Freshwater chemistry data from the UK Environmental Change Network (ECN) freshwater sites. These data are collected by dip sampling at all of ECN's freshwater sites using a standard protocol.
In 2011, 76.9 per cent of UK coastal bathing waters met the more stringent UK guideline standards of the Bathing Water Directive (one of the requirements for Blue Flag status).
Bathing water surveys, mandatory standards 1988-2011
In 2011, all but 14 of the 597 coastal bathing waters in the UK met the mandatory (basic) standards of the European Bathing Water Directive.
Non-methane volatile organic compound emissions and targets: 1970 to 2010
Emissions of non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs) in the UK fell by 11 per cent between 2008 and 2009, continuin
Oracle index to records of some 3500 waste sites in England and Wales identified by BGS as part of a survey carried out on behalf of the Departement of the Environment in 1973.
Manuscript notebooks, section books and field record cards containing detailed information gathered by the Survey geologists (or other recognised geologists) from various sources as part of the mappin
Records of some 3500 waste sites in England and Wales identified by BGS as part of a survey carried out on behalf of the Department of the Environment in 1973.
This is a Defra-funded long-term dataset of gaseous NH3 (since September 1996) and aerosol NH4(+) (since January 1999) measured at several UK sites using the DEnuder for Long-Term Atmospheric (DELTA)
A dataset of monthly measurements of gaseous HNO3, SO2, HCl and particulate NO3(-), SO4(2-), Cl(-) plus base cations Na(+), Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) at number of rural UK sites as part of the UK Acid Deposit
The indicators measure annual levels of pollution from particulates (PM10) and ozone (O3), the two pollutants thought to have the greatest health impacts, along with the number of days of moderate or
Summary statistics on geenhouse gas emissions for the period 1990-2007
Source agency: Scottish Government
Designation: Official Statistics not designated as National Statistics
Language: English
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