Minsterley Brook at Waterside Cottage

EA name: MINSTERLEY BROOK AT WATERSIDE COTTAGE (also listed as “MINSTERLEY BROOK OFF BRIDGE NEAR WATERSIDE COTTAGE”)
Environment Agency sampling point MD-29578350 · 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 Mar 2024, 08:082.5 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 30 Sep 2026 and had nothing newer.
Samples banked
4 since 26 Oct 2023 Imported periods: 1 Oct 2023 – 30 Sep 2026. Samples outside them are not shown here.
Latest sample
River / running surface water Monitoring (national agency policy)
Where
National Grid 336380, 302430As published, to the nearest 10 m. Open in a map
River, by its own name
Minsterley Brook
River, by the map
Minsterley BrookPlaced on the river its name gives, 2 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
Farley Bridge On the Rea Brook · 6.9 km along the river
Why it was sampled
Monitoring (national agency policy) (4 samples)

Main measurements, river water

Dissolved oxygen

% saturation · code 9901 · %

99.4%

Sampled 14 Mar 2024, 2.5 years ago · 4 results banked

99100101102%202420252026no sample published after Mar 202426 Oct 2023, 10:03: 99.1%18 Dec 2023, 09:52: 101.4%31 Jan 2024, 13:32: 101.5%14 Mar 2024, 08:08: 99.4%
Every result (4)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
14 Mar 2024, 08:0899.4 99.4%
31 Jan 2024, 13:32101.5 101.5%
18 Dec 2023, 09:52101.4 101.4%
26 Oct 2023, 10:0399.1 99.1%

Water temperature

code 0076 · °C

8.9 °C

Sampled 14 Mar 2024, 2.5 years ago · 4 results banked

78910°C202420252026no sample published after Mar 202426 Oct 2023, 10:03: 9.7 °C18 Dec 2023, 09:52: 9.7 °C31 Jan 2024, 13:32: 7.6 °C14 Mar 2024, 08:08: 8.9 °C
Every result (4)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
14 Mar 2024, 08:088.9 8.9 °C
31 Jan 2024, 13:327.6 7.6 °C
18 Dec 2023, 09:529.7 9.7 °C
26 Oct 2023, 10:039.7 9.7 °C

pH

code 0061

7.67

Sampled 14 Mar 2024, 2.5 years ago · 4 results banked

7.47.67.888.2202420252026no sample published after Mar 202426 Oct 2023, 10:03: 7.518 Dec 2023, 09:52: 7.4831 Jan 2024, 13:32: 8.1214 Mar 2024, 08:08: 7.67
Every result (4)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
14 Mar 2024, 08:087.67 7.67
31 Jan 2024, 13:328.12 8.12
18 Dec 2023, 09:527.48 7.48
26 Oct 2023, 10:037.5 7.5

Conductivity

at 25 °C · code 0077 · µS/cm

240 µS/cm

Sampled 14 Mar 2024, 2.5 years ago · 4 results banked

150175200225250µS/cm202420252026no sample published after Mar 202426 Oct 2023, 10:03: 155 µS/cm18 Dec 2023, 09:52: 237 µS/cm31 Jan 2024, 13:32: 232 µS/cm14 Mar 2024, 08:08: 240 µS/cm
Every result (4)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
14 Mar 2024, 08:08240 240 µS/cm
31 Jan 2024, 13:32232 232 µS/cm
18 Dec 2023, 09:52237 237 µS/cm
26 Oct 2023, 10:03155 155 µS/cm

Everything measured here

33 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 33 rows
DeterminandMaterialResults First – lastLatest result
Oxygen, Dissolved, % Saturation 9901 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 99.4% 14 Mar 2024
Temperature of Water 0076 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 8.9 °C 14 Mar 2024
pH 0061 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 7.67 14 Mar 2024
Conductivity at 25 C 0077 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 240 µS/cm 14 Mar 2024
Barium, Dissolved 9446 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 45 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Boron, Dissolved 9447 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 below 100 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Cadmium 0108 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 4.5 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Cadmium, Dissolved 0106 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 4.2 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Calcium, Dissolved 0239 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 24 mg/l 14 Mar 2024
Carbon, Organic, Dissolved as C :- {DOC} 0301 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 6.2 mg/l 14 Mar 2024
Copper 6452 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 4.3 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Copper : BLM Bioavailable 4821 River water 1 Oct 2023 – Oct 2023 0.18 µg/l 26 Oct 2023
Copper, Dissolved 6450 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 3.6 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Hardness, Total as CaCO3 0158 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 78 mg/l 14 Mar 2024
Iron, Dissolved 6460 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 150 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Lead 0050 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 28 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Lead : BLM Bioavailable 3377 River water 1 Oct 2023 – Oct 2023 2.7 µg/l 26 Oct 2023
Lead, Dissolved 0052 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 13 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Lithium, Dissolved 4201 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 below 100 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Magnesium, Dissolved 0235 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 4.4 mg/l 14 Mar 2024
Manganese : BLM Bioavailable 4820 River water 1 Oct 2023 – Oct 2023 12 µg/l 26 Oct 2023
Manganese, Dissolved 6458 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 14 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Nickel 6462 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 3.3 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Nickel : BLM Bioavailable 3878 River water 1 Oct 2023 – Oct 2023 1.4 µg/l 26 Oct 2023
Nickel, Dissolved 3410 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 3 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Potassium, Dissolved 0209 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 2.3 mg/l 14 Mar 2024
Sodium, Dissolved 0205 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 14 mg/l 14 Mar 2024
Solids, Suspended at 105 C 0135 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 10 mg/l 14 Mar 2024
Strontium, Filtered 6693 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 55 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Sulphate, Dissolved as SO4 7859 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 21 mg/l 14 Mar 2024
Zinc 6455 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 440 µg/l 14 Mar 2024
Zinc : BLM Bioavailable 4822 River water 1 Oct 2023 – Oct 2023 290 µg/l 26 Oct 2023
Zinc, Dissolved 3408 River water 4 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 390 µg/l 14 Mar 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.

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