Acid Waters Monitoring Network, UK

The UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network was established in 1988 to provide a high quality chemical and biological database with which to assess surface water response to reductions in acid emissions. It provides a unique collection of headwater catchments which span a range of S and N deposition, geological sensitivity to acidic deposition, and degree of afforestation.

The MAGIC model has been applied to 21 sites of the UK Acid Waters Monitoring Network to determine:

• the likely response of soil and surface water acidification to the Second S Protocol;
• the level of deposition reduction required to produce recovery at sites where the Second S Protocol is inadequate; and
• the role of afforestation in future acidification status
  

Location of the Acid Waters Monitoring Network sites

MODEL APPLICATION AND RESULTS

• References
• Contact point e-mail: rpc@ua.nwl.ac.uk
• Acid Water Monitoring Network

Project Site Descriptions

• ABER, Wales,UK
• Speuld
• Kangasvaara
• Risdalsheia
• Awmn