Cam and Ely Ouse Woburn Sands Water Body
Good overall status
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Attributes
- Water Body IDGB40501G445700
- Water Body TypeGroundwater Body
- Hydromorphological designationnot applicable
- NGRTL6200380614
- Groundwater area9527.594 ha
- Surface area95.276 km2
- Surveillance Water BodyNo
Classifications
Classification Item | 2019 |
---|---|
Overall Water Body | Good |
Quantitative | Good |
Quantitative Status element | Good |
Quantitative Dependent Surface Water Body Status | Good |
Quantitative GWDTEs test | Good |
Quantitative Saline Intrusion | Good |
Quantitative Water Balance | Good |
Chemical (GW) | Good |
Chemical Status element | Good |
Chemical Dependent Surface Water Body Status | Good |
Chemical Drinking Water Protected Area | Good |
Chemical GWDTEs test | Good |
Chemical Saline Intrusion | Good |
General Chemical Test | Good |
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 |
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RNAG | Diffuse source | Other (not in list, must add details in comments) | Other | Trend Assessment | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor nutrient management | Agriculture and rural land management | Trend Assessment | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Other (not in list, must add details in comments) | Other | Chemical Drinking Water Protected Area | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor nutrient 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 |
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Agriculture and rural land management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 |
Objectives
Classification Item | Status | Year | Reasons |
---|---|---|---|
Overall Water Body | Good | 2021 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Quantitative | Good | 2015 | |
Quantitative Status element | Good | 2015 | |
Quantitative Dependent Surface Water Body Status | Good | 2015 | |
Quantitative GWDTEs test | Good | 2015 | |
Quantitative Saline Intrusion | Good | 2015 | |
Quantitative Water Balance | Good | 2015 | |
Chemical (GW) | Good | 2021 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Chemical Status element | Good | 2021 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Chemical Dependent Surface Water Body Status | Good | 2015 | |
Chemical Drinking Water Protected Area | Good | 2021 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Chemical GWDTEs test | Good | 2015 | |
Chemical Saline Intrusion | Good | 2015 | |
General Chemical Test | Good | 2015 |
Protected areas
PA Name | Id | Directive | More information |
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Great Ouse NVZ | S391 | Nitrates Directive | |
Ely Ouse and Cut-off channel NVZ | S390 | Nitrates Directive | |
Huntingdon River Gravels | G144 | Nitrates Directive | |
Woburn Sands | G76 | Nitrates Directive | |
Sandringham Sands South | G150 | Nitrates Directive | |
Relief Channel/Polver drain NVZ | S834 | Nitrates Directive | |
Wicken Fen | UK11077 | Ramsar Site | Natural England |
Fenland | UK0014782 | Special Area of Conservation | Natural England |
Cam and Ely Ouse Woburn Sands | UKGB40501G445700 | Drinking Water Protected Area |
Monitoring sites which have been used to classify this water body
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