Brue - conf with North Drain to Tidal Limit Water Body
Moderate ecological status
Get Brue - conf with North Drain to Tidal Limit data
Attributes
- Water Body IDGB108052021260
- Water Body TypeRiver
- Hydromorphological designationheavily modified
- NGRST3358946064
- Catchment area33.652 km2
- Catchment area3365.19 ha
- Length12.262 km
- Surveillance Water BodyYes
Classifications
Classification Item | 2019 | 2022 |
---|---|---|
Ecological | Moderate | Moderate |
Biological quality elements | Poor | Poor |
Fish | Poor | Poor |
Invertebrates | Good | Good |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Combined | ||
Macrophytes Sub Element | Moderate | Moderate |
Physico-chemical quality elements | Moderate | Moderate |
Acid Neutralising Capacity | High | High |
Ammonia (Phys-Chem) | Good | 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 | Supports good |
Supporting elements (Surface Water) | Moderate | Moderate |
Mitigation Measures Assessment | Moderate or less | Moderate or less |
Specific pollutants | High | High |
Arsenic | High | High |
Chlorothalonil | High | High |
Copper | High | High |
Iron | High | High |
Manganese | High | High |
Pendimethalin | High | High |
Zinc | High | High |
Chemical | Fail | Does not require assessment |
Priority hazardous substances | Fail | Does not require assessment |
Benzo(a)pyrene | Good | |
Cadmium and Its Compounds | Good | |
Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds | Good | |
Heptachlor and cis-Heptachlor epoxide | Good | |
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) | Good | |
Hexachlorobenzene | Good | |
Hexachlorobutadiene | Good | |
Hexachlorocyclohexane | Good | |
Mercury and Its Compounds | Fail | |
Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) | Fail | |
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) | Fail | |
Quinoxyfen | Good | |
Priority substances | Good | Does not require assessment |
Aclonifen | Good | |
Alachlor | Good | |
Bifenox | Good | |
Cybutryne | Good | |
Cypermethrin (Priority) | Good | |
Dichlorvos (Priority) | Good | |
Fluoranthene | Good | |
Lead and Its Compounds | Good | |
Nickel and Its Compounds | Good | |
Terbutryn | Good | |
Other Pollutants | Good | Does not require assessment |
Aldrin, Dieldrin, Endrin & Isodrin | Good | |
para - para DDT | Good |
Investigations into classification status
No data to show
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 | Misconnections | Domestic General Public | Phosphate | Details |
RNAG | Point source | Sewage discharge (continuous) | Water Industry | Phosphate | Details |
RNAG | Diffuse source | Poor Livestock Management | Agriculture and rural land management | Phosphate | Details |
RNAG | Suspect data | Not applicable | No sector responsible | Fish | Details |
RFD | Suspect data | Not applicable | No sector responsible | Fish | Details |
RNAG | measures delivered to address reason, awaiting recovery | Not applicable | No sector responsible | Mercury and Its Compounds | Details |
RNAG | Unknown (pending investigation) | Unknown (pending investigation) | Sector under investigation | Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) | Details |
RNAG | Unknown (pending investigation) | Unknown (pending investigation) | Sector under investigation | Hydrological Regime | Details |
RNAG | Physical modification | Land drainage | Agriculture and rural land management | Hydrological Regime | Details |
RNAG | Physical modification | Other (not in list, must add details in comments) | Agriculture and rural land management | Mitigation Measures Assessment | 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 | 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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Objectives
Classification Item | Status | Year | Reasons |
---|---|---|---|
Ecological | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens; Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits |
Biological quality elements | Good | 2021 | Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits |
Fish | Good | 2015 | |
Invertebrates | Good | 2015 | |
Macrophytes and Phytobenthos Combined | Not assessed | 2021 | Disproportionately expensive: Unfavourable balance of costs and benefits |
Physico-chemical quality elements | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Acid Neutralising Capacity | Good | 2015 | |
Ammonia (Phys-Chem) | Good | 2015 | |
Dissolved oxygen | Good | 2021 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Phosphate | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Temperature | Good | 2015 | |
pH | Good | 2015 | |
Hydromorphological Supporting Elements | Supports good | 2015 | |
Hydrological Regime | Supports good | 2021 | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Supporting elements (Surface Water) | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Mitigation Measures Assessment | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Specific pollutants | High | 2015 | |
Arsenic | High | 2015 | |
Chlorothalonil | High | 2015 | |
Copper | High | 2015 | |
Iron | High | 2015 | |
Manganese | High | 2015 | |
Pendimethalin | High | 2015 | |
Zinc | High | 2015 | |
Chemical | Good | 2063 | Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time; Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
Priority hazardous substances | Good | 2063 | Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time; Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
Benzo (b) and (k) fluoranthene | Good | 2015 | |
Benzo (ghi) perelyene and indeno (123-cd) pyrene | Good | 2015 | |
Benzo(a)pyrene | Good | 2015 | |
Cadmium and Its Compounds | 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 | |
Hexachlorocyclohexane | Good | 2015 | |
Mercury and Its Compounds | Good | 2040 | Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time |
Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) | Good | 2039 | Technically infeasible: No known technical solution is available |
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) | Good | 2063 | Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time |
Quinoxyfen | Good | 2015 | |
Priority substances | Good | 2015 | |
Aclonifen | Good | 2015 | |
Alachlor | Good | 2015 | |
Bifenox | Good | 2015 | |
Cybutryne | Good | 2015 | |
Cypermethrin (Priority) | Good | 2015 | |
Dichlorvos (Priority) | Good | 2015 | |
Fluoranthene | Good | 2015 | |
Lead and Its Compounds | Good | 2015 | |
Nickel and Its Compounds | Good | 2015 | |
Terbutryn | Good | 2015 | |
Other Pollutants | Good | 2015 | |
Aldrin, Dieldrin, Endrin & Isodrin | Good | 2015 | |
para - para DDT | Good | 2015 |
Protected areas
PA Name | Id | Directive | More information |
---|---|---|---|
Somerset Levels & Moors | UK9010031 | Special Protection Area | Natural England |
Somerset Levels & Moors | UK11064 | Ramsar Site | Natural England |
River Brue, Sheppey & Alham | UKENRI141 | Urban Waste Water Treatment 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.