Research work on water quality includes the following:
Sediments, nutrients and aquatic plants
Aquatic Plant Management (formerly Centre for Aquatic Plant Management)
Micro-organics – understanding how micro-organic contaminants behave in aquatic systems and assessing their impact on ecosystems
Managing surface waters to achieve ecological objectives – REBECCA
Acidification of surface waters
Acid Water Monitoring Network (AWMN)
Data and experimental facilities
National River Flow Archive (NRFA) – national data centre for the UK
LOCAR – LOwland CAtchment Research programme, England
There are several laboratories within the Water Quality section including the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, the Organic Chemistry Laboratory, the Sediments Laboratory and the Aquatic Plant Management (APM) Laboratory
Modelling – simulating chemical, physical and biological processes in rivers
CASCADE – a spatially distributed water quality model that quantifies delivery of diffuse sources of pollution to watercourses
HarmoniRib – modelling uncertainty in river basin management across Europe
MAGIC – a dynamic model to predict the long-term effects of acid deposition on soils and surface water chemistry
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