Staffordshire and Worcester Canal, summit to Trent and Mersey Canal Water Body Good ecological status
Get Staffordshire and Worcester Canal, summit to Trent and Mersey Canal data Attributes Water Body ID GB70410258 Water Body Type Canal Hydromorphological designation artificial NGR SJ9346218258 Length 18.552 km Surveillance Water Body No Classifications Classification Item 2019 Ecological Good Physico-chemical quality elements Good Ammonia (Phys-Chem) High Phosphate Good Temperature High Supporting elements (Surface Water) Good Mitigation Measures Assessment Good Chemical Fail Priority hazardous substances Fail 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 Fail Perfluorooctane sulphonate (PFOS) Good Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) Fail Priority substances Good Fluoranthene 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 Unknown (pending investigation) Unknown (pending investigation) Sector under investigation Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) Details RNAG Unknown (pending investigation) Unknown (pending investigation) Sector under investigation 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 Not assessed 2015 Physico-chemical quality elements Good 2021 Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens Ammonia (Phys-Chem) Good 2015 Phosphate Good 2021 Disproportionately expensive: Disproportionate burdens Temperature Good 2015 Hydromorphological Supporting Elements Not assessed 2015 Supporting elements (Surface Water) Good 2015 Mitigation Measures Assessment Good 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 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 Other Pollutants Does not require assessment 2015
Protected areas PA Name Id Directive More information River Trent (source to confluence with Derwent) S308 Nitrates Directive Staffordshire G30 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.
Monitoring Site Cycle 1 Cycle 2 Cycle 3 PARK GATE TEDDESLEY 81913740 2014, 2009, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 2015, 2014, 2013, 2016 TIXALL BRIDGE 81915180 2014, 2009, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010 2015, 2014, 2013, 2016