Lowfield Drain at Norton

EA name: LOWFIELD DRAIN AT NORTON
Environment Agency sampling point NE-SSN0401 · 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
8 Dec 2023, 12:102.8 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
3 since 13 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 480902, 471024As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
River, by its own name
Lowfield Drain
River, by the map
Lowfield DrainPlaced on the river its name gives, 2 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
Norton Priorpot Beck PS On the Priorpot Beck · 1.9 km along the river
Why it was sampled
Monitoring (national agency policy) (3 samples)

Main measurements, river water

Dissolved oxygen

% saturation · code 9901 · %

73.6%

Sampled 8 Dec 2023, 2.8 years ago · 3 results banked

68707274%202420252026no sample published after Dec 202313 Oct 2023, 10:39: 72.4%21 Nov 2023, 11:20: 68.7%8 Dec 2023, 12:10: 73.6%
Every result (3)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
8 Dec 2023, 12:1073.6 73.6%
21 Nov 2023, 11:2068.7 68.7%
13 Oct 2023, 10:3972.4 72.4%

Dissolved oxygen

as O2 · code 9924 · mg/l

8.74 mg/l

Sampled 8 Dec 2023, 2.8 years ago · 3 results banked

7.7588.258.58.75mg/l202420252026no sample published after Dec 202313 Oct 2023, 10:39: 7.82 mg/l21 Nov 2023, 11:20: 7.77 mg/l8 Dec 2023, 12:10: 8.74 mg/l
Every result (3)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
8 Dec 2023, 12:108.74 8.74 mg/l
21 Nov 2023, 11:207.77 7.77 mg/l
13 Oct 2023, 10:397.82 7.82 mg/l

Water temperature

code 0076 · °C

7.8 °C

Sampled 8 Dec 2023, 2.8 years ago · 3 results banked

681012°C202420252026no sample published after Dec 202313 Oct 2023, 10:39: 11.8 °C21 Nov 2023, 11:20: 9.8 °C8 Dec 2023, 12:10: 7.8 °C
Every result (3)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
8 Dec 2023, 12:107.8 7.8 °C
21 Nov 2023, 11:209.8 9.8 °C
13 Oct 2023, 10:3911.8 11.8 °C

pH

code 0061

7.51

Sampled 8 Dec 2023, 2.8 years ago · 3 results banked

7.57.67.77.8202420252026no sample published after Dec 202313 Oct 2023, 10:39: 7.7721 Nov 2023, 11:20: 7.528 Dec 2023, 12:10: 7.51
Every result (3)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
8 Dec 2023, 12:107.51 7.51
21 Nov 2023, 11:207.52 7.52
13 Oct 2023, 10:397.77 7.77

Ammonia

ammoniacal nitrogen as N · code 0111 · mg/l

0.026 mg/l

Sampled 8 Dec 2023, 2.8 years ago · 3 results banked

0.0050.010.0150.020.0250.03mg/l202420252026no sample published after Dec 202313 Oct 2023, 10:39: 0.013 mg/l21 Nov 2023, 11:20: 0.0091 mg/l8 Dec 2023, 12:10: 0.026 mg/l
Every result (3)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
8 Dec 2023, 12:100.026 0.026 mg/l
21 Nov 2023, 11:200.0091 0.0091 mg/l
13 Oct 2023, 10:390.013 0.013 mg/l

Nitrate

as nitrogen (N) · code 0117 · mg/l

9.99 mg/l

Sampled 8 Dec 2023, 2.8 years ago · 3 results banked

46810mg/l202420252026no sample published after Dec 202313 Oct 2023, 10:39: 4.88 mg/l21 Nov 2023, 11:20: 8.99 mg/l8 Dec 2023, 12:10: 9.99 mg/l
Every result (3)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
8 Dec 2023, 12:109.99 9.99 mg/l
21 Nov 2023, 11:208.99 8.99 mg/l
13 Oct 2023, 10:394.88 4.88 mg/l

Phosphate

orthophosphate, reactive, as P · code 0180 · mg/l

0.022 mg/l

Sampled 8 Dec 2023, 2.8 years ago · 3 results banked

0.010.0150.020.0250.030.035mg/l202420252026no sample published after Dec 202313 Oct 2023, 10:39: 0.031 mg/l21 Nov 2023, 11:20: 0.013 mg/l8 Dec 2023, 12:10: 0.022 mg/l
Every result (3)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
8 Dec 2023, 12:100.022 0.022 mg/l
21 Nov 2023, 11:200.013 0.013 mg/l
13 Oct 2023, 10:390.031 0.031 mg/l

Conductivity

at 25 °C · code 0077 · µS/cm

860 µS/cm

Sampled 8 Dec 2023, 2.8 years ago · 3 results banked

820830840850860µS/cm202420252026no sample published after Dec 202313 Oct 2023, 10:39: 826 µS/cm21 Nov 2023, 11:20: 849 µS/cm8 Dec 2023, 12:10: 860 µS/cm
Every result (3)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
8 Dec 2023, 12:10860 860 µS/cm
21 Nov 2023, 11:20849 849 µS/cm
13 Oct 2023, 10:39826 826 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 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 73.6% 8 Dec 2023
Oxygen, Dissolved as O2 9924 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 8.74 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Temperature of Water 0076 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 7.8 °C 8 Dec 2023
pH 0061 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 7.51 8 Dec 2023
Ammoniacal Nitrogen as N 0111 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 0.026 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Nitrate as N 0117 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 9.99 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Orthophosphate, reactive as P 0180 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 0.022 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Conductivity at 25 C 0077 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 860 µS/cm 8 Dec 2023
Alkalinity to pH 4.5 as CaCO3 0162 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 300 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Ammonia un-ionised as N 0119 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 0.00013 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Chloride 0172 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 46 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Flow Type 2896 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 High Flow 8 Dec 2023
Nitrite as N 0118 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 0.0098 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Nitrogen, Total as N 9686 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 11 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Nitrogen, Total Oxidised as N 0116 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 10 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Phosphorus, Total as P 0348 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 0.028 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Silica, reactive as SiO2 0182 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 6.8 mg/l 8 Dec 2023
Solids, Suspended at 105 C 0135 River water 3 Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 5.2 mg/l 8 Dec 2023

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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