Identification

Title

Water quality data for the River Frome catchment, Dorset, 1976-2022

Abstract

This dataset is a compilation of water quality data for the River Frome catchment, Dorset, UK. The data have been sourced from the Environment Agency and from Wessex Water Ltd., the water utility company for the catchment area. The monitoring sites are specifically located in the lower part of the River Frome, between the Environment Agency gauging stations at Dorchester and East Stoke. The dataset includes water quality measurements for boreholes, sewage treatment work (STW) final effluents, tributaries, and main river channels. In total there are 21 monitoring sites. Water quality measurements date from 1976 to 2022. The main river channel and tributary sites are typically monitored on a monthly basis and the STW final effluents typically on a weekly basis. The borehole data can vary from weekly to monthly, depending on the determinand and borehole measured. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9d98e1a7-7602-490f-9896-0eeed6eb1d40

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/9d98e1a7-7602-490f-9896-0eeed6eb1d40

name: Download the data

description: Download a copy of this data

function: download

https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/9d98e1a7-7602-490f-9896-0eeed6eb1d40.zip

name: Supporting information

description: Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset

function: information

Unique resource identifier

code

https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9d98e1a7-7602-490f-9896-0eeed6eb1d40

codeSpace

doi:

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental Monitoring Facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-01

Keyword set

keyword value

water quality

river catchment

Dorset

River Frome

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-2.42

East bounding longitude

-2.16

North bounding latitude

50.74

South bounding latitude

50.64

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1976-01-01

End position

2022-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-07-18

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

The data were downloaded from Environment Agency or Wessex Water data archives, or received upon request, and collated into one dataset. Given the length of the dataset and its multiple sources, the author checked to see if there were any obvious step changes in the data that would indicate a change in analytical method for any of the determinands measured. None were found. The data were cleaned and refined to the monitoring sites and determinands of interest. Determinands and monitoring sites with little data were also removed.

Conformity

Conformity report

specification

title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services

If you reuse this data, you should cite: Homan, T. (2023). Water quality data for the River Frome catchment, Dorset, 1976-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9d98e1a7-7602-490f-9896-0eeed6eb1d40

owner

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environmental Information Data Centre

full postal address

Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg

Lancaster

LA1 4AP

email address

info@eidc.ac.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-07-27T16:21:08

Metadata language

eng