River Cam A505 Road Bridge Whitlesford
EA name: R.CAM A505 RD.BR. WHITLESFORD
Environment Agency sampling point AN-27M09 · Freshwater - rivers · listed as open (“open” does not mean it is sampled now)
These are samples taken on a date, not live readings of the river. Results reach the Environment Agency's archive days to months after the sample is taken, so the newest here may be weeks or months old. FloodRadar does not grade them.
Where and when
- Last sampled
- 7 Mar 2024, 09:342.6 years ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone). Not sampled since, as far as the archive shows: the Environment Agency was asked up to 27 Oct 2026 and had nothing newer.
- Samples banked
- 6 since 9 Oct 2023 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 27 Oct 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
- Latest sample
- River / running surface water Environmental monitoring statutory (EU directives)
- Where
- National Grid 548700, 247250As published, to the nearest 10 m. Open in a map
- River, by its own name
- Cam
- River, by the map
- River CamPlaced on the river its name gives, 24 m from the line.
- Next gauge downstream
- Dernford On the River Cam · 5.4 km along the river
- Nearest gauge upstream
- Great Chesterford On the River Cam · 7.4 km along the river
- Why it was sampled
- Environmental monitoring statutory (EU directives) (6 samples)
Main measurements, river water
pH
code 0061
7.86
Sampled 7 Mar 2024, 2.6 years ago · 6 results banked
Every result (6)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Mar 2024, 09:34 | 7.86 | 7.86 |
| 1 Feb 2024, 13:39 | 8.02 | 8.02 |
| 4 Jan 2024, 10:57 | 8.11 | 8.11 |
| 7 Dec 2023, 10:59 | 8.02 | 8.02 |
| 1 Nov 2023, 11:21 | 7.9 | 7.9 |
| 9 Oct 2023, 12:08 | 7.81 | 7.81 |
Everything measured here
17 determinands, each kept by its code, unit and sample material: results in different units or on different materials are never mixed. A “below” result is under the laboratory's detection limit, not zero.
Show all 17 rows
| Determinand | Material | Results | First – last | Latest result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pH 0061 | River water | 6 | Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 | 7.86 7 Mar 2024 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane 3268 | River water | 2 | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 | below 0.1 µg/l 4 Jan 2024 |
| Calcium 0241 | River water | 2 | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 | 120 mg/l 4 Jan 2024 |
| Calcium, Dissolved 0239 | River water | 6 | Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 | 140 mg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| Carbon, Organic, Dissolved as C :- {DOC} 0301 | River water | 6 | Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 | 2.7 mg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| Chromium Hexavalent, Dissolved :- {Cr VI} 6619 | River water | 2 | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 | 0.074 µg/l 4 Jan 2024 |
| Chromium, Dissolved 3409 | River water | 2 | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 | below 0.5 µg/l 4 Jan 2024 |
| Copper : BLM Bioavailable 4821 | River water | 2 | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 | 0.17 µg/l 4 Jan 2024 |
| Copper, Dissolved 6450 | River water | 2 | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 | 2.2 µg/l 4 Jan 2024 |
| Hardness, Total as CaCO3 0158 | River water | 2 | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 | 314 mg/l 4 Jan 2024 |
| Lead : BLM Bioavailable 3377 | River water | 6 | Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 | 0.02 µg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| Lead, Dissolved 0052 | River water | 6 | Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 | below 0.1 µg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| Magnesium 0237 | River water | 2 | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 | 3.6 mg/l 4 Jan 2024 |
| Nickel : BLM Bioavailable 3878 | River water | 6 | Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 | 0.86 µg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| Nickel, Dissolved 3410 | River water | 6 | Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 | 1.7 µg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| Zinc 6455 | River water | 2 | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 | 23 µg/l 4 Jan 2024 |
| Zinc, Dissolved 3408 | River water | 2 | Oct 2023 – Jan 2024 | 4 µg/l 4 Jan 2024 |
FloodRadar does not grade these results: there is no overall score, and official river classifications are a separate dataset. A sample taken downstream of an overflow does not by itself show where anything in it came from. River connections and distances are traced on OS Open Rivers (edition 2026-04), which leaves out many small channels.
Water samples: Environment Agency Water Quality Archive, © Environment Agency and/or database right 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database rights 2026.