Identification

Title

Historic UK Water Quality Sampling Harmonised Monitoring Scheme Detailed Data

Abstract

PLEASE NOTE: This dataset has now been retired. The Harmonised Monitoring Scheme (HMS) was decommissioned in 2013, this is the final year that the dataset was produced. Water quality measurements for monitoring sites in England are available from the Water Quality Archive, dating from 2000: https://environment.data.gov.uk/dataset/2499766e-b15a-4f85-a758-5702de693723 This record is for Approval for Access product AfA255. The Historic UK Water Quality Sampling Harmonised Monitoring Scheme (HMS) dataset contains individual determinand results for all sites in the UK Harmonised Monitoring Scheme network from 1974 onwards. The sampling network includes 230 sites which are mainly located at the tidal limits of major rivers or at the points of confluence of significant tributaries. The information held within the HMS includes data on: Oxygen and ammonia, Nutrients, List II metals and Pesticides. The Harmonised Monitoring Scheme (HMS) was established to provide an archive of water quality data for the UK. It is used to provide information for international obligations, including the long-term trends of some determinands and the estimation of riverborne input of selected determinands to the sea. The summary dataset is covered in AfA178 Historic UK Water Quality Sampling Harmonised Monitoring Scheme summary data. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved © Scottish Environmental Protection Agency 2015 © Northern Ireland Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute 2015 © Natural Resources Wales 2015

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://environment.data.gov.uk/datafiles/8755946d264d4fc5bfec7ef73b0effeb

protocol: WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link

name: Data_download_link

description: Data download link

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

protocol: http:

name: DSP_CUSTOMER_FORUM

description: DEFRA Data Services Platform Customer Forum

Unique resource identifier

code

6503c9cf-d465-11e4-a52c-f0def148f590

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

inlandWaters

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

river

water quality

pesticide

ammonia

river water

OpenData

originating controlled vocabulary

title

GEMET - Themes version 2.4

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2010-01-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/wales

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1974-01-01

End position

2013-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1974-01-01

Frequency of update

annually

Quality and validity

Lineage

Chemical and Physico-chemical data is collected via site-specific surveys

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Proprietary format | ESRI, Intergraph, MS Access (MDB)

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

DSPcustomerforum@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://support.environment.data.gov.uk/hc/en-gb

description: Defra Data Services Forum

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

metadata@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-02-04

Metadata language

eng