BGS Hosted Metadata
Faecal bacteria concentration in the River Wharfe from 2019 to 2021
This dataset contains faecal bacteria data (mainly E. coli but also some Intestinal enterococci) for the River Wharfe and its tributaries in Yorkshire. They were collected and analysed as part of citizen science projects (termed the Ashlands and iWharfe projects) designed to assess the extent to which the river is contaminated by sewage effluent and capable of meeting national bathing water standards. In the Ashlands project, samples were taken upstream and downstream of the Sewage Treatment Works in Ilkley. The data were used in a successful application by the Ilkley Clean River Group for the river in Ilkley to be designated as a bathing water, the first running water site so designated in the UK. The iWharfe data are from samples collected on two occasions (2020 and 2021) at sites along the full length of the river and selected tributaries and show in particular the level of faecal bacteria contamination at recreational sites along the river. Overall, the data show not only the importance of sewage effluent in causing high concentrations of faecal bacteria in the river but also the role of agricultural sources presumed to be from farm livestock. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3
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- Date (Publication)
- 2022-05-03
- Citation identifier
- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3
- Citation identifier
- doi: / 10.5285/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3
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Secrett, M., Battarbee, R.W. (2022). Faecal bacteria concentration in the River Wharfe from 2019 to 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Addingham Environment Group
Secrett, M.
Author University College London Battarbee, R.W. Author University College London Battarbee, R.W. Point of contact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian University College London Owner Addingham Environment Group
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GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
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Environmental Monitoring Facilities
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GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3
- Keywords
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- Water quality
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Yorkshire Dales
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Ilkley
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River Wharfe
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E. coli
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intestinal enterococci
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- no limitations
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Secrett, M., Battarbee, R.W. (2022). Faecal bacteria concentration in the River Wharfe from 2019 to 2021. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3
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- Text, table
- Distance
- 100 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
- Language
- English
- Character set
- UTF8
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- Environment
- Inland waters
- Begin date
- 2019-04-01
- End date
- 2021-09-30
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- Unique resource identifier
- WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator
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Name Version Comma-separated values (CSV)
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3 Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3.zip Supporting information
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dataset
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
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Samples were collected in sterile bottles by trained volunteers, kept in cool bags during transport, delivered to an ALS Ltd collection point in Wakefield and thence to ALS Ltd, an accredited laboratory, in Coventry for analysis. Samples were analysed using standard methods within 24 hours of collection. Data were quality controlled by ALS before release. All data collected and analysed in this way have been collated and included in this data-set.
Metadata
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- a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3 XML
- Metadata language
- English
- Character set
- 8859 Part 1
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- Dataset
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dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-11-13T16:14:51
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
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2.3
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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