The Beck Water Body
Moderate ecological status
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Attributes
- Water Body IDGB105034045830
- Water Body TypeRiver
- Hydromorphological designationnot designated artificial or heavily modified
- NGRTM2987384168
- Catchment area39.09 km2
- Surveillance Water BodyNo
- Length5.33 km
- Catchment area3908.95 ha
Classifications
Classification Item | 2019 | 2022 |
---|---|---|
Ecological | Moderate | Moderate |
Biological quality elements | Moderate | Moderate |
Invertebrates | Moderate | Moderate |
Physico-chemical quality elements | Moderate | Moderate |
Ammonia (Phys-Chem) | Moderate | Moderate |
Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD) | Good | |
Dissolved oxygen | Bad | Bad |
Phosphate | Poor | Moderate |
Temperature | High | High |
pH | High | High |
Hydromorphological Supporting Elements | Supports good | Supports good |
Hydrological Regime | High | 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 |
Investigations into classification status
Classification Element | Cycle | Year | Status | Outcome |
---|---|---|---|---|
Invertebrates | 2 | 2015 | Moderate | Quite certain 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 | Diffuse source | Poor nutrient management | Agriculture and rural land management | Phosphate | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor nutrient management | Agriculture and rural land management | Phosphate | Details |
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 | Dissolved oxygen | Details |
RNAG | Flow | Low Flow (not drought) | No sector responsible | Dissolved oxygen | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor soil management | Agriculture and rural land management | Invertebrates | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor soil management | Agriculture and rural land management | Invertebrates | Details |
RFD | Unknown (pending investigation) | Unknown (pending investigation) | Sector under investigation | Phosphate | Details |
RNAG | Point source | Sewage discharge (continuous) | Water Industry | Phosphate | 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 | 4 | 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 | 4 | 0 |
Objectives
Classification Item | Status | Year | Reasons |
---|---|---|---|
Ecological | Moderate | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits; Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
Biological quality elements | Moderate | 2015 | Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
Invertebrates | Moderate | 2015 | Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
Physico-chemical quality elements | Moderate | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits; Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
Ammonia (Phys-Chem) | Good | 2015 | |
Dissolved oxygen | Bad | 2015 | Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits; Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
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) | 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 |
---|---|---|---|
River Waveney NVZ | S396 | Nitrates Directive | |
Norwich Crag and Gravels | G79 | 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.