Howes Beck upstream of Intake
EA name: HOWES BECK U/S INTAKE
Environment Agency sampling point NW-88023695 · 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
- 17 Sep 2026, 11:4214 days ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
- Samples banked
- 3 since 7 Mar 2024 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) · results completed 19 Sep 2026
- Where
- National Grid 350326, 517722As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
- River, by its own name
- Howes Beck
- River, by the map
- Howes BeckPlaced on the river its name gives, 44 m from the line.
- Next gauge downstream
- Eamont Bridge On the River Lowther · 14 km along the river
- Why it was sampled
- Monitoring (national agency policy) (2 samples)
Unplanned reactive monitoring formal (pollution incidents) (1 samples)
Results here were completed a median of 2 days after the sample was taken (2 to 2 days, 2 samples).
Main measurements, river water
Dissolved oxygen
% saturation · code 9901 · %
102.8%
Sampled 17 Sep 2026, 14 days ago · 2 results banked
Every result (2)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2026, 11:42 | 102.8 | 102.8% |
| 19 Apr 2026, 11:15 | 101.5 | 101.5% |
Dissolved oxygen
as O2 · code 9924 · mg/l
11.2 mg/l
Sampled 17 Sep 2026, 14 days ago · 2 results banked
Every result (2)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2026, 11:42 | 11.2 | 11.2 mg/l |
| 19 Apr 2026, 11:15 | 12.3 | 12.3 mg/l |
Water temperature
code 0076 · °C
11.3 °C
Sampled 17 Sep 2026, 14 days ago · 2 results banked
Every result (2)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2026, 11:42 | 11.3 | 11.3 °C |
| 19 Apr 2026, 11:15 | 7.1 | 7.1 °C |
pH
code 0061
7.8
Sampled 17 Sep 2026, 14 days ago · 2 results banked
Every result (2)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2026, 11:42 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| 19 Apr 2026, 11:15 | 7.38 | 7.38 |
Conductivity
at 25 °C · code 0077 · µS/cm
84 µS/cm
Sampled 17 Sep 2026, 14 days ago · 2 results banked
Every result (2)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sep 2026, 11:42 | 84 | 84 µS/cm |
| 19 Apr 2026, 11:15 | 59 | 59 µS/cm |
Everything measured here
12 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 12 rows
| Determinand | Material | Results | First – last | Latest result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen, Dissolved, % Saturation 9901 | River water | 2 | Apr 2026 – Sep 2026 | 102.8% 17 Sep 2026 |
| Oxygen, Dissolved as O2 9924 | River water | 2 | Apr 2026 – Sep 2026 | 11.2 mg/l 17 Sep 2026 |
| Temperature of Water 0076 | River water | 2 | Apr 2026 – Sep 2026 | 11.3 °C 17 Sep 2026 |
| pH 0061 | River water | 2 | Apr 2026 – Sep 2026 | 7.8 17 Sep 2026 |
| Ammoniacal Nitrogen as N 0111 | Any leachate | 1 | Mar 2024 – Mar 2024 | 66 mg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| Orthophosphate, reactive as P 0180 | Any leachate | 1 | Mar 2024 – Mar 2024 | below 5 mg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| Conductivity at 25 C 0077 | River water | 2 | Apr 2026 – Sep 2026 | 84 µS/cm 17 Sep 2026 |
| BOD : 5 Day ATU 0085 | Any leachate | 1 | Mar 2024 – Mar 2024 | 500 mg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| Chloride 0172 | Any leachate | 1 | Mar 2024 – Mar 2024 | 140 mg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| National Grid Reference : Whole : Field report 7434 | Any leachate | 1 | Mar 2024 – Mar 2024 | 1 unitless value 7 Mar 2024 |
| Nitrogen, Total Oxidised as N 0116 | Any leachate | 1 | Mar 2024 – Mar 2024 | below 10 mg/l 7 Mar 2024 |
| Solids, Suspended at 105 C 0135 | Any leachate | 1 | Mar 2024 – Mar 2024 | 460 mg/l 7 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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