Reading Beds Water Body
Poor overall status
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Attributes
- Water Body IDGB40802G805900
- Water Body TypeGroundwater Body
- Hydromorphological designationnot applicable
- NGRSU0428808307
- Groundwater area4097.7 ha
- Surveillance Water BodyNo
- Surface area40.977 km2
Classifications
Classification Item | 2019 |
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Overall Water Body | Poor |
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) | Poor |
Chemical Status element | Poor |
Chemical Dependent Surface Water Body Status | Good |
Chemical Drinking Water Protected Area | Good |
Chemical GWDTEs test | Good |
Chemical Saline Intrusion | Good |
General Chemical Test | Poor |
Supporting elements (Groundwater) | |
Prevent and Limit Objective | Active |
Trend Assessment | No 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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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 |
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Overall Water Body | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | 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 | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Chemical Status element | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Chemical Dependent Surface Water Body Status | Good | 2015 | |
Chemical Drinking Water Protected Area | Good | 2015 | |
Chemical GWDTEs test | Good | 2015 | |
Chemical Saline Intrusion | Good | 2015 | |
General Chemical Test | Good | 2027 - Low confidence | Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens |
Protected areas
PA Name | Id | Directive | More information |
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River Avon | UK0013016 | Special Area of Conservation | Natural England |
South Wessex | G151 | Nitrates Directive | |
Reading Beds | UKGB40802G805900 | Drinking Water Protected Area | |
R. Blackwater NVZ | S687 | Nitrates Directive | |
Poole Harbour | ET1 | Nitrates Directive | |
NORTH WINTERBOURNE NVZ | S688 | Nitrates Directive | |
Hamble Estuary Eutrophic NVZ (TraC) | ET3 | 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.