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Homan, T.

High-resolution water quality data from the River Frome catchment, Dorset, UK, August-September 2022

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https://doi.org/10.5285/ccaf2871-1a1a-4cb4-aadf-883fb984a90f
This dataset contains high-frequency water quality measurements taken at multiple sites in the River Frome catchment area, Dorset, UK. Water quality data consists of a mixture of 30-min sensor readings and frequent grab samples. Also included are high-frequency discharge readings at Environment Agency (EA) managed flow gauging stations and at sewage treatment work (STW) effluents. These measurements were taken between 12/08/2022 and 14/09/2022 inclusive.

Measurements were recorded at multiple river sites, boreholes, and STW effluents. All sites are contained within the catchment area between the Environment Agency gauging stations located at Dorchester and East Stoke i.e., the lower part of the River Frome. In total, 24 monitoring sites exist.

The data were collected for PhD project “Supporting river water-quality management by high-resolution modelling: a case study in a lowland permeable chalk catchment” awarded to Thomas Homan and funded under GW4 FRESH CDT, supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (Grant NE/R0115241). Water quality data were collected by Thomas Homan (PhD candidate at the University of Bath). Wessex Water Ltd. provided high frequency measurements of ammonium and discharge at their STW sites, borehole water quality measurements, as well as high-frequency nitrate measurements at sites: Louds Mill and East Stoke. The Environment Agency discharge data were provided under the terms of the Open Government Licence.
Publication date: 2024-06-17
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Format

Comma-separated values (CSV)

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Tabular (text)
Spatial reference system
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid

Temporal information

Temporal extent
2022-08-12    to    2022-09-14
Temporal resolution
30 minutes

Provenance & quality

Data from four deployed YSI EXO2 sondes, provided as part of Meteor Communications Ltd.’s Water Quality as a Service (WQaaS), were downloaded from the MeteorCloud secure web portal. EXO3 sonde data were downloaded in the field from the sensor’s internal storage. Wessex Water Ltd. provided 30-minute NO3-N data, measured at Louds Mill and East Stoke using Hach Nitratax eco sc UV sensors (pathlength 5 mm, accuracy ± 5 %); grab sample results from their quality assured Scientific Centre; and high-frequency sewage effluent discharge data. Environment Agency (EA) hydrology data were downloaded from the online EA hydrology data explorer.
All data were collated into one dataset and data wrangling and cleaning were performed in R statistical programming software. Only outliers that could be explained were removed from the dataset. Grab samples were used to spot-check the quality of the continuous data.

Licensing and constraints

Users of the data must cite that the dataset contains water quality data provided by Wessex Water Services Ltd., and hydrology data made available by the Environment Agency (EA) under the Open Government Licence v3.0

Cite this dataset as:
Homan, T. (2024). High-resolution water quality data from the River Frome catchment, Dorset, UK, August-September 2022. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre. https://doi.org/10.5285/ccaf2871-1a1a-4cb4-aadf-883fb984a90f

Correspondence/contact details

Homan, T.
University of Bath
Claverton Down
Bath
BA2 7AY
UNITED KINGDOM
 th502@bath.ac.uk

Author

Homan, T.
University of Bath

Other contacts

Rights holder
University of Bath
Custodian
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk
Publisher
NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
 info@eidc.ac.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
inlandWaters
INSPIRE theme
Environmental Monitoring Facilities
Keywords
chalk stream , Dorset , Environmental survey , grab samples , river discharge , river flow , River Frome , sensor , Water quality
Funding
Natural Environment Research Council Award: NE/R011524/1
Last updated
14 November 2024 12:43