Weekly water quality monitoring data for the River Thames (UK) and its major tributaries (2009–2013): the Thames Initiative research platform

Bowes, Michael J.; Armstrong, Linda K.; Harman, Sarah A.; Wickham, Heather D.; Nicholls, David J. E.; Scarlett, Peter M.; Roberts, Colin; Jarvie, Helen P.; Old, Gareth H.; Gozzard, Emma; Bachiller-Jareno, Nuria; Read, Daniel S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1637-2018

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1637-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1637-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 3

Review article

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11 Sep 2018

Review article |

| 11 Sep 2018

Weekly water quality monitoring data for the River Thames (UK) and its major tributaries (2009–2013): the Thames Initiative research platform

Michael J. Bowes, Linda K. Armstrong, Sarah A. Harman, Heather D. Wickham, David J. E. Nicholls, Peter M. Scarlett, Colin Roberts, Helen P. Jarvie, Gareth H. Old, Emma Gozzard, Nuria Bachiller-Jareno, and Daniel S. Read

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1637-2018-supplement

Data sets

Weekly water quality data from the River Thames and its major tributaries (2009-2013) [CEH Thames Initiative] M. J. Bowes, L. K. Armstrong, H. D. Wickham, S. A. Harman, E. Gozzard, C. Roberts, and P. M. Scarlett https://doi.org/10.5285/e4c300b1-8bc3-4df2-b23a-e72e67eef2fd

Short summary

The water quality of the River Thames (UK) and its major tributaries has been monitored at weekly intervals since 2009. This monitoring captures changes in the water quality during a period of rapid change, related to increasing pressures (due to growing human population, increasing water demand, and climate change) and improvements in sewage treatment and agricultural practices. This study has shown that improvements in water quality have been principally due to sewage treatment improvements.