SEPA holds a large range of data arising from its monitoring of the environment as well as operator returned data. Some of this data is presented here. If you do not find what you are looking for on this page you can search for datasets using the Government's Information Asset Register (IAR), which lists data holdings by all government bodies, including SEPA. Alternatively contact us.

Bathing Water Reports State of the Environment National Waste Strategy Radiological Habits RIFE Waste Data Strategy

Industrial Emissions and Air Quality Data

• Scottish Pollutant Release Inventory (SPRI)
• European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER)
  
• Emissions of SO2 and NOx from Large Combustion Plants 1996-2006
  
• National Air Quality Report 2006 (847kb pdf)
  
  
  

Water Data

• National:
  
  • Bathing Waters Results
    
  • Freshwater Fisheries Directive Improvement Plans
    
  • Harmonised Monitoring Data 1974-2005
    
  • River Levels
    
  • Shellfish Growing Waters and SEPA Monitoring Sites
    
  • Sewage Treatment in the UK: Sensitive Areas July 2003 (DEFRA)
    
  • Salmonid Waters defined using SEPA's baseline digital river network (4.25mb pdf)
    
  • Water Quality Classification Schemes and Results
    
• Local:
  • North of Scotland Water Quality 1999-2002 Report (23kb pdf)
    
  • South West Scotland : Water Quality
    
  • Water Quality in the Forth Estuary : 1980-99 (412kb pdf)
    
  • Environmental Quality Objective Reports for Various Stretches of the Coastline in East Scotland
    
  • Trace Metals in the Forth Estuary (338kb pdf)
    
  • Assessment of TBT Impacts and Concentrations in Loch Ryan, Scotland (720kb pdf)
    
    
    

Waste Data

• Waste Data Strategy