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e-Digest Statistics about: Inland Water Quality and Use

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This topic provides information on the quality of rivers, canals and drinking water and on freshwater resources, abstractions, supply and use.

Key Facts summarise a sub-topic on a single page. Detail pages provide significantly more information, data tables and links to other resources.

 Background data  
 References and internet resources  List of tables and figures
 Definitions used  
   
 Key facts  In Detail
   
 Water Resources  
 Average rainfall and temperature in England and Wales  Rainfall
   Water levels
 Summer and winter precipitation (Climate Change)  
 Abstractions from non-tidal surface water and groundwater  Water abstractions and supply
 Water leakage  Water supply and use
 Drinking water quality  Drinking water
   Fluoridation
   
   
 Freshwater quality  
   Freshwater quality
 Chemical river water quality (Indicator)  Chemical river quality surveys
 Biological river water quality (Indicator)  Biological river quality surveys
   River Water Quality
   
 Other freshwater monitoring  
   Oxygen and ammonia
 Nitrate concentrations in rivers  Nutrients
 Phosphate concentrations in rivers  
   List II metals
   Pesticides
   Harmonised Monitoring Scheme
   EC Freshwater Fish Directive
   Groundwater quality
   Other monitoring
   
 Influences on freshwater quality and their control  
   Influences on freshwater quality and their control
   Compliance with discharge standards
 Water pollution incidents  Pollution incidents
 Category 1 and 2 pollution incidents  
   EC Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
   Acidification
 Number of properties at risk of flooding  
 Acid deposition  
 Acidification and eutrophication exceedances  Acid deposition
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Page last modified: 20 May 2007
Page published: 10 September 2003

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