Knowle Brook in Budleigh at Culvert
EA name: KNOWLE BROOK IN BUDLEIGH AT CULVERT (also listed as “KNOWLE BROOK IN BUDLEIGH AT LAST CULVERT BEFORE BEACH”)
Environment Agency sampling point SW-70410301 · 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 Sep 2026, 12:0518 days ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)
- Samples banked
- 60 since 3 May 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 306547, 81880As published, to the nearest 1 m. Open in a map
- River, by its own name
- Knowle Brook
- River, by the map
- An unnamed streamPlaced by position alone (the only river line close by), 4 m from the line.
- Next gauge downstream
- None tracedThe map stops before any gauge.
- Nearest gauge upstream
- Budleigh Salterton Station Road On the Knowle Stream · 0.4 km along the river
- Why it was sampled
- Planned investigation (local monitoring) (60 samples)
Main measurements, river water
E. coli
confirmed, membrane filtration · code 2348 · per 100 ml
360 per 100 ml
Sampled 13 Sep 2026, 18 days ago · 59 results banked
Every result (59)
| Sampled | Result as published | Reads as |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Sep 2026, 12:05 | 360 | 360 per 100 ml |
| 9 Sep 2026, 12:30 | 870 | 870 per 100 ml |
| 3 Sep 2026, 12:40 | 680 | 680 per 100 ml |
| 27 Aug 2026, 12:55 | 6400 | 6400 per 100 ml |
| 20 Aug 2026, 11:57 | 64000 | 64000 per 100 ml |
| 13 Aug 2026, 13:15 | 1000 | 1000 per 100 ml |
| 4 Aug 2026, 14:44 | 770 | 770 per 100 ml |
| 29 Jul 2026, 13:12 | 780 | 780 per 100 ml |
| 22 Jul 2026, 11:22 | 730 | 730 per 100 ml |
| 16 Jul 2026, 13:10 | 910 | 910 per 100 ml |
| 8 Jul 2026, 11:48 | 1100 | 1100 per 100 ml |
| 1 Jul 2026, 11:25 | 860 | 860 per 100 ml |
| 25 Jun 2026, 13:45 | 1700 | 1700 per 100 ml |
| 22 Jun 2026, 11:21 | 1100 | 1100 per 100 ml |
| 13 Jun 2026, 12:16 | 310 | 310 per 100 ml |
| 11 Jun 2026, 16:03 | 540 | 540 per 100 ml |
| 2 Jun 2026, 12:23 | 1000 | 1000 per 100 ml |
| 27 May 2026, 13:06 | 1100 | 1100 per 100 ml |
| 18 May 2026, 12:34 | 2300 | 2300 per 100 ml |
| 23 Sep 2025, 11:47 | 560 | 560 per 100 ml |
| 16 Sep 2025, 10:01 | 1800 | 1800 per 100 ml |
| 9 Sep 2025, 11:52 | 1800 | 1800 per 100 ml |
| 30 Aug 2025, 12:40 | 3700 | 3700 per 100 ml |
| 20 Aug 2025, 12:10 | 960 | 960 per 100 ml |
| 12 Aug 2025, 13:33 | 1300 | 1300 per 100 ml |
| 4 Aug 2025, 12:50 | 2600 | 2600 per 100 ml |
| 29 Jul 2025, 13:37 | 2200 | 2200 per 100 ml |
| 23 Jul 2025, 12:52 | 2000 | 2000 per 100 ml |
| 15 Jul 2025, 10:01 | 2400 | 2400 per 100 ml |
| 8 Jul 2025, 12:51 | 6700 | 6700 per 100 ml |
| 3 Jul 2025, 11:27 | 1400 | 1400 per 100 ml |
| 26 Jun 2025, 13:46 | 32000 | 32000 per 100 ml |
| 22 Jun 2025, 11:45 | 7200 | 7200 per 100 ml |
| 16 Jun 2025, 12:01 | 870 | 870 per 100 ml |
| 10 Jun 2025, 16:03 | 1000 | 1000 per 100 ml |
| 4 Jun 2025, 12:29 | 790 | 790 per 100 ml |
| 27 May 2025, 12:49 | 3400 | 3400 per 100 ml |
| 20 May 2025, 11:55 | 890 | 890 per 100 ml |
| 1 May 2025, 11:38 | 220 | 220 per 100 ml |
| 17 Sep 2024, 12:21 | 440 | 440 per 100 ml |
| 10 Sep 2024, 10:55 | 540 | 540 per 100 ml |
| 4 Sep 2024, 12:44 | 1200 | 1200 per 100 ml |
| 22 Aug 2024, 12:53 | 780 | 780 per 100 ml |
| 12 Aug 2024, 14:04 | 1000 | 1000 per 100 ml |
| 6 Aug 2024, 15:37 | 7400 | 7400 per 100 ml |
| 1 Aug 2024, 10:14 | 1200 | 1200 per 100 ml |
| 23 Jul 2024, 10:28 | 1500 | 1500 per 100 ml |
| 18 Jul 2024, 13:08 | 520 | 520 per 100 ml |
| 9 Jul 2024, 14:36 | 4900 | 4900 per 100 ml |
| 3 Jul 2024, 12:22 | 410 | 410 per 100 ml |
| 27 Jun 2024, 12:09 | 780 | 780 per 100 ml |
| 23 Jun 2024, 12:39 | 2300 | 2300 per 100 ml |
| 17 Jun 2024, 10:54 | 3400 | 3400 per 100 ml |
| 13 Jun 2024, 11:11 | 1300 | 1300 per 100 ml |
| 3 Jun 2024, 10:49 | 2400 | 2400 per 100 ml |
| 25 May 2024, 13:27 | 380 | 380 per 100 ml |
| 21 May 2024, 12:45 | 890 | 890 per 100 ml |
| 15 May 2024, 12:33 | 910 | 910 per 100 ml |
| 3 May 2024, 11:15 | 870 | 870 per 100 ml |
Everything measured here
19 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 19 rows
| Determinand | Material | Results | First – last | Latest result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escherichia coli : Confirmed : MF 2348 | River water | 59 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | 360 per 100 ml 13 Sep 2026 |
| Bacteroides HF183 primer 5886 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | Present / 100ml 15 Jul 2025 |
| Bacteroidetes Marker : All 4907 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | Present 15 Jul 2025 |
| Bacteroidetes Marker : Human copy number 3820 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | 4.4 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 15 Jul 2025 |
| Bacteroidetes Marker : Ruminant 4906 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | Present 15 Jul 2025 |
| Bacteroidetes Marker : Ruminant copy number 3819 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | 3.3 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 15 Jul 2025 |
| Bacteroidetes marker: All copy number 3818 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | 7.2 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 15 Jul 2025 |
| Enterococci: Intestinal: Presumptive: MF 3722 | River water | 58 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | 720 colony forming units / 100ml 13 Sep 2026 |
| Microbial Source Tracking 4876 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | 1 text result 15 Jul 2025 |
| Mitochondrial Marker : Canine 4870 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | Present 15 Jul 2025 |
| Mitochondrial Marker : Cattle 4755 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | Not found 15 Jul 2025 |
| Mitochondrial Marker : Cattle copy number 3789 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | below 2 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 15 Jul 2025 |
| Mitochondrial Marker : Human 4869 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | Present 15 Jul 2025 |
| Mitochondrial Marker : Human copy number 3812 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | 3.5 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 15 Jul 2025 |
| Mitochrondrial Marker: Canine copy number 3816 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | 2.6 log (10) gene copies / 100ml 15 Jul 2025 |
| MST Filtration 4926 | River water | 59 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | DNA Stored 13 Sep 2026 |
| Preparation: DNA 5923 | River water | 4 | Jun 2025 – Jul 2025 | Done 15 Jul 2025 |
| Salinity : In Situ 7608 | River water | 59 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | 0.22 parts per thousand 13 Sep 2026 |
| Volume of Sample Filtered 4865 | River water | 59 | May 2024 – Sep 2026 | 930 millilitre 13 Sep 2026 |
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