New 2023 Full Data Analysis Report

The River Wye Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is failing to meet phosphate targets in some reaches and very close to the threshold in others. There have been reports of algal blooms in the river and anecdotal accounts of ecological decline over the past few years. The scale of data being captured in the Wye Management Catchment is large and a monitoring project to try to improve understanding of the causes of changes in the condition of the Wye has been run by the Environment Agency (EA) since 2021. All this data contributes to the overall picture of what is happening in the catchment. We will combine new evidence with existing datasets to contribute to a common understanding among all stakeholders of the issues and actions required.

The 2023 River Wye Data Analysis Report has now been published: https://engageenvironmentagency.uk.engagementhq.com/science-and-data