River Ribble at Sawley Bridge

EA name: RIVER RIBBLE AT SAWLEY BRIDGE
Environment Agency sampling point NW-88003430 · 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
10 Sep 2026, 11:0021 days ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
Samples banked
44 since 23 Aug 2024 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 377491, 446624As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
River, by its own name
Ribble
River, by the map
River RibblePlaced on the river its name gives, 30 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
Low Moor On the River Ribble · 9.0 km along the river
Nearest gauge upstream
Bolton by Bowland Hellifield rd On the Kirk Beck · 4.0 km along the riverArnford Weir On the River Ribble · 17 km along the riverHellifield On the Hellifield Beck · 18 km along the river
Why it was sampled
Planned investigation (local monitoring) (41 samples)
Statutory failures (follow ups at non-designated points) (3 samples)

Main measurements, river water

E. coli

confirmed, membrane filtration · code 2348 · per 100 ml

500 per 100 ml

Sampled 10 Sep 2026, 21 days ago · 41 results banked

0100002000030000per 100 ml20242025202622 Apr 2025, 10:27: 210 per 100 ml7 May 2025, 11:47: 420 per 100 ml16 May 2025, 11:22: 200 per 100 ml21 May 2025, 10:57: 350 per 100 ml29 May 2025, 11:09: 12000 per 100 ml6 Jun 2025, 10:58: 2600 per 100 ml10 Jun 2025, 10:08: 21000 per 100 ml15 Jun 2025, 10:45: 410 per 100 ml19 Jun 2025, 10:57: 880 per 100 ml25 Jun 2025, 11:25: 550 per 100 ml2 Jul 2025, 11:03: 700 per 100 ml9 Jul 2025, 11:00: 300 per 100 ml13 Jul 2025, 11:05: 160 per 100 ml17 Jul 2025, 11:11: 2300 per 100 ml22 Jul 2025, 11:11: 2200 per 100 ml30 Jul 2025, 11:07: 600 per 100 ml5 Aug 2025, 10:50: 12000 per 100 ml12 Aug 2025, 10:45: 270 per 100 ml19 Aug 2025, 10:52: 600 per 100 ml28 Aug 2025, 10:43: 460 per 100 ml3 Sep 2025, 11:03: 4400 per 100 ml19 May 2026, 11:32: 13000 per 100 ml27 May 2026, 10:58: 280 per 100 ml3 Jun 2026, 11:03: 10000 per 100 ml11 Jun 2026, 11:30: 1300 per 100 ml12 Jun 2026, 11:14: 3400 per 100 ml17 Jun 2026, 11:02: 440 per 100 ml22 Jun 2026, 11:14: 510 per 100 ml1 Jul 2026, 11:08: 410 per 100 ml10 Jul 2026, 11:33: 250 per 100 ml14 Jul 2026, 11:39: 140 per 100 ml19 Jul 2026, 11:00: 210 per 100 ml24 Jul 2026, 11:15: 340 per 100 ml29 Jul 2026, 10:53: 540 per 100 ml3 Aug 2026, 11:10: 440 per 100 ml9 Aug 2026, 11:41: 420 per 100 ml12 Aug 2026, 11:00: 740 per 100 ml20 Aug 2026, 11:03: 16000 per 100 ml26 Aug 2026, 10:58: 630 per 100 ml3 Sep 2026, 11:11: 8200 per 100 ml10 Sep 2026, 11:00: 500 per 100 ml

Also measured in number per hundred millilitres on another sample material (2GZZ): 3 results, kept apart (see the table).

Every result (41)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
10 Sep 2026, 11:00500 500 per 100 ml
3 Sep 2026, 11:118200 8200 per 100 ml
26 Aug 2026, 10:58630 630 per 100 ml
20 Aug 2026, 11:0316000 16000 per 100 ml
12 Aug 2026, 11:00740 740 per 100 ml
9 Aug 2026, 11:41420 420 per 100 ml
3 Aug 2026, 11:10440 440 per 100 ml
29 Jul 2026, 10:53540 540 per 100 ml
24 Jul 2026, 11:15340 340 per 100 ml
19 Jul 2026, 11:00210 210 per 100 ml
14 Jul 2026, 11:39140 140 per 100 ml
10 Jul 2026, 11:33250 250 per 100 ml
1 Jul 2026, 11:08410 410 per 100 ml
22 Jun 2026, 11:14510 510 per 100 ml
17 Jun 2026, 11:02440 440 per 100 ml
12 Jun 2026, 11:143400 3400 per 100 ml
11 Jun 2026, 11:301300 1300 per 100 ml
3 Jun 2026, 11:0310000 10000 per 100 ml
27 May 2026, 10:58280 280 per 100 ml
19 May 2026, 11:3213000 13000 per 100 ml
3 Sep 2025, 11:034400 4400 per 100 ml
28 Aug 2025, 10:43460 460 per 100 ml
19 Aug 2025, 10:52600 600 per 100 ml
12 Aug 2025, 10:45270 270 per 100 ml
5 Aug 2025, 10:5012000 12000 per 100 ml
30 Jul 2025, 11:07600 600 per 100 ml
22 Jul 2025, 11:112200 2200 per 100 ml
17 Jul 2025, 11:112300 2300 per 100 ml
13 Jul 2025, 11:05160 160 per 100 ml
9 Jul 2025, 11:00300 300 per 100 ml
2 Jul 2025, 11:03700 700 per 100 ml
25 Jun 2025, 11:25550 550 per 100 ml
19 Jun 2025, 10:57880 880 per 100 ml
15 Jun 2025, 10:45410 410 per 100 ml
10 Jun 2025, 10:0821000 21000 per 100 ml
6 Jun 2025, 10:582600 2600 per 100 ml
29 May 2025, 11:0912000 12000 per 100 ml
21 May 2025, 10:57350 350 per 100 ml
16 May 2025, 11:22200 200 per 100 ml
7 May 2025, 11:47420 420 per 100 ml
22 Apr 2025, 10:27210 210 per 100 ml

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 34 rows
DeterminandMaterialResults First – lastLatest result
Escherichia coli : Confirmed : MF 2348 River water 41 Apr 2025 – Sep 2026 500 per 100 ml 10 Sep 2026
Escherichia coli : Confirmed : MF 2348 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 600 per 100 ml 6 Sep 2024
Enterococci: Intestinal: Confirmed: MF 3723 River water 41 Apr 2025 – Sep 2026 220 colony forming units / 100ml 10 Sep 2026
Enterococci: Intestinal: Presumptive: MF 3722 River water 41 Apr 2025 – Sep 2026 220 colony forming units / 100ml 10 Sep 2026
MST Filtration 4926 River water 41 Apr 2025 – Sep 2026 DNA Stored 10 Sep 2026
Volume of Sample Filtered 4865 River water 41 Apr 2025 – Sep 2026 800 millilitre 10 Sep 2026
Bacteroides HF183 primer 5886 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Present / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Bacteroidetes Marker : All 4907 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Present 6 Sep 2024
Bacteroidetes Marker : Horse 3122 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Not found 6 Sep 2024
Bacteroidetes Marker : Horse Copy Number 3123 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 below 2 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Bacteroidetes Marker : Human copy number 3820 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 3.4 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Bacteroidetes Marker : Ruminant 4906 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Present 6 Sep 2024
Bacteroidetes Marker : Ruminant copy number 3819 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 5 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Bacteroidetes marker: All copy number 3818 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 6.5 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Catellicoccus Marker : Seabird 3120 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Not found 6 Sep 2024
Catellicoccus Marker : Seabird Copy Number 3116 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 below 2 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Enterococci: Intestinal: Confirmed: MF 3723 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 160 colony forming units / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Enterococci: Intestinal: Presumptive: MF 3722 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 160 colony forming units / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Microbial Source Tracking 4876 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 1 text result 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Avian 4871 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Not found 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Avian copy number 3817 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 below 2 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Canine 4870 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Present 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Cattle 4755 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Present 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Cattle copy number 3789 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 3.1 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Human 4869 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Present 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Human copy number 3812 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 3.9 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Pig 4754 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Present 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Pig copy number 3779 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 below 2 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Sheep 4753 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Present 6 Sep 2024
Mitochondrial Marker : Sheep copy number 3778 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 2.5 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
Mitochrondrial Marker: Canine copy number 3816 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 below 2 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 6 Sep 2024
MST Filtration 4926 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 DNA Stored 6 Sep 2024
Preparation: DNA 5923 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 Done 6 Sep 2024
Volume of Sample Filtered 4865 Pond / lake / reservoir water 3 Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 960 millilitre 6 Sep 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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