Observation

River Leam North Bank RLSCC

River Leam

River or stream

June 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM

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Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
    • Rainy
  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Sunshine and thundery showers

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
    • Rainy
  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    There was heavy rainfall overnight, causing a sewage spill


Chemistry tests

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.5

    Regulatory
  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    200 ppm

  • Nitrate-nitrogen

    Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)

    2 mg/L

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    180 ppm

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    1,030 μS/cm

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    19 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    18.7 °C

  • Phosphate-phosphorus

    Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)

    0.05 mg/L


Notes

We know that there was an upstream spill for about half an hour during the night. We also noticed that the nitrate measurement was slightly higher than usual.