Observation

Byfleet beach

River Wey

River or stream

May 29, 2026 at 8:45 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy
  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Hazy cloud, warming up

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Sunny and very hot


Qualitative readings

  • Water use

    Community scientist interpretation

    Two dogs at the water’s edge during walks, one entered the water

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Colourless, Green

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Clear


Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None


Issue reporting

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None


Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Steady

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Average

  • Ice presence

    Community scientist interpretation

    Ice off


Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    20 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    21.7 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    520 μS/cm

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.5

    Regulatory
  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    80 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    200 ppm

  • Nitrate-nitrogen

    Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)

    ≥ 10 mg/L

  • Phosphate-phosphorus

    Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)

    ≤ 0 mg/L


Biological tests

  • E. coli

    Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform)

    1,400.0 CFU/100 mL

    Regulatory

Notes

Burrowing bee spotted on the bank.