Downstream of Slyfield Treatment Works : River Wey

Burpham, Surrey, United Kingdom

Observed by
Sarah Davis

Observation report

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Water quality tests

✓ Quality checked by Water Rangers What's this?

pH (0-14) What's this? 7.4
Chlorine ppm What's this? 0.0
Hardness mg/L What's this? 180.0
Nitrates mg/L What's this? 2.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 120.0
Conductivity μS/cm What's this? 457.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 20.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 16.9
Phosphates total ppm What's this? 0.15

Qualitative

Algae What's this? No
Odour What's this? Sewage
Clarity What's this? Opaque
Pollution What's this? Other
Water Flow What's this? Steady
Water Uses What's this? Fishing, Boating
Water Level What's this? High
Water Colour What's this? Brown, Green
On the water surface What's this? Natural debris

Weather

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Latest photos

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Notes

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.