Summary of quantitative results
Guidelines for exceedances are based on:
United Kingdom
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Chemistry tests
Location
The White House Bridge (Old River Lea)
River Lea
River Lea in Hackney
Dataset summary
The White House Bridge (Old River Lea) has data for current_weather, phosphates, water_temperature, ammonia, water_level, water_flow, clarity, on_the_water_s_surface, colour, water_use, algae, pollution_sources, odour, previous_weather, turbidity, conductivity, previous_weather_description, current_weather_description, and air_temperature from 14 October 2023 to 5 October 2025.
- Water body type River or stream
- Dataset Lea Guardians, Thames21
- Data collector Philly Nicholls
- Location description
- The River Lea flows from the countryside of Hertfordshire to Bow Locks in East London, dissecting North and East London. It suffers from a number of pollution streams including raw sewage from misconnected plumbing and diffuse pollution from roads and agriculture higher up in the catchment. In its lower urban section where it has been canalised, options for naturalising the channel are limited. Sampling happens from the White House Bridge.