St Catherines swimming spot : River Wey

Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Observed by
Alyson Canton

Observation report

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Water quality tests

✓ Quality checked by Water Rangers What's this?

pH (0-14) What's this? 7.7
Chlorine ppm What's this? 0.0
Hardness mg/L What's this? 200.0
Nitrates mg/L What's this? 3.5
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 120.0
Conductivity μS/cm What's this? 437.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 14.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 18.2
Phosphates total ppm What's this? 0.2

Qualitative

Algae What's this? No
Odour What's this? None
Clarity What's this? Opaque
Water Flow What's this? Slow
Water Uses What's this? Swimming
Water Level What's this? Low
Water Colour What's this? Brown

Weather

Current weather What's this?
Sunny with small cumulus clouds.
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
Sunny with small cumulus clouds.

Latest photos

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Notes

We swam upstream afterwards and there were small thin patches of bubbles on the surface of the water coming downstream towards us. This could have just been from agitation of the water further upstream.