Hawstead Tributary Water Body Bad ecological status
Get Hawstead Tributary data Attributes Water Body ID GB105033042930 Water Body Type River Hydromorphological designation not designated artificial or heavily modified NGR TL8326159733 Catchment area 15.047 km2 Surveillance Water Body No Length 8.193 km Catchment area 1504.71 ha Classifications Classification Item 2019 2022 Ecological Bad Bad Biological quality elements Bad Bad Invertebrates Bad Bad Physico-chemical quality elements Moderate Moderate Ammonia (Phys-Chem) High High Dissolved oxygen Good Good Phosphate Poor Poor Temperature High High pH High High Hydromorphological Supporting Elements Supports good Supports good Hydrological Regime Supports good High Morphology Supports good Supports good Chemical Fail Does not require assessment Priority hazardous substances Fail Does not require assessment Benzo(a)pyrene Good Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds Good Heptachlor and cis-Heptachlor epoxide Good Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) Good Hexachlorobenzene Good Hexachlorobutadiene Good Mercury and Its Compounds Good Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) Good Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) Fail Priority substances Good Does not require assessment Cypermethrin (Priority) Good Fluoranthene Good Other Pollutants Does not require assessment Does not require assessment
Why do all water bodies have a chemical status of fail?
Investigations into classification status Classification Element Cycle Year Status Outcome Phosphate 2 2014 Bad Quite certain there is a problem Invertebrates 2 2019 Bad Certain there is not a problem Ammonia (Phys-Chem) 2 2014 Poor Uncertain there is a problem
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 measures delivered to address reason, awaiting recovery Not applicable No sector responsible Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) Details RNAG Point source Sewage discharge (continuous) Water Industry Phosphate Details RNAG Physical modification Land drainage Agriculture and rural land management Invertebrates Details RNAG Natural Drought No sector responsible Invertebrates Details RNAG Diffuse source Poor soil management Agriculture and rural land management Invertebrates 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 1 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 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
Objectives Classification Item Status Year Reasons Ecological Good 2027 Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens Biological quality elements Good 2015 Invertebrates Good 2015 Physico-chemical quality elements Good 2027 Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens Ammonia (Phys-Chem) Good 2015 Dissolved oxygen Good 2015 Phosphate Good 2027 Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens Temperature Good 2015 pH Good 2015 Hydromorphological Supporting Elements Supports good 2015 Hydrological Regime Supports good 2015 Supporting elements (Surface Water) Not assessed 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 Ely Ouse and Cut-off channel NVZ S390 Nitrates Directive Anglian Chalk G71 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.
Monitoring Site Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 HAWSTEAD TRIB.PINFORD END RD.BR. 37M15 2012, 2013, 2014 2015, 2013, 2014, 2016 R.LARK SOUTHGATE RD.BR.BURY ST EDMUNDS 37M05 2010, 2009 HAWSTEAD TRIB.HAWSTEAD HALL BR. 37M16 2019 2019 55954 55954 2013, 2014, 2011 2013, 2016, 2019, 2014, 2015 2019