River Hems at Bow Bridge

Where and when

Last sampled

18 Sep 2026, 13:1513 days ago · time as the Environment Agency records it (UK clock time; the source gives no time zone)

Samples banked

39 since 2 May 2025 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) · results completed 22 Sep 2026

Where

National Grid 280150, 65070As published, to the nearest 10 m. Open in a map

River, by its own name

Hems

River, by the map

River HemsPlaced on the river its name gives, 7 m from the line.

Next gauge downstream

Totnes On the Tide · 7.5 km along the river

Why it was sampled

Planned investigation (local monitoring) (39 samples)

Results here were completed a median of 4 days after the sample was taken (2 to 71 days, 23 samples). 1 visit found no water to sample (recorded as “No flow”).

Main measurements, river water

Everything measured here

24 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.