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Water quality data for the River Frome catchment, Dorset, 1976-2022

This dataset is a compilation of water quality data for the River Frome catchment, Dorset, UK. The data have been sourced from the Environment Agency and from Wessex Water Ltd., the water utility company for the catchment area. The monitoring sites are specifically located in the lower part of the River Frome, between the Environment Agency gauging stations at Dorchester and East Stoke. The dataset includes water quality measurements for boreholes, sewage treatment work (STW) final effluents, tributaries, and main river channels. In total there are 21 monitoring sites. Water quality measurements date from 1976 to 2022. The main river channel and tributary sites are typically monitored on a monthly basis and the STW final effluents typically on a weekly basis. The borehole data can vary from weekly to monthly, depending on the determinand and borehole measured. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/9d98e1a7-7602-490f-9896-0eeed6eb1d40

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Date (Publication)
2023-07-18
Identifier
https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/9d98e1a7-7602-490f-9896-0eeed6eb1d40
Identifier
doi: / 10.5285/9d98e1a7-7602-490f-9896-0eeed6eb1d40
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Homan, T. (2023). Water quality data for the River Frome catchment, Dorset, 1976-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/9d98e1a7-7602-490f-9896-0eeed6eb1d40
Point of contact
  University of Bath - Homan, T.
Author
  University of Bath - Homan, T.
https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1664-2849
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  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Owner
  University of Bath
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence
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Users of the data must cite that the original sources of the data are the Environment Agency and Wessex Water. The following attribution statement must be included with the use of data: This dataset contains Environment Agency water quality data from the Water Quality Archive (Beta) © Environment Agency.
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Homan, T. (2023). Water quality data for the River Frome catchment, Dorset, 1976-2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/9d98e1a7-7602-490f-9896-0eeed6eb1d40
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Topic category
  • Environment
Begin date
1976-01-01
End date
2022-12-31
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2010-12-08
Statement
The data were downloaded from Environment Agency or Wessex Water data archives, or received upon request, and collated into one dataset. Given the length of the dataset and its multiple sources, the author checked to see if there were any obvious step changes in the data that would indicate a change in analytical method for any of the determinands measured. None were found. The data were cleaned and refined to the monitoring sites and determinands of interest. Determinands and monitoring sites with little data were also removed.
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Date stamp
2025-11-13T16:25:49
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Metadata standard version
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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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