US EPA

4487768 

Journal Article 

The Water Quality of a Tributary of the Thames, the Pang, Southern England 

Neal, C; Neal, M; Wickham, H; Harrow, M 

2000 

1 

Science of the Total Environment
ISSN: 0048-9697
EISSN: 1879-1026 

Elsevier Science, P.O. Box 211 Amsterdam 1000 AE 

AMSTERDAM 

251 (May 5 

459. 

English 

10847178 

10.1016/s0048-9697(00)00399-5 

WOS:000087253500031 

Water samples were collected regularly at four sites along the River Pang, which is a tributary of the River Thames in the UK, and water-quality parameters were measured. The extensive chemical data are tabulated, showing that the waters are relatively high in alkalinity, made up essentially of bicarbonate, with nitrate making up most of the remaining anion imbalance. The waters are all oversaturated with respect to calcite. Phosphorus occurs predominantly as soluble reactive P, dissolved organic P, and particulate P. Nitrate is the dominant form of nitrogen, although ammonium and nitrite concentrations are measurable. Silica exhibits relatively small variation in concentration, but boron concentrations fluctuate by a factor of approximately ten across the sampling sites. Overall, the water quality of the Pang is shown to be very similar to that of other agricultural catchments associated with the chalk aquifers of the Thames basin. 

NUTRIENTS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER CHEMISTRY; THAMES RIVER BASIN; UNITED KINGDOM; 2000)