The CREW project ‘Developing simple indicators to assess the role of soils in determining risks to water quality’ produced a methodology and four soil risk indicators (run-off, leaching, compaction and erosion). This approach enables existing soil information to be used by non-soil specialists to help identify areas where there is a risk of diffuse water pollution.
The next step is to use the methodology developed in the initial project to produce attribute tables and a mechanism to allow SEPA to produce risk maps, that can be used at a field level, for all of the diffuse pollution priority areas (existing and future) or as far as this is possible given the availability of sufficient soil data exists.
Topic
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Project Objective
Objective Details
- Production and supply of a series of attribute tables relating to run-off, leaching, erosion, topsoil and sub-soil compaction risks. It is acknowledged that the attribute table for leaching will be a static estimate.
- Technical guidance explaining the mechanism to build the maps using the attribute tables.
- User guide for staff to explain how to use and interpret the risk maps
- Interim meeting to discuss draft technical guidance, the methodology and staff user guide. The format of the training will also be agreed.
- Final maps and user guide
- Delivery of a training workshop
Name
Nikki Dodd
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