School Beck above the confluence with Coniston

EA name: SCHOOL BECK PTC CONISTON
Environment Agency sampling point NW-88009706 · 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
16 Sep 2026, 11:1415 days ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
Samples banked
20 since 18 May 2026 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 331414, 497978As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
River, by its own name
School Beck
River, by the map
School BeckPlaced on the river its name gives, 2 m from the line.
Next gauge downstream
Low Nibthwaite On the River Crake · 11 km along the river
Why it was sampled
Planned investigation (local monitoring) (20 samples)

Main measurements, river water

E. coli

confirmed, membrane filtration · code 2348 · per 100 ml

370 per 100 ml

Sampled 16 Sep 2026, 15 days ago · 20 results banked

0200040006000per 100 ml20242025202618 May 2026, 10:31: 320 per 100 ml26 May 2026, 13:47: 110 per 100 ml4 Jun 2026, 10:55: 5700 per 100 ml11 Jun 2026, 11:05: 4100 per 100 ml16 Jun 2026, 11:48: 90 per 100 ml21 Jun 2026, 11:03: 130 per 100 ml29 Jun 2026, 12:08: 590 per 100 ml2 Jul 2026, 12:15: 1000 per 100 ml7 Jul 2026, 13:32: 300 per 100 ml15 Jul 2026, 12:31: 230 per 100 ml21 Jul 2026, 10:51: 590 per 100 ml27 Jul 2026, 11:17: 280 per 100 ml4 Aug 2026, 11:22: 4800 per 100 ml10 Aug 2026, 10:34: 130 per 100 ml17 Aug 2026, 10:40: 370 per 100 ml26 Aug 2026, 11:40: 330 per 100 ml4 Sep 2026, 11:34: 530 per 100 ml9 Sep 2026, 11:51: 170 per 100 ml13 Sep 2026, 10:40: 450 per 100 ml16 Sep 2026, 11:14: 370 per 100 ml
Every result (20)
SampledResult as publishedReads as
16 Sep 2026, 11:14370 370 per 100 ml
13 Sep 2026, 10:40450 450 per 100 ml
9 Sep 2026, 11:51170 170 per 100 ml
4 Sep 2026, 11:34530 530 per 100 ml
26 Aug 2026, 11:40330 330 per 100 ml
17 Aug 2026, 10:40370 370 per 100 ml
10 Aug 2026, 10:34130 130 per 100 ml
4 Aug 2026, 11:224800 4800 per 100 ml
27 Jul 2026, 11:17280 280 per 100 ml
21 Jul 2026, 10:51590 590 per 100 ml
15 Jul 2026, 12:31230 230 per 100 ml
7 Jul 2026, 13:32300 300 per 100 ml
2 Jul 2026, 12:151000 1000 per 100 ml
29 Jun 2026, 12:08590 590 per 100 ml
21 Jun 2026, 11:03130 130 per 100 ml
16 Jun 2026, 11:4890 90 per 100 ml
11 Jun 2026, 11:054100 4100 per 100 ml
4 Jun 2026, 10:555700 5700 per 100 ml
26 May 2026, 13:47110 110 per 100 ml
18 May 2026, 10:31320 320 per 100 ml

Everything measured here

5 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 5 rows
DeterminandMaterialResults First – lastLatest result
Escherichia coli : Confirmed : MF 2348 River water 20 May 2026 – Sep 2026 370 per 100 ml 16 Sep 2026
Enterococci: Intestinal: Confirmed: MF 3723 River water 20 May 2026 – Sep 2026 63 colony forming units / 100ml 16 Sep 2026
Enterococci: Intestinal: Presumptive: MF 3722 River water 20 May 2026 – Sep 2026 72 colony forming units / 100ml 16 Sep 2026
MST Filtration 4926 River water 20 May 2026 – Sep 2026 DNA Stored 16 Sep 2026
Volume of Sample Filtered 4865 River water 20 May 2026 – Sep 2026 900 millilitre 16 Sep 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.

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