River Cam
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What happened
The River Cam is the flagship receiving water of the Cambridgeshire showcase. The reviewed evidence establishes that the Cambridge (Milton) Water Recycling Centre discharges to it and that it sits within the North East Cambridge regeneration area. The Environment Agency Water Framework Directive classification for this water body (GB105033042750) has been located and records the water body as Moderate overall — ecological status Moderate, chemical status Fail — and designates it a Heavily Modified Water Body; these values are attributed to the Environment Agency classification record. A validated water-quality monitoring series adjacent to the Milton WRC discharge has still not been located in the reviewed public sources, so the effect of the discharge on the receiving water remains unresolved. A river is a linear water body rather than a single point; the map shows only an indicative point on its course through Cambridge for orientation, not a discharge or monitoring location.
2 events on record from 0 source records.
Latest evidence
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Water Framework Directive classification located
June 1, 2025
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Receives discharge from the Cambridge (Milton) WRC
January 1, 2025
What we haven’t found
BioVeracity has not located the following in the public sources reviewed for this place. Absence here is not proof that nothing happened — only that the record is, so far, silent.
BioVeracity has not located a validated water-quality monitoring series for the River Cam adjacent to the Milton WRC discharge in the public sources reviewed.
Why it matters: The effect of the discharge on the receiving water cannot be established without paired flow and concentration data.
What would resolve it: Sources to check: EA Water Quality Archive monitoring stations. Last checked at seed time.
Classification: Evidence gap
BioVeracity has not located a current Water Framework Directive classification for the River Cam in the public sources reviewed.
Why it matters: Without a classification, changes in the river’s ecological or chemical status cannot be tracked over time.
What would resolve it: Sources to check: EA Water Quality Archive and WFD classification data (environment.data.gov.uk, water.europa.eu). Last checked at seed time.
Classification: Evidence gap