BEAULIEU RIVER Water Body Good ecological status
Attributes Water Body ID GB520704201400 Water Body Type Transitional Water Hydromorphological designation heavily modified NGR SZ4174598952 Surface area 3.095 km2 Surveillance Water Body No Surface area 309.526 ha Classifications Classification Item 2019 Ecological Good Biological quality elements Good Angiosperms Good Saltmarsh Good Invertebrates Good Infaunal Quality Index Good Macroalgae Good Opportunistic Macroalgae Good Phytoplankton High Physico-chemical quality elements Good Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Good Dissolved oxygen High Supporting elements (Surface Water) Good Mitigation Measures Assessment Good Specific pollutants High Arsenic High Copper High Zinc High Chemical Fail Priority hazardous substances Fail 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 Mercury and Its Compounds Fail Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) Good Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) Fail Priority substances Good Fluoranthene Good Lead and Its Compounds Good Nickel and Its Compounds Good Other Pollutants Does not require assessment
Why do all water bodies have a chemical status of fail?
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 measures delivered to address reason, awaiting recovery Not applicable No sector responsible Mercury and Its Compounds 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 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 Ecological Good 2021 Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens Biological quality elements Good 2015 Angiosperms Good 2015 Invertebrates Good 2015 Macroalgae Good 2015 Phytoplankton Good 2015 Physico-chemical quality elements Good 2021 Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Good 2021 Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens Dissolved oxygen Good 2015 Hydromorphological Supporting Elements Not assessed 2015 Supporting elements (Surface Water) Good 2015 Mitigation Measures Assessment Good 2015 Specific pollutants High 2015 Arsenic High 2015 Copper High 2015 Zinc High 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 Cadmium and Its Compounds Good 2015 Dioxins and dioxin-like compounds Good 2015 Heptachlor and cis-Heptachlor epoxide Good 2021 Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD) Good 2015 Hexachlorobenzene Good 2015 Hexachlorobutadiene Good 2015 Mercury and Its Compounds Good 2040 Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) Good 2015 Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) Good 2063 Natural conditions: Chemical status recovery time Priority substances Good 2015 Fluoranthene Good 2015 Lead and Its Compounds Good 2015 Nickel and Its Compounds Good 2015 Other Pollutants Does not require assessment 2015
Protected areas PA Name Id Directive More information Lymington and Sowley_M UKSW40 Shellfish Water Directive Solent Maritime UK0030059 Special Area of Conservation Natural England Solent And Dorset Coast UK9020330 Special Protection Area Natural England Solent & Southampton Water UK9011061 Special Protection Area Natural England Solent & Southampton Water UK11063 Ramsar Site Natural England Lepe Middle Bank UKSW38 Shellfish Water Directive Beaulieu River_E UKSW49 Shellfish Water Directive
Monitoring sites which have been used to classify this water body