Identification

Title

UK Water Quality Sampling Harmonised Monitoring Scheme Detailed Data

Alternative title(s)

AfA255 UK Water Quality Sampling Harmonised Monitoring Scheme Detailed Data

Data Manwl Cynllun Monitro Wedi’i Gysoni Samplu Ansawdd Dŵr y DU

Abstract

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 until 2013. 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.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://datamap.gov.wales/documents/2633

name: View and Download

Unique resource identifier

code

116338

codeSpace

https://naturalresources.wales

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Additional information source

Summary data for this data set is also available: UK Water Quality Sampling Harmonised Monitoring Scheme Summary Data (116328)

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Environmental monitoring facilities

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-06-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-10.06776295

East bounding longitude

4.90256433

North bounding latitude

61.13709061

South bounding latitude

48.7264586

Extent

Extent group

authority code

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-06-27

code identifying the extent

England and Wales (EAW)

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1975-01-01

End position

2013-12-31

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2023-06-22

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

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 Environment Agency also hold and publish a copy of this dataset.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2013. All rights reserved © Scottish Environmental Protection Agency 2013 © Northern Ireland Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute 2013 © Natural Resources Wales Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and copyright of the owners. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose.

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

This data is jointly owned by NRW, EA, SEPA and AFBI There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

owner

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency Wales

telephone number

08708 506 506

email address

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

originator

Responsible party

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

custodian

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Natural Resources Wales (NRW)

telephone number

0300 065 3000

email address

enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-06-26

Metadata language