Observation

SSV1 Scrase Valley

Scrase Stream

River or stream

September 6, 2026 at 3:50 PM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Recent precipitation

    Community scientist interpretation

    More than 72 hours ago

Qualitative readings

  • Water use

    Community scientist interpretation

    dogs dipping

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Brown

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cloudy

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

    Slow

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Average

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    24 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    17 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    448 μS/cm

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.8

    Regulatory

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    80 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    100 ppm

  • Nitrate

    Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)

    1 mg/L

  • Phosphate-phosphorus

    Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)

    ≤ 0 mg/L

Notes

the water was much cloudier than usual but a local dog walker said that Sundays would have been busy for dog walker who throw sticks in at this point. The bank was wet despite no rain suggesting this was the case.