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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
1
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
1
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
1
0
0
0
1
0
Objectives
Classification Item
Status
Year
Reasons
Ecological
Moderate
2015
Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits
Biological quality elements
Good
2015
Invertebrates
Good
2015
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Combined
Not assessed
2015
Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits
Physico-chemical quality elements
Moderate
2015
Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits
Ammonia (Phys-Chem)
Good
2015
Dissolved oxygen
Good
2015
Phosphate
Moderate
2015
Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits
Temperature
Good
2015
pH
Good
2015
Hydromorphological Supporting Elements
Supports good
2015
Hydrological Regime
Supports good
2015
Supporting elements (Surface Water)
Good
2015
Mitigation Measures Assessment
Good
2015
Specific pollutants
Not assessed
2015
Chemical
Good
2063
Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time
Priority hazardous substances
Good
2063
Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time
Benzo(a)pyrene
Good
2015
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds
Good
2015
Heptachlor and cis-Heptachlor epoxide
Good
2015
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD)
Good
2015
Hexachlorobenzene
Good
2015
Hexachlorobutadiene
Good
2015
Mercury and Its Compounds
Good
2015
Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS)
Good
2015
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)
Good
2063
Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time
Priority substances
Good
2015
Cypermethrin (Priority)
Good
2015
Fluoranthene
Good
2015
Other Pollutants
Does not require assessment
2015
Protected areas
PA Name
Id
Directive
More information
Great Ouse NVZ
S391
Nitrates Directive
Anglian Great Oolite
G73
Nitrates Directive
Bicester North
G162
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.