| Symbols |
| The following symbols have been used throughout the publication |
| Symbol | Meaning | Symbol | Meaning |
| .. | not available | l | litre |
| - | nil or negligible | Ml | megalitre |
| (less than 1/2 the final digit shown) | Ml/d | megalitre per day |
| ns | not sampled | l/hd/d | litres per head per day |
| nd | not detected | mg/l | milligrams per litre |
| na | not analysed | mg/lO | milligrams per litre of oxygen |
| | mg/lN | milligrams per litre of nitrogen |
| < | less than | Gw | Giga watt |
| > | greater than | Gwh | Giga watt hour |
| less than or equal to | ppb | parts per billion |
| greater than or equal to | pH | measure of acidity/alkalinity |
| (percentage hydrogen ions) |
| % | per cent | Keq H+ | kilo equivalent of hydrogen |
| | GMT | Greenwich Mean Time |
| (000) | thousands | 0C | degrees celsius |
| £(000) | thousand pounds |
| £m | million pounds |
| mm | millimetre | bcm | billion cubic metres |
| m | metre | bcf | billion cubic feet |
| m2 | square metres |
| m3 | cubic metre | O | oxygen |
| m3/sec | cubic metres per second | N | nitrogen |
| | NO2 | nitrogen dioxide |
| km | kilometre | SO2 | sulphur dioxide |
| km2 or sqkm | square kilometre |
| ha | hectare | mSv | millisievert |
| | Bqm-3 | bequerels per cubic metre |
| mg | milligram |
| g | gram |
| kg | kilogram |
| µgm-3 | microgrammes per cubic metre |
| ngm-3 | nanogrammes per cubic metre |