Useful maps from elsewhere

Useful maps from elsewhere

Environmental Agency

The Environment Agency measure against the standards in the Water Framework Directive and display the Ecological Status Classification (excellent, Good, Moderate or Poor) for each section of the river. The reports providing the detail of these classifications are provided in the Environment Agency Catchment Data Explorer.

The sample points and data that the Environment Agency use to monitor water quality using chemical tests are in the OpenWIMS section of the Catchment Data Explorer and the DEFRA Open WIMS data download page. The Environment Agency Fish, Invertebrate and plant/algae data can be downloaded from the EA Ecology and Fish Data Explorer.

Northumbrian Water

Northumbrian Water publish real time maps of storm overflow from sewage treatment works and CSOs (combined sewer overflow). These are used to update the Rivers Trust Sewage Map. The Surfers Against Sewage Sewage Pollution Alerts and the DEFRA Swimfo map of bathing water quality both provide advice about whether it is safe to swim from beaches use Environment Agency data.

The planned work on sewage infrastructure by Northumbrian Water is contained within the Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans.

Rainfall, river flow and river level

The DEFRA Hydrology data explorer provide up-to-date data for rainfall, riverflow and river level from automatic monitoring stations along the Coquet. The River Levels website gives similar information but the data is easier to download. The HadUK-Grid Gridded Climate Observations provide a long-term dataset of climatic conditions within 1 km squares – values are estimated from the Met Office data from weather stations. This dataset gives useful rainfall data for places where there is not a weather station.

Other useful maps

Natural England have defined Natural Character areas – areas with similar geology and fauna and flora. These areas are being used for the Local Nature Recover Strategy work – a scheme initiated by DEFRA where Councils and other government organisation work with farmers and other landowners to improve biodiversity.