Hull and East Riding Management Catchment

About

The Hull and East Riding comprises sparsely populated areas, stretching from the seaside resort of Bridlington in the north to Holderness in the south and from Market Weighton in the west to Withernsea in the east. The Yorkshire Wolds curve in a crescent shape from the chalk cliffs at Flamborough to the Humber Estuary at Hessle. The largest urban area is the city of Hull where there is a major port with strong trade links to Europe, Scandinavia and the Baltic. There are large areas of arable land in the Wolds.

Hull and East Riding management catchment

Classifications data for Hull and East Riding Management Catchment

Number of water bodies

The number of water bodies in the river basin district. It shows whether these are natural, artificial (such as canals and reservoirs) or have been modified ('heavily modified') for particular uses.

Water body categoriesNaturalArtificialHeavily modifiedTotal
River, canals and surface water transfers12211447
Lake1001
Coastal0000
Estuarine0000
Groundwater0000
Total13211448

Ecological status for surface waters

Table summarises the current ecological status of surface water bodies. Water bodies are classified as being at high, good, moderate, poor or bad ecological status or potential.

Ecological status or potentialBadPoorModerateGoodHighTotal
Number of water bodies11433048
Number of water body elements16294949282425

Chemical status for surface waters

Table summarises the current chemical status of water bodies. These are classified as being at good or fail.

Chemical statusFailGoodTotal
Number of water bodies48048
Number of water body elements110577687

Why do all water bodies have a chemical status of fail?

Quantitative status for groundwater

Table summarises the quantitative status of groundwater water bodies. These are classified as being at good or poor.

Quantitative statusPoorGoodTotal
Number of water bodies000
Number of water body elements000

Chemical status for groundwater

Table summarises the chemical status of groundwater water bodies. These are classified as being at good or poor.

Chemical statusPoorGoodTotal
Number of water bodies000
Number of water body elements000

Challenges data for Hull and East Riding Management Catchment

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 issueChanges to the natural flow and level of waterInvasive non-native speciesPhysical modificationsPollution from abandoned minesPollution from rural areasPollution from towns, cities and transportPollution from waste water
Agriculture and rural land management304501800
Domestic general public00000220
Industry0010050
Local & central government0050001
Mining and quarrying0000000
Navigation0000000
No sector responsible0000000
Other1020000
Recreation0000030
Sector under investigation00110000
Urban and transport0030030
Waste treatment and disposal00000100
Water Industry00100039
Total40680184340

Objectives data for Hull and East Riding Management Catchment

Ecological status or potential objectives for surface water bodies

Table summarises the ecological status and ecological potential objectives set for water bodies in the river basin management plan. Each water body is only counted once in this table. Each water body objective consists of a target status and a date when it was, or is expected to be, met.

StatusBadPoorModerateGoodHighTotal
By 20150083011
By 2021001102
By 202700035035
Total00939048

33 of the "by 2027" objectives are low confidence

Chemical status objectives for surface water bodies

Including those with less stringent objectives and extended deadlines

StatusFailGoodTotal
By 206304848
Total04848

0 of the "by 2027" objectives are low confidence

Quantitative status objectives for groundwater

Including those with less stringent objectives and extended deadlines

StatusPoor
GoodTotal
Total000

0 of the "by 2027" objectives are low confidence

Chemical status objectives for groundwater

Including those with less stringent objectives and extended deadlines

StatusPoor
GoodTotal
Total000

0 of the "by 2027" objectives are low confidence

Summary Statistics data for Hull and East Riding Management Catchment

Ecological status and potential

Summary statisticRivers, Canals and SWTsLakesEstuariesCoastalSurface Waters Combined
% of water bodies at good or better ecological status/potential6%0%6%
% of biological elements, phys-chem elements and specific pollutants at good or better status75%72%75%
% of water bodies with an objective of good ecological status/potential or better81%100%81%
% of biological elements, phys-chem elements and Specific Pollutants with an objective of good status or better91%100%92%

Chemical

Summary statisticRivers, Canals and SWTsLakesEstuariesCoastalSurface Waters Combined
% of water bodies at good chemical status0%0%0%
% of chemical elements at good status83%94%84%
% of water bodies at good chemical status without uPBT96%100%96%
% of chemical elements at good status without uPBTGreater than 99%100%Greater than 99%
% of water bodies with an objective of good chemical status100%100%100%
% of chemical elements with an objective of good100%100%100%
% of water bodies with an objective of good chemical status without uPBT100%100%100%
% of chemical elements with an objective of good without uPBTs100%100%100%