Articles | Volume 10, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1637-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1637-2018
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

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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.
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