River Derwent at Rowsley

EA name: RIVER DERWENT AT ROWSLEY
Environment Agency sampling point MD-49706690 · 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
13 Aug 2026, 10:0349 days ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
Samples banked
23 since 12 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 425677, 365891As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
River, by its own name
Derwent
River, by the map
River DerwentPlaced on the river its name gives, 14 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
Matlock On the River Derwent · 12 km along the river
Nearest gauge upstream
Chatsworth On the River Derwent · 3.1 km along the river
Why it was sampled
Monitoring (national agency policy) (13 samples)
Planned investigation (local monitoring) (8 samples)
Unplanned reactive monitoring (pollution incidents) (2 samples)

Main measurements, river water

Dissolved oxygen

% saturation · code 9901 · %

99.9%

Sampled 30 Oct 2023, 2.9 years ago · 1 result banked

8090100110120%202420252026no sample published after Oct 202330 Oct 2023, 12:44: 99.9%
Every result (1)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
30 Oct 2023, 12:4499.9 99.9%

Dissolved oxygen

as O2 · code 9924 · mg/l

11.3 mg/l

Sampled 30 Oct 2023, 2.9 years ago · 1 result banked

910111213mg/l202420252026no sample published after Oct 202330 Oct 2023, 12:44: 11.3 mg/l
Every result (1)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
30 Oct 2023, 12:4411.3 11.3 mg/l

Water temperature

code 0076 · °C

9.9 °C

Sampled 30 Oct 2023, 2.9 years ago · 1 result banked

89101112°C202420252026no sample published after Oct 202330 Oct 2023, 12:44: 9.9 °C
Every result (1)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
30 Oct 2023, 12:449.9 9.9 °C

pH

code 0061

8.08

Sampled 20 Mar 2024, 2.5 years ago · 13 results banked

7.888.28.4202420252026no sample published after Mar 202412 Oct 2023, 11:13: 7.9320 Oct 2023, 09:51: 7.8730 Oct 2023, 12:44: 8.286 Nov 2023, 11:52: 8.1121 Nov 2023, 10:20: 8.118 Dec 2023, 10:18: 7.8418 Dec 2023, 10:42: 8.074 Jan 2024, 10:22: 8.1326 Jan 2024, 09:29: 8.179 Feb 2024, 09:24: 8.0823 Feb 2024, 08:33: 7.831 Mar 2024, 10:43: 8.2220 Mar 2024, 10:07: 8.08
Every result (13)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
20 Mar 2024, 10:078.08 8.08
1 Mar 2024, 10:438.22 8.22
23 Feb 2024, 08:337.83 7.83
9 Feb 2024, 09:248.08 8.08
26 Jan 2024, 09:298.17 8.17
4 Jan 2024, 10:228.13 8.13
18 Dec 2023, 10:428.07 8.07
8 Dec 2023, 10:187.84 7.84
21 Nov 2023, 10:208.11 8.11
6 Nov 2023, 11:528.11 8.11
30 Oct 2023, 12:448.28 8.28
20 Oct 2023, 09:517.87 7.87
12 Oct 2023, 11:137.93 7.93

Conductivity

at 25 °C · code 0077 · µS/cm

266 µS/cm

Sampled 30 Oct 2023, 2.9 years ago · 1 result banked

220240260280300µS/cm202420252026no sample published after Oct 202330 Oct 2023, 12:44: 266 µS/cm
Every result (1)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
30 Oct 2023, 12:44266 266 µS/cm

Everything measured here

18 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 18 rows
DeterminandMaterialResults First – lastLatest result
Oxygen, Dissolved, % Saturation 9901 River water 1 Oct 2023 – Oct 2023 99.9% 30 Oct 2023
Oxygen, Dissolved as O2 9924 River water 1 Oct 2023 – Oct 2023 11.3 mg/l 30 Oct 2023
Temperature of Water 0076 River water 1 Oct 2023 – Oct 2023 9.9 °C 30 Oct 2023
pH 0061 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 8.08 20 Mar 2024
Conductivity at 25 C 0077 River water 1 Oct 2023 – Oct 2023 266 µS/cm 30 Oct 2023
Aluminium, Dissolved 6037 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 52 µg/l 20 Mar 2024
Bromide 0171 River water 10 Aug 2025 – Aug 2026 0.033 mg/l 13 Aug 2026
Cadmium, Dissolved 0106 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 0.15 µg/l 20 Mar 2024
Calcium, Dissolved 0239 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 31 mg/l 20 Mar 2024
Carbon, Organic, Dissolved as C :- {DOC} 0301 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 3.6 mg/l 20 Mar 2024
Chromium, Dissolved 3409 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 below 0.5 µg/l 20 Mar 2024
Copper, Dissolved 6450 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 1.7 µg/l 20 Mar 2024
Hardness, Total as CaCO3 0158 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 92.2 mg/l 20 Mar 2024
Lead, Dissolved 0052 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 2.1 µg/l 20 Mar 2024
Magnesium, Dissolved 0235 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 3.6 mg/l 20 Mar 2024
Nickel, Dissolved 3410 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 2.2 µg/l 20 Mar 2024
pH : In Situ 3169 River water 1 Oct 2023 – Oct 2023 8.28 30 Oct 2023
Zinc, Dissolved 3408 River water 13 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 15 µg/l 20 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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