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SEPA Sediment Monitoring sites

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Dataset of 1076 sediment monitoring sites in Scotland measured by SEPA for a variety of purposes. The dataset consists of site locations in British National Grid or Lat/Long WGS84, describing aspects of each site and the monitoring activity including medium (river, marine and estuarine); purpose of the monitoring (Water Framework Directive [1], Controlled Activities Regulations [1] and Clean Seas Environmental Monitoring Programme); analytic function (including organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, metals chemistry, marine biology and invertebrates), and approximate annual frequency of the monitoring.

[1] "What Water regulations apply in Scotland?" SEPA. http://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/water/. Checked 04/10-2016
Publication date: 2014-05-09

Format

Shapefile

Spatial information

Study area
Spatial representation type
Spatial reference systems
OSGB 1936 / British National Grid
WGS 84

Provenance & quality

Unknown

Other contacts

Resource provider
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
 datarequests@sepa.org.uk

Additional metadata

Topic categories
environment
inlandWaters
oceans
Keywords
Geospatial / Map , National , Sediment , Site Specific Data , Water Quality , Water Use
Last updated
30 January 2017 14:53