a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:14:51 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 / Pseudo-Mercator Faecal bacteria concentration in the River Wharfe from 2019 to 2021 2022-05-03 publication https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3 10.5285/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3 doi: 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 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 Secrett, M. Addingham Environment Group malcolm.secrett@outlook.com author Battarbee, R.W. University College London r.battarbee@ucl.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3963-6228 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Battarbee, R.W. University College London r.battarbee@ucl.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3963-6228 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information pointOfContact NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian University College London r.battarbee@ucl.ac.uk owner Addingham Environment Group malcolm.secrett@outlook.com owner Environmental Monitoring Facilities theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication citizen science bathing water GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Water quality Yorkshire Dales Ilkley River Wharfe E. coli intestinal enterococci otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions 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 textTable 100 English utf8 environment inlandWaters 2019-04-01 2021-09-30 -1.992 -0.143 53.355 54.963 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/a8f553c0-8fff-4b23-9461-fd59d0fd2ed3.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset 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 2010-12-08 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.