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
- doi: / 10.5285/703af27b-ce8c-44e0-ac20-b46e391a64ef
- Other citation details
- 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
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
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Bowes, M.J.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0673-1934
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- Hydrography
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- Keywords
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- Environmental risk
- Water quality
- Thames Catchment
- Southeast England
- Nutrients
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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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- 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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- 703af27b-ce8c-44e0-ac20-b46e391a64ef XML
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- EnglishEnglish
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- ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) 8859 Part 1
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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
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Lancaster
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LA1 4AP
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UK
https://eidc.ac.uk/
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