River Wey

E. coli using Fluidium. IDEXX Colilert read >2419 CFU/100mL

Oppersite river bank landscape is changing fast, river bank trees and scrub all removed prior to large housing development and new sewage works. Fencing put up further back , cranes starting to work on the development site. Ecologists green net fencing now all removed on this oppersite river bank. River very high today and surging fast after storm Garrick.

River High , following heavy rain fall over last week. Flood alert issued for Upper River Wey by Environment Agency.

Whiff of sewage

We saw lots of Birds today on the river. Ducks, Heron, Coots, Grebe.
Thew Sewage smell was very strong today coming from the Sewage works , with a fair breeze blowing at times. The Sewage works is being decommissioned and being re built further down stream.

Damsel flies around. One duck. Slow moving water. No smell! Don’t understand conductivity reading -calibrate reader?

Lots of Bird Wildlife seen today ( See Stock Lock Pontoon) We also saw More Hens on the river.
High fast flowing river , lots of rain over last 24 hours, so 'Out Let' Pipe from sewage works at Slyfield was racing out fast into the river, difficult to tell colour as moving so fast. Some Scum on river surface.

Fast flowing, high level, brown river

Water slower than upstream
Lots of dogs
Vegetation / trees cut back

Nitrates 4 x higher compared to upstream