Dr. Jenny Deakin:

When we take our water quality samples, we also measure flows around the country. We have a fairly dense network of flow monitoring stations where we can multiply the concentrations we get from the samples by the flows, to give us the loads. Separately, we also look at the loads to the marine environment. That would be one of the indicators in the report we published in the middle of June entitled Water Quality in 2022 - An Indicators Report. We take the flows into account when we are giving our overall picture.