Riddy Brook 50 m upstream of Cam confluence

EA name: RIDDY BK.50M U/S CAM CONFLUENCE
Environment Agency sampling point AN-29M06 · 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
14 Jul 2026, 10:323 months ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
Samples banked
15 since 19 Oct 2023 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
Latest sample
River / running surface water Planned investigation (local monitoring)
Where
National Grid 543200, 252660As published, to the nearest 10 m. Open in a map
River, by its own name
Riddy Brook
River, by the map
Riddy BrookPlaced on the river its name gives, 0 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
Cambridge Jesus Lock On the River Cam · 8.9 km along the river (the path rests on a repair to the map)
Why it was sampled
Planned investigation (local monitoring) (15 samples)

Everything measured here

29 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 29 rows
DeterminandMaterialResults First – lastLatest result
1,1,1-Trichloroethane 3268 River water 11 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.1 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
1,2-Dichloroethane 3272 River water 11 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.1 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
1,2-Dimethylbenzene :- {o-Xylene} 9845 River water 11 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.1 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
2,3,6-TBA :- {2,3,6-Trichlorobenzoic acid} 7726 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 0.098 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
2,4-DB :- {4-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)butyric acid} 3791 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.005 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Atrazine 3002 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 0.0068 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Benazolin 3792 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 0.0056 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Carbon tetrachloride :- {Tetrachloromethane} 1049 River water 11 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.1 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Chloroform :- {Trichloromethane} 3373 River water 11 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.1 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene :- {cis-1,2-Dichloroethene} 6538 River water 12 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.5 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Desmetryn 6635 River water 14 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.006 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Dicamba 3550 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.01 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Dimethylbenzene : Sum of (1,2- 1,3- 1,4-) :- {Xylene} 8383 River water 11 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.3 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Dimethylbenzene : Sum of isomers (1,3- 1,4-) 6716 River water 11 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.2 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Ethofumesate 7154 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 0.023 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
HEMPA :- {Hexamethylphosphoramide} 7180 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 0.11 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
MCPA :- {4-Chloro-2-methylphenoxyacetic acid} 3548 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.005 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Mecoprop 3549 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 0.0091 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Phenol 9522 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.5 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Prometryn 5563 River water 14 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.006 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Propazine 9634 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.002 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Schradan :- {Pestox} 7191 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 0.11 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Simazine 3001 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.004 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Simazine, Atrazine and Trietazine : Sum of 5037 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 0.0068 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Terbutryn 3009 River water 14 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.005 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Tetrachloroethylene :- {Perchloroethylene} 3328 River water 11 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 0.17 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Toluene :- {Methylbenzene} 3784 River water 11 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.1 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Trichloroethylene :- {Trichloroethene} 3334 River water 11 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.1 µg/l 14 Jul 2026
Trietazine 9911 River water 15 Oct 2023 – Jul 2026 below 0.002 µg/l 14 Jul 2026

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.