Kent water quality monitoring
- Status:
- In Progress
- Catchment:
- Kent
- Theme:
- Evidence Innovation & Monitoring, Habitat & Wildlife, Water Quality and Widespread Engagement
- Partners:
- Clean River Kent Campaign, Environment Agency, Freshwater Biological Association, National Trust, Natural England and South Cumbria Rivers Trust
A variety of groups with long term water quality monitoring.
- Environment Agency: Ongoing monitoring at various designated points across the catchment. More detailed information available here
- Clean River Kent Campaign (CRKC): Monitoring for phosphates and nitrates, and genetic testing to identify source of faecal bacteria. both active and ongoing in 2024. More information of earlier work available here: Clean River Kent Campaign June 2024
CRKC’s data map available here
- FreshWater Watch, an international project and database for monitoring water quality: CRKC and National Trust (Sizergh) have groups that upload data to this site. Data portal available here
- R4ever Kent are conducting DGT passive phosphate sampling (2024). More information available here
Riverfly surveys are happening to indicate water quality health. Survey results available here