Foulness from Black Beck to Market Weighton Canal Water Body

Poor ecological status

Attributes

  • Water Body IDGB104026066690
  • Water Body TypeRiver
  • Hydromorphological designationnot designated artificial or heavily modified
  • NGRSE8193938264
  • Length44.247 km
  • Surveillance Water BodyNo
  • Catchment area201.696 km2
  • Catchment area20169.613 ha

Classifications

Classification Item20192022
EcologicalModeratePoor
Biological quality elementsModeratePoor
FishGoodHigh
InvertebratesGoodGood
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos CombinedModeratePoor
Macrophytes Sub ElementModeratePoor
Physico-chemical quality elementsModerateGood
Ammonia (Phys-Chem)GoodGood
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD)HighHigh
Dissolved oxygenModerateGood
PhosphateHighGood
TemperatureHighHigh
pHHighHigh
Hydromorphological Supporting ElementsSupports goodSupports good
Hydrological RegimeSupports goodSupports good
MorphologySupports goodSupports good
Specific pollutantsHighHigh
CopperHighHigh
ChemicalFailDoes not require assessment
Priority hazardous substancesFailDoes not require assessment
Benzo(a)pyreneGood
Benzo(b)fluorantheneGood
Benzo(g-h-i)peryleneGood
Benzo(k)fluorantheneGood
Cadmium and Its CompoundsGood
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (Priority hazardous)Good
Dioxins and dioxin-like compoundsGood
Heptachlor and cis-Heptachlor epoxideGood
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)Good
HexachlorobenzeneGood
HexachlorobutadieneGood
Mercury and Its CompoundsFail
NonylphenolGood
Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS)Good
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)Fail
Priority substancesGoodDoes not require assessment
Cypermethrin (Priority)Good
FluorantheneGood
Nickel and Its CompoundsGood
Other PollutantsDoes not require assessmentDoes not require assessment

Why do all water bodies have a chemical status of fail?

Investigations into classification status

No data to show

Reasons for not achieving good (RNAG) and reasons for deterioration (RFD)

All reasons (RFDs and RNAGs) attributed to the classification elements in this water body.

Reason TypeSWMIActivityCategoryClassification ElementMore information
RNAGDiffuse sourceSeptic TanksDomestic General PublicDissolved oxygenDetails
RNAGPoint sourceTrade/Industry dischargeIndustryDissolved oxygenDetails
RNAGDiffuse sourcePoor nutrient managementAgriculture and rural land managementMacrophytes and Phytobenthos CombinedDetails
RNAGDiffuse sourcePoor nutrient managementAgriculture and rural land managementDissolved oxygenDetails
RNAGmeasures delivered to address reason, awaiting recoveryNot applicableNo sector responsibleMercury and Its CompoundsDetails
RNAGDiffuse sourceSeptic TanksDomestic General PublicMacrophytes and Phytobenthos CombinedDetails
RNAGPoint sourceTrade/Industry dischargeIndustryMacrophytes and Phytobenthos CombinedDetails
RNAGmeasures delivered to address reason, awaiting recoveryNot applicableNo sector responsiblePolybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)Details

Reasons for not achieving good status by business sector

The issues preventing waters reaching good status and the sectors identified as contributing to them. The numbers in the table are individual counts of the reasons for not achieving good status with a confidence status of 'confirmed' and 'probable', where the latest classification is less than good status. There may be more than one reason in a single water body. Note, table does not include reasons for deterioration.

Significant water management issuePhysical modificationsPollution from waste waterPollution from towns, cities and transportChanges to the natural flow and level of waterInvasive non-native speciesPollution from rural areasPollution from abandoned mines
Agriculture and rural land management0000000
Industry0000000
Mining and quarrying0000000
Navigation0000000
Urban and transport0000000
Water Industry0000000
Local & central government0000000
Domestic general public0000000
Recreation0000000
Waste treatment and disposal0000000
Other0000000
No sector responsible0000000
Sector under investigation0000000
Total0000000

Objectives

Classification ItemStatusYearReasons
EcologicalGood2027 - Low confidenceDisproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens;
Technically infeasible: Cause of adverse impact unknown
Biological quality elementsGood2027 - Low confidenceDisproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens;
Technically infeasible: Cause of adverse impact unknown
FishGood2015
InvertebratesGood2015
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos CombinedGood2027 - Low confidenceDisproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens;
Technically infeasible: Cause of adverse impact unknown
Physico-chemical quality elementsGood2027 - Low confidenceDisproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens
Ammonia (Phys-Chem)Good2021Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens
Dissolved oxygenGood2027 - Low confidenceDisproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens
PhosphateGood2015
TemperatureGood2015
pHGood2015
Hydromorphological Supporting ElementsSupports good2015
Hydrological RegimeSupports good2021Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens
Supporting elements (Surface Water)Not assessed2015
Specific pollutantsHigh2015
CopperHigh2015
ChemicalGood2063Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time
Priority hazardous substancesGood2063Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time
Benzo(a)pyreneGood2015
Benzo(b)fluorantheneGood2015
Benzo(g-h-i)peryleneGood2015
Benzo(k)fluorantheneGood2015
Cadmium and Its CompoundsGood2015
Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (Priority hazardous)Good2015
Dioxins and dioxin-like compoundsGood2015
Heptachlor and cis-Heptachlor epoxideGood2015
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)Good2015
HexachlorobenzeneGood2015
HexachlorobutadieneGood2015
Mercury and Its CompoundsGood2040Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time
NonylphenolGood2015
Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS)Good2015
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)Good2063Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time
Priority substancesGood2015
Cypermethrin (Priority)Good2015
FluorantheneGood2015
Nickel and Its CompoundsGood2015
Other PollutantsDoes not require assessment2015

Protected areas

PA NameIdDirectiveMore information
Foulness from Black Beck to Market Weighton Canal NVZS249Nitrates Directive
Blackfoss Bk lower Catch (trib of Pocklington Bk) NVZS283Nitrates Directive
Market Weighton Canal/Bk from Source to Humber NVZS250Nitrates Directive

Monitoring sites which have been used to classify this water body

Shows which sites were used for classification for which years within each cycle.

Monitoring SiteCycle 1Cycle 2Cycle 3
157 1572014, 2015, 2016
HULL AND HUMBER CATCHMENT/STREAMS TO HUMBER/MARKET WEIGHTON CANAL/U/S M62/ 136922009
WEIGHTON BECK AT DUCKNEST 491002572016
HULL AND HUMBER CATCHMENT/STREAMS TO HUMBER/MARKET WEIGHTON CANAL/RIVER FOULNESS/US LINCOLN FLATS GAUGING WEIR/ 173922009, 2011, 2010
1454 145420142014, 2015, 20162022
FOULNESS AT MAJOR BRIDGE - A163 491004062009, 2013, 2011, 2014, 2012, 20102019, 2013, 2016, 2014, 20152019, 2022
FOULNESS AT FORD FB - HASHOLME 491004092012, 2013, 2011, 20142019, 2015, 2013, 2016, 20142019, 2022
590 5902009
HULL AND HUMBER CATCHMENT/STREAMS TO HUMBER/MARKET WEIGHTON CANAL/BROOMFLEET/ 136872009
WEIGHTON BECK AT RIVER HEAD FARM 4910063420192019
HULL AND HUMBER CATCHMENT/STREAMS TO HUMBER/MARKET WEIGHTON CANAL/RIVER FOULNESS/LINCOLN FLATS GAUGING WEIR,RIVER FOULNESSFOULNES1/ 75522009, 2013, 2011, 2014, 2012, 20102019, 2015, 2013, 2016, 20142019, 2022
HULL AND HUMBER CATCHMENT/STREAMS TO HUMBER/MARKET WEIGHTON CANAL/CLEG DIKE/ 409922013
1462 14622009
HULL AND HUMBER CATCHMENT/STREAMS TO HUMBER/MARKET WEIGHTON CANAL/RIVER FOULNESS/MAJOR BRIDGE, RIVER FOULNESS FOULNES2/ 75532009, 2013, 2011, 2014, 2012, 20102019, 2015, 2013, 2016, 20142019

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