4f4c4942-4343-5764-6473-313136333236 English NRW_DS118585 Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en 2024-05-31T09:14:21.511Z NRW 1.0 wel NONE Historic General Quality Assessment (GQA) Headline Indicators of Water Courses - Nutrients Historic General Quality Assessment (GQA) Headline Indicators of Water Courses - Nutrients AfA163 Historic GQA Headline Indicators of Water Courses – Nutrients 2016-07-01 NRW_DS116326 The General Quality Assessment (GQA) Headline Indicator scheme or GQAHI (previously known as GQA) was the national indicator for water quality in rivers and canals. It was designed to provide an accurate and consistent assessment of the state of water quality and how it changes over time. These assessments were made for Biological, Chemical and Nutrients and undertaken for discrete river stretches. This datasets relates to the nutrient assessments. In Wales we maintained the full GQA network until 2010 based on 800 sampling sites which provided information for approximately 4700km. The GQAHI/GQA scheme was designed to provide an accurate and consistent assessment of the state of water quality and how it changes over time. The Nutrients GQA described quality in terms of two nutrients: nitrates (mg NO3 /l) and phosphates (mg P/l) and graded from 1 to 6. The General Quality Assessment (GQA) Headline Indicator scheme or GQAHI (previously known as GQA) was the national indicator for water quality in rivers and canals. It was designed to provide an accurate and consistent assessment of the state of water quality and how it changes over time. These assessments were made for Biological, Chemical and Nutrients and undertaken for discrete river stretches. This datasets relates to the nutrient assessments. In Wales we maintained the full GQA network until 2010 based on 800 sampling sites which provided information for approximately 4700km. The GQAHI/GQA scheme was designed to provide an accurate and consistent assessment of the state of water quality and how it changes over time. The Nutrients GQA described quality in terms of two nutrients: nitrates (mg NO3 /l) and phosphates (mg P/l) and graded from 1 to 6. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Environment Agency Wales Environment Agency Wales, Cambria House, 29 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0TP enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/regions/wales Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Environment Agency Wales Environment Agency Wales, Cambria House, 29 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 0TP enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/regions/wales Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Maes-y-Ffynnon, Penrhosgarnedd, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2DW, Wales enquiries@naturalresourceswales.gov.uk http://naturalresources.wales/?lang=en Environmental monitoring facilities GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.httpinspireeceuropaeutheme-theme water quality monitoring NRW Thesaurus 2023-12-31 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-keywords SeaDataNet Parameter Discovery Vocabulary 2021-01-06 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.rdf+xml water quality Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary 2013-04-03 geonetwork.thesaurus.external.theme.subjects NRW SMNR Vocabulary 2023-12-27 geonetwork.thesaurus.local.theme.converted_nrw-smnr-keywords There are no access restrictions on this data. NRW may release, publish or disseminate it freely. no limitations © CNC/NRW Data may be re-used under the terms of the Open Government Licence providing it is done so, acknowledging both the source and NRW's copyright. It is the recipient's responsibility to ensure the data is fit for the intended purpose. Attribution statement: Contains Natural Resources Wales information © Natural Resources Wales and Database Right. All rights Reserved. English inlandWaters SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2021-01-06 Wales (WLS) -5.777741 -2.608865 51.240829 53.513067 2000-01-01 2009-12-31 Documents Excel https://naturalresourceswales.sharefile.eu/d-s75a5853402c419c8 Download data World Wide Web page Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 This dataset has not been assessed for conformance to the referenced INSPIRE regulation. false The Nutrients GQA described quality in terms of two nutrients: nitrates (mg NO3 /l) and phosphates (mg P/l) and graded from 1 to 6. Grades were allocated for both phosphate and nitrate; they were not combined into a single nutrients grade. There were no set 'good' or 'bad' concentrations for nutrients in rivers in the way that we describe chemical and biological quality. Rivers in different parts of the country have naturally different concentrations of nutrients. ‘Very low’ nutrient concentrations, for example, are not necessarily good or bad; the classifications merely stated that concentrations in this river were very low relative to other rivers. Classification for phosphate Grade limit (mgP/l) Average Description: 0.02 to 0.06 Low >0.06 to 0.1 Moderate >0.1 to 0.2 High >0.2 to 1.0 Very high >1.0 Excessively high Classification for nitrate Grade limit (mg NO3/l) Average Description: 5 to 10 Low >10 to 20 Moderately low >20 to30 Moderate >30 to 40 High >40 Very high. 2009 was the final year of the scheme. The Nutrients GQA described quality in terms of two nutrients: nitrates (mg NO3 /l) and phosphates (mg P/l) and graded from 1 to 6. Grades were allocated for both phosphate and nitrate; they were not combined into a single nutrients grade. There were no set 'good' or 'bad' concentrations for nutrients in rivers in the way that we describe chemical and biological quality. Rivers in different parts of the country have naturally different concentrations of nutrients. ‘Very low’ nutrient concentrations, for example, are not necessarily good or bad; the classifications merely stated that concentrations in this river were very low relative to other rivers. Classification for phosphate Grade limit (mgP/l) Average Description: 0.02 to 0.06 Low >0.06 to 0.1 Moderate >0.1 to 0.2 High >0.2 to 1.0 Very high >1.0 Excessively high Classification for nitrate Grade limit (mg NO3/l) Average Description: 5 to 10 Low >10 to 20 Moderately low >20 to30 Moderate >30 to 40 High >40 Very high. 2009 was the final year of the scheme.