Distribution of annual site mean concentration of certain heavy metals in rivers - 1980-2013

Great Britain
Metals Site Perce 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985

Zinc 90th percen 80.2659 59.4286 55.0714 72 68.2143 63.6875

Zinc 50th percen 24.2292 20.2143 20.25 22.2738 23.75 20.9792
Zinc 10th percen 7.5132 5.9167 6.8333 6 5.6667 5
Zinc No. of sites 202 195 197 196 189 184
Copper 90th percen 19.7708 24.1667 19.6429 19.7 24.875 18.8864
Copper 50th percen 7.4417 7.2143 6.9451 7.629 8.4444 6.697
Copper 10th percen 3.4722 2.5 3.2817 2.5923 2.875 2.7093
Copper No. of sites 202 193 198 196 189 192
Lead 90th percen 23.1758 21.4764 30 25 19.9274 23.75
Lead 50th percen 6.75 5.8709 5.2692 5.6667 5.4674 4.7143
Lead 10th percen 1.2029 1.0931 2.0588 2.1667 2.2576 1.5
Lead No. of sites 192 188 197 195 180 187
Nickel 90th percen 20.625 15.4412 13.4524 19.4108 21.3636 14.5844
Nickel 50th percen 5.875 5 4.5506 5 5 5
Nickel 10th percen 1.6071 1.2055 1.5 1.6536 1.7778 1.6333
Nickel No. of sites 189 190 196 194 185 188
Chromium 90th percen 14.8889 15 11.1364 12.5114 12.3365 8.8075
Chromium 50th percen 5 5 4.9167 5 5 5
Chromium 10th percen 1.0357 1.6288 1.3571 1.5858 1.9028 1.1233
Chromium No. of sites 189 182 187 194 184 186
Arsenic 90th percen 10 7.5 6.2714 5 5 5
Arsenic 50th percen 5 3 2.1 2.5 2.5 2.1537
Arsenic 10th percen 1.1818 0.75 0.5 0.25 0.5 0.5
Arsenic No. of sites 51 78 111 80 66 70
ers - 1980-2013

1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

54.5238 56.5238 55.6677 48.3333 49.5 49.8268 48.5526 40.4762

19.7592 19.3077 16.6184 13.6703 15.4545 16.3883 15.5473 13.5833
4.65 5.25 4.2614 4.5682 5.2667 5.4554 5.4483 3.4545
210 201 204 200 195 196 202 195
15.6168 17.6575 14.8043 12.8835 13 12.01 10.75 10.5748
5.6271 5.4006 5 4.2846 4.5156 4.1005 4 3.8868
2.2917 1.9423 1.4 1.5358 1.8542 1.4286 1.5 1.2887
200 190 199 194 186 184 187 180
18.4234 13.5 9.9013 10.756 9.3158 9 9.9286 8.6077
4.7727 4.6053 3.8864 3.4659 3.5 2.4615 2.3462 2.5
1.6069 1.4167 1.25 1.0732 1 0.8636 0.7083 0.7003
194 185 194 186 189 183 187 180
15.8547 12.86 14.9702 13.2542 12.7692 11.72 10.6316 9.7143
5 5 4.6333 4.6189 4 3.8654 3.3333 3.1681
1.6159 1.4444 2.1688 1.5938 1.5909 0.8636 0.7 0.6186
196 179 186 166 152 161 167 168
11.1667 8.3478 7.3636 6.8019 7.3925 8.6333 7.9167 5.95
4.7083 3.5682 2.6935 2.5 2.5 2.4667 1.6364 1.6875
1.3333 1 0.75 0.6875 0.6583 0.5 0.5 0.5
195 179 187 168 162 160 167 169
5 4.5167 5 5 5 5 3.5498 3.1357
2.0071 1.5 1.3417 1.3875 2.5 2.5 1.7375 1.5
0.4033 0.4833 0.4375 0.55 0.7222 0.6208 0.3896 0.34
86 88 89 117 129 126 126 127
 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

39.6154 38.2414 44.0714 40.1538 60.2 37.7333 35.99 32.6429

13.1818 13.6667 13.2692 13.25 14.3795 11.3083 12.5833 12.0222
4.2692 4.2843 4.375 4.9167 4.5 3.8417 4.6575 4.755
195 197 203 195 201 217 225 225
10.2 9.4167 9.0278 9.0395 10.68 8.7189 7.772 8.1556
3.75 3.2857 2.9583 3.6618 3.6 2.8975 3.3089 3.1767
1.1417 1.0769 1.0588 1.25 1.3167 1.0551 1.1634 1.1683
180 197 195 194 201 216 220 221
8.7595 7.2 7.8824 6.2784 13.3408 6.923 7.7418 5.5291
1.9844 1.48 1.3667 1.5878 2.353 1.6667 1.9979 1.7354
0.7042 0.6071 0.5611 0.6667 0.6995 0.4286 0.6042 0.5
180 183 184 176 176 177 182 183
9.2727 10.3333 9.6556 9.375 7.9477 9.2766 7.7326 6.7871
2.625 3.625 3.0408 2.9808 2.9729 2.5 2.753 3.2402
0.825 1.1818 1.1774 1.5 1.5 1.4621 1.5 1.5
167 197 195 194 200 220 219 220
4.5 4.2222 4.5 4.0857 5.8576 2.8083 2.6479 3.1027
1.2008 1.0294 0.9583 1 1.1027 0.8731 0.9625 0.8167
0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4183 0.2792 0.3431 0.3333
166 197 195 194 200 215 219 219
3.6816 2.9533 3.2206 3.2229 2.5739 2.3858 2.2337 2.3031
1.1 1.0833 0.9225 1 0.7377 0.6967 0.64 0.6667
0.5 0.55 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4056 0.5 0.3575
135 165 170 179 188 199 198 207
 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

36.9327 33.5667 35.6385 36.1083 37.9458 28.725 29.4063 30.8

12.2014 9.9775 10.14 9.5164 10.0046 9.6 9.6793 8.31
4.0641 3.7364 3.2925 4.1833 3.7312 3.6454 4.0027 3.2917
226 227 227 225 226 225 224 225
7.0938 6.31 6.55 6.0583 5.9862 5.9467 6.4621 6.7583
3.0924 2.6875 2.8342 2.6942 2.605 2.625 2.7498 2.7175
1.1372 1.135 1.219 1.1267 1.0163 0.9991 1.0969 1.05
224 227 227 225 225 225 224 225
5.8246 3.9621 6.2834 4.5192 4.7758 3.9308 4.4917 5
1.5111 1.1407 1.225 1.1417 1.2417 1.2327 1.2564 1.1417
0.4411 0.5914 0.5278 0.3917 0.3595 0.5291 0.5288 0.3442
185 226 226 225 225 225 224 225
5.7273 5.6621 5.4751 4.5 4.3917 4.4167 4.5497 4.775
2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0233
1.4067 1.3881 1.5 1.4167 1.0197 1.2712 1.3881 0.78
223 226 226 225 225 225 224 225
2.67 2.8379 2.6421 2.0833 1.8194 2.1858 1.596 2.0842
0.885 0.9967 0.8778 0.574 0.5733 0.6 0.6108 0.5748
0.3375 0.3509 0.3131 0.25 0.25 0.2958 0.2896 0.3038
223 226 226 225 225 225 224 225
2.0292 2.125 1.9755 1.9833 1.8158 1.792 1.9958 1.9375
0.5784 0.6642 0.6475 0.6167 0.6833 0.6154 0.65 0.6417
0.3809 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4629 0.499 0.5
204 211 211 225 225 225 224 225
 2010 2011 2012 2013

31.0125 26.9583 28.6167 27.8699

8.4946 8.7225 8.895 8.6693
2.7695 2.9608 3.5108 3.0607
226 223 225 228
5.8463 5.5733 5.6492 5.0623
2.5225 2.327 2.4033 2.3
0.9866 0.9292 1.035 0.9863
226 223 225 227
4.8192 3.5667 4.0045 3.47
1.1208 1.0833 1.235 1.1667
0.3514 0.3439 0.463 0.5556
226 223 225 227
5.0242 4.85 4.9044 4.5333
1.9169 2.0317 2.0417 2
0.5994 0.6215 0.6458 0.6433
226 223 225 227
1.7542 1.455 1.8446 1.9562
0.5362 0.46 0.65 0.7222
0.2733 0.25 0.3426 0.3
226 223 225 227
2.0325 1.9 1.9758 1.9008
0.5617 0.5583 0.6322 0.8
0.406 0.5 0.5 0.5
226 223 225 227