Waveney and East Suffolk Chalk & Crag Water Body
Poor overall status
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Attributes
- Water Body IDGB40501G400600
- Water Body TypeGroundwater Body
- Hydromorphological designationnot applicable
- NGRTM2829245384
- Surveillance Water BodyNo
- Surface area1454.909 km2
- Groundwater area145490.871 ha
Classifications
| Classification Item | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Overall Water Body | Poor |
| Quantitative | Poor |
| Quantitative Status element | Poor |
| Quantitative Dependent Surface Water Body Status | Poor |
| Quantitative GWDTEs test | Good |
| Quantitative Saline Intrusion | Good |
| Quantitative Water Balance | Good |
| Chemical (GW) | Poor |
| Chemical Status element | Poor |
| Chemical Dependent Surface Water Body Status | Good |
| Chemical Drinking Water Protected Area | Poor |
| Chemical GWDTEs test | Good |
| Chemical Saline Intrusion | Good |
| General Chemical Test | Poor |
| Supporting elements (Groundwater) | |
| Prevent and Limit Objective | Active |
| Trend Assessment | Upward trend |
Investigations into classification status
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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 Type | SWMI | Activity | Category | Classification Element | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor Livestock Management | Agriculture and rural land management | Trend Assessment | Details |
| RNAG | Flow | Surface water abstraction | Agriculture and rural land management | Quantitative Water Balance | Details |
| RNAG | Flow | Groundwater abstraction | Agriculture and rural land management | Quantitative Water Balance | Details |
| RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor Livestock Management | Agriculture and rural land management | General Chemical Test | Details |
| RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor Livestock Management | Agriculture and rural land management | Chemical Drinking Water Protected Area | 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 issue | Physical modifications | Pollution from waste water | Pollution from towns, cities and transport | Changes to the natural flow and level of water | Invasive non-native species | Pollution from rural areas | Pollution from abandoned mines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture and rural land management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Industry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mining and quarrying | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Navigation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Urban and transport | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Water Industry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Local & central government | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Domestic general public | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Recreation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Waste treatment and disposal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Other | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No sector responsible | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sector under investigation | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Objectives
| Classification Item | Status | Year | Reasons |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Water Body | Poor | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens; Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits |
| Quantitative | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
| Quantitative Status element | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
| Quantitative Dependent Surface Water Body Status | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
| Quantitative GWDTEs test | Good | 2015 | |
| Quantitative Saline Intrusion | Good | 2015 | |
| Quantitative Water Balance | Good | 2021 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
| Chemical (GW) | Poor | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens; Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits |
| Chemical Status element | Poor | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens; Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits |
| Chemical Dependent Surface Water Body Status | Good | 2015 | |
| Chemical Drinking Water Protected Area | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
| Chemical GWDTEs test | Good | 2015 | |
| Chemical Saline Intrusion | Good | 2015 | |
| General Chemical Test | Poor | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits |
Protected areas
| PA Name | Id | Directive | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| River Waveney NVZ | S396 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Ely Ouse and Cut-off channel NVZ | S390 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Sandlings and Chelmsford | G78 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Deben Estuary | UK9009261 | Special Protection Area | Natural England |
| Deben Estuary | UK11017 | Ramsar Site | Natural England |
| Shottisham Mill River NVZ | S406 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Outer Thames Estuary | UK9020309 | Special Protection Area | Natural England |
| River Gipping NVZ | S416 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Norwich Crag and Gravels | G79 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Waveney and East Suffolk Chalk & Crag | UKGB40501G400600 | Drinking Water Protected Area | |
| Blyth NVZ | S417 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Deben NVZ | S419 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Stour And Orwell Estuaries | UK9009121 | Special Protection Area | Natural England |
| Alde NVZ | S411 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Minsmere-Walberswick | UK9009101 | Special Protection Area | Natural England |
| Minsmere-Walberswick | UK11044 | Ramsar Site | Natural England |
| Benacre To Easton Bavents Lagoons | UK0013104 | Special Area of Conservation | Natural England |
| Benacre To Easton Bavents | UK9009291 | Special Protection Area | Natural England |
| Fromus NVZ | S412 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Lower Stour NVZ | S424 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Lark/Fynn NVZ | S407 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Alde-Ore Estuary | UK9009112 | Special Protection Area | Natural England |
| Minsmere To Walberswick Heaths & Marshes | UK0012809 | Special Area of Conservation | Natural England |
| Yoxford | G166 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Leiston Beck NVZ | S661 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Leiston Beck and Minsmere Old River NVZ | S415 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Byford | G168 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Stour And Orwell Estuaries | UK11067 | Ramsar Site | Natural England |
| Orfordness-Shingle Street | UK0014780 | Special Area of Conservation | Natural England |
| Alde-Ore Estuary | UK11002 | Ramsar Site | Natural England |
| Alde-Ore & Butley Estuaries | UK0030076 | Special Area of Conservation | Natural England |
| Bucklesham Mill River NVZ | S405 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Wang NVZ | S418 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Holbrook NVZ | S422 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Belstead Brook NVZ | S410 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Stutton Brook NVZ | S423 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Lothingland Hundred NVZ | S414 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Easton Broad NVZ | S413 | Nitrates Directive | |
| Dew's Ponds | UK0030133 | Special Area of Conservation | Natural England |
| Black Ditch (East Suffolk) NVZ | S660 | Nitrates 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.