Identification

Title

Monitoring of Pesticides and Trace Organics in Water [1992 - 2008]

Alternative title(s)

Trace Organics 1992-2008

Abstract

This record is for Approval for Access product AfA197. A pesticide is defined under the Food and Environment Protection Act (1985) as “any substance, preparation or organism prepared or used for destroying any pest”. Pesticides include herbicides, fungicides, insecticides, molluscicides, rodenticides, growth regulators and masonry and timber preservatives. They are not confined to agriculture, but are also used on roads and rail tracks, in homes and gardens, as sheep dips, for the protection of public health, and for many other purposes. The Agency’s monitoring for pesticides is guided by statutory requirements to monitor concentrations of specific pesticides listed in certain Directives. We also undertake non-statutory monitoring of pesticides, when investigating known or predicted local problems and pollution incidents. Trace Organics are organic compounds (including pesticides) detectable at low levels. As with pesticides, our monitoring of these substances is guided by statutory requirements. The dataset contains information on all pesticides and trace organics monitored by the Environment Agency. Monitoring frequency varies between sites and years. Monitoring covers fresh and saline surface waters, groundwater, discharges, sediments and biota. Please note: Limits of detection vary between laboratories. The data is extracted from the Environment Agency’s Water Information Management System (WIMS). Data is available for monitoring between 1992 and 2008. The dataset holds each year’s pesticides and trace organics monitoring data. Some sites are identified as being monitored for known or suspected contamination issues, so that they can be excluded for analysis of background levels. The layout of fields and tables varies from year to year. INFORMATION WARNING Where this dataset indicates that a sample was taken in connection with a pollution incident or potential legal proceedings no inference should be drawn that landowners in the immediate vicinity of the sampling site had any responsibility. Attribution statement: © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2015. All rights reserved.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://ea.sharefile.com/d-s49de10517934be29

protocol: http

name:

description: External version on Defra Data Services Platform

Unique resource identifier

code

66552900-d465-11e4-a7d7-f0def148f590

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/EPSG/0/27700

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

farming

environment

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

pesticide

water quality

monitoring data

OpenData

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-06-13

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-6.236

East bounding longitude

2.072

North bounding latitude

55.816

South bounding latitude

49.943

Extent

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/england

Extent group

authority code

code identifying the extent

http://data.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/doc/country/wales

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1992-01-01T00:00:00

End position

2008-01-01T00:00:00

Dataset reference date

date type

creation

effective date

1992-01-01

Frequency of update

notPlanned

Quality and validity

Lineage

Statutory and non-statutory monitoring of trace organics are carried out by the Environment Agency. Data is compiled and checked in MIDAS acquisition tables before storage and archive in Water Information Management System (WIMS). Organic compounds (including pesticides) have been extracted and collated as a standalone dataset for 1992-2008.

Conformity

Data format

name of format

Proprietary format | ESRI, Intergraph, MS Access (MDB)

version of format

Unknown

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Open Government Licence

Constraint set

Limitations on public access

There are no public access constraints to this data. Use of this data is subject to the licence identified.

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

data.info@environment-agency.gov.uk

web address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency

description: Environment Agency Website

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

Environment Agency

email address

data.info@environment-agency.gov.uk

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2019-03-18

Metadata language