Appendix 1

The following tables provide an overview of the pressures within each catchment. Adjacent non-catchment coastal water bodies have been grouped into the nearest land catchment. Please note that, as one water body may be affected by more than one pressure, some water bodies may be counted twice in these tables.

Number of water bodies affected by point source pollution pressures in each catchment

 

Industry sector

Allan Water

 

 

Berwick coastal

 

 

East Lothian coastal

 

Edinburgh coastal

 

Eye Water

 

 

Forth Estuary (South) coastal

River Almond

 

River Avon

 

River Carron

 

River Devon

 

River Esk

 

River Forth

 

River Leven

 

River Tyne

 

 

 

South Fife coastal

 

 

 

Stirling coastal

 

 

Water of Leith

 

 

Forth Estuary

and

Firth of Forth

 

Total number of water bodies in catchment

9

3

15

5

4

11

20

8

14

5

17

46

23

13

21

8

10

6

Agriculture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

 

Aquaculture

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sewage disposal

 

 

3

1

 

2

11

6

3

1

7

4

5

5

7

3

2

2

Landfill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

1

Mining and quarrying of coal

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

5

 

3

 

2

1

 

 

Air transport

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other manufacturing and food and whisky production

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

1

 

 

 

1

1

1

 

 

2

Recreational activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1*

 

 

 

 

 

* Knockhill Racing Circuit

Number of water bodies affected by diffuse pressures in each catchment

 

Industry sector

Allan Water

Berwick coastal

East Lothian coastal

Edinburgh coastal

Eye Water

River Almond

River Avon

River Carron

River Devon

River Esk

River Forth

River Leven

River Tyne

 

 

South Fife coastal

 

 

Stirling coastal

 

 

Water of Leith

 

 

Forth Estuary (South) coastal

Total number of water bodies in catchment

9

3

15

5

4

20

8

14

5

17

46

23

13

21

8

10

11

Forestry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Agriculture

 

1

6

1

4

6

1

 

 

3

5

12

9

10

4

1

3

Transport

 

 

 

1

 

2

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

Sewage disposal

 

 

 

2

 

3

1

 

 

 

 

2

 

4

 

1

 

Mining and quarrying of coal/oil shale

 

 

 

 

 

7

2

 

 

 

 

2

 

1

 

 

 

Urban development

 

 

 

1

 

3

2

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1***

 

Unknown origin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1*

 

 

1**

 

 

 

 

 

 

* Failing total iron so could be linked to mining and quarrying.

** Fish downgrade – missing year class for salmon and low trout numbers. Will require investigative monitoring.

*** Phosphorous ­– so could be sewage.

Number of water bodies affected by morphological pressures in each catchment

Industry sector

Allan Water

Berwick coastal

East Lothian coastal

Edinburgh coastal

Eye Water

 

 

Forth Estuary (South) coastal

River Almond

River Avon

River Carron

River Devon

River Esk

River Forth

River Leven

River Tyne

 

 

South Fife coastal

 

 

Stirling coastal

 

 

Water of Leith

 

 

Forth Estuary and

Firth of Forth

 

Total number of water bodies in catchment

9

3

15

5

4

11

20

8

14

5

17

46

23

13

21

8

10

6

Forestry

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

1

 

Agriculture

 

 

5

 

1

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

2

 

 

 

 

 

Aquaculture

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Water collection, purification and distribution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

4

6

1

1

 

 

1

 

Road/rail transport

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other* (includes urban development)

8

 

 

2

 

3

21

2

8

2

16

5

16

11

7

3

8

2

Coastal transport/land reclamation/

sea defence

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

* The majority of these pressures are associated with barriers to fish passage (eg in the River Tyne catchment, 11 of the 12 water bodies within the catchment are downgraded from good ecological status due to the presence of a fish barrier low down in the catchment), or from are water bodies affected by multiple pressures such as straightening/bank reinforcement.

Number of water bodies affected by abstraction pressures in each catchment

 

Industry sector

Allan Water

Berwick coastal

East Lothian coastal

Edinburgh coastal

Eye Water

 

 

Forth Estuary (South) coastal

River Almond

River Avon

River Carron

River Devon

River Esk

River Forth

River Leven

River Tyne

 

 

South Fife coastal

 

 

Stirling Coastal

 

 

Water of Leith

 

Forth Estuary and

Firth of Forth

 

Total number of water bodies in catchment

9

3

15

5

4

11

20

8

14

5

17

46

23

13

21

8

10

6

Agriculture

 

 

5

 

1

 

1

 

 

1

 

 

2

3

4

 

 

 

 

Aquaculture

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Mining and quarrying of coal

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

Production of renewable energy*

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

1

 

 

 

 

2

Water collection, purification and distribution

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

2

1

 

2

1

1

 

 

2

 

1

 

Mineral water /food/whisky production

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

Other manufacturing

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

2

 

 

 

* Nuclear and pumped hydro are not renewable forms of electricity generation.

Number of water bodies affected by flow regulation pressures in each catchment

 

Industry sector

Allan Water

Berwick coastal

East Lothian coastal

Edinburgh coastal

Eye Water

River Almond

River Avon

River Carron

River Devon

River Esk

River Forth

River Leven

River Tyne

 

 

South Fife coastal

 

 

Stirling Coastal

 

 

Water of Leith

 

 

Forth Estuary (South) coastal

Total number of water bodies in catchment

9

3

15

5

4

20

8

14

5

17

46

23

13

21

8

10

11

Water collection, purification and distribution

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

2

1

 

6

5

1

 

 

1