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Weekly water quality data from the River Thames and its major tributaries, 2009-2023

This dataset comprises weekly water quality monitoring data of seven sites along the River Thames, UK, and sixteen of its major tributaries from Feburary 2009 to December 2023. Monitored determinands include major nutrient fractions, anions, cations, metals, pH, alkalinity, and chlorophyll. This catchment-wide biogeochemical monitoring platform captures changes in the water quality of the Thames basin during a period of rapid change, related to increasing pressures (due to a rapidly growing human population, increasing water demand and climate change) and improvements in sewage treatment processes and agricultural practices. The dataset provides the research community with a valuable data and modelling resource for furthering our understanding of pollution sources and dynamics, and vital underpinning environmental data required to best manage this vital drinking water resource, which is key for the sustainability of the city of London and the wider UK economy. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/703af27b-ce8c-44e0-ac20-b46e391a64ef

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Date (Publication)
2025-05-27
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/703af27b-ce8c-44e0-ac20-b46e391a64ef
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/703af27b-ce8c-44e0-ac20-b46e391a64ef
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Bowes, M.J., Armstrong, L.K., Nicholls, D.J.E., Williams, M., O’Brien, A., Duenas-Lopez, M.A., Duke, E., Juergens, M.D. (2025). Weekly water quality data from the River Thames and its major tributaries, 2009-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/703af27b-ce8c-44e0-ac20-b46e391a64ef
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Bowes, M.J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0673-1934
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Armstrong, L.K.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Nicholls, D.J.E.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Williams, M.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - O’Brien, A.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Duenas-Lopez, M.A.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Duke, E.
Author
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Juergens, M.D.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6526-589X
Point of contact
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology - Bowes, M.J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0673-1934
Custodian
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Owner
  UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Hydrography
GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
  • water quality
  • chemistry
  • river pollution
Keywords
  • Environmental risk
  • Water quality
  • Thames Catchment
  • Southeast England
  • Nutrients
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This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Bowes, M.J., Armstrong, L.K., Nicholls, D.J.E., Williams, M., O’Brien, A., Duenas-Lopez, M.A., Duke, E., Juergens, M.D. (2025). Weekly water quality data from the River Thames and its major tributaries, 2009-2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/703af27b-ce8c-44e0-ac20-b46e391a64ef
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Topic category
  • Inland waters
  • Environment
Begin date
2009-02-01
End date
2023-12-31
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OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
Statement
All water samples were collected by fieldworkers from the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH), Wallingford. All chemical analysis was carried out by the Nutrient Chemistry Laboratories at CEH Wallingford.
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Date stamp
2025-11-13T16:23:44
Metadata standard name
UK GEMINI
Metadata standard version
2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
 
 

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