use: 1971-2004 (Key Facts)
13 Water leakage: 1992/3-2005/6 (Key Facts)
14 Drinking water quality: 1992-2005 (Key Facts)
15 Category 1 and 2 pollution incidents: 2005 (Key Facts)
16 Number of properties at risk of flooding, 2005 (Key Facts)
17 Non-marine acid deposition and critical loads for UK soils
MAP
30 Sensitive habitats where critical loads for acidification and eutrophication were exceeded: 1996-2004
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