Observation

Foxwood Beck 2 (Outfall 10 metre mixing zone)

Wyke Beck

River or stream

April 25, 2026 at 6:04 PM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

Qualitative readings

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Colourless

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Clear


Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None


Issue reporting

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Residential discharge

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None


Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Steady

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Average


Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    12 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    9.4 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    700 μS/cm

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.2

    Regulatory
  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    120 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    200 ppm

  • Nitrate-nitrogen

    Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)

    1.5 mg/L

  • Phosphate-phosphorus

    Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)

    0.02 mg/L

  • Ammonia

    Hanna checker (ammonia - medium range)

    1.79 mg/L

  • Phosphate

    Hanna checker (phosphate - low range)

    0.18 mg/L


Notes

Hanna meter phosphate is 0.18 / 3.066 = 0.06 to compare with Kyoritsu About 10 metres down from the CSO this part of the Beck is quite shallow. Just after this zone the beck gets wider and deeper. No scum here