Sampling mine-impacted water at Coledale Beck, Cumbria

In her PhD project, Kat Neate is focusing on Quantifying the importance of different sources of diffuse pollution in mining-impacted rivers. On 2 March 2019, the supervisory team (Adam Jarvis, Anke Neumann) set out with Kat for a first sampling of mine-impacted water of the Coledale Beck at Force Crag and for a reconnaissance of the potential diffuse sources of pollution to plan the strategies for assessment. Overall: a successful field trip, in a wonderful location with very interesting weather…

Abandoned mine buildings at the Force Crag mine site.
What a nice welcome to the Coledale Beck!
With the sun out, it was almost nice!
Off to sampling and salt gauging.
Almost ready.
Kat monitoring the water flow and level.