River Wey

Discharge from sewerage works, frothy and scummy
Fishing line on path
2 diving birds, grebes ?

3 kites over Slyfield, crows mobbing them

Both Total Coliforms and E.coli were above detection limit with 50% dilution. Reading >4839.2CFU/100mL.

Total coliforms were both above the range: >2419.6 CFU/100mL.
E. coli reading was a reading of 2419.6CFU/100mL. (1 small well was not fluorescent).

E. coli using Fluidium. IDEXX Colilert read >2419 CFU/100mL

Oppersite river bank landscape is changing fast, river bank trees and scrub all removed prior to large housing development and new sewage works. Fencing put up further back , cranes starting to work on the development site. Ecologists green net fencing now all removed on this oppersite river bank. River very high today and surging fast after storm Garrick.

River High , following heavy rain fall over last week. Flood alert issued for Upper River Wey by Environment Agency.

Whiff of sewage

We saw lots of Birds today on the river. Ducks, Heron, Coots, Grebe.
Thew Sewage smell was very strong today coming from the Sewage works , with a fair breeze blowing at times. The Sewage works is being decommissioned and being re built further down stream.

Damsel flies around. One duck. Slow moving water. No smell! Don’t understand conductivity reading -calibrate reader?