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Non-agricultural pollution to rivers in Scotland

Publisher
Environmental Information Data Centre
Updated
30 July 2026
Topic
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Summary

Estimates of annual loads of phosphorus, sediment, nitrogen and faecal coliform from non-agricultural sources to rivers in Scotland, reported at Water Framework Directive (WFD) catchment scale. The sources of pollutants include: urban, woodland, montane areas, river bank erosion, septic tanks and sewage treatment works. Loads are estimated based upon available data (e.g. septic tank licences) and modelling (bank erosion). The values specify phosphorous, nitrogen or sediment losses in kilograms per year and faecal coliform in 10^6 colony forming units (cfu) per year. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/eb73ca31-7eb9-479c-96be-6063e29c8a7f

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Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
25 July 2026
Harvest GUID
eb73ca31-7eb9-479c-96be-6063e29c8a7f
Extent (Latitude)
60.861° to 54.634°
Extent (Longitude)
-8.648° to -0.728°
Dataset reference date (publication)
2017-02-16
Dataset reference date (creation)
2012-12-31
Access constraints
If you reuse this data, you should cite: Gooday, R., Anthony, S., Calrow, L., Harris, D., Skirvin, D. (2017). Non-agricultural pollution to rivers in Scotland . NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/eb73ca31-7eb9-479c-96be-6063e29c8a7f
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(author, pointOfContact, publisher, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng