Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: MAPLEWOOD CREEK | Survey Date: July 10th, 2024
Chemical Test Result Q-value Weighting Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature 0.5 90.00 X 0.10 = 9
Oxygen Saturation: 96.00 99.00 x 0.17 = 16.83
pH (units): 7.30 89.00 x 0.11 = 9.79
Turbidity (cm): 41.00 73.00 x 0.08 = 5.84
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)
41.46
Water Quality Chart
Good 40-45 Acceptable 30-40 Marginal 20-30 Poor < 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: MAPLEWOOD CREEK Survey Date: July 10th, 2024
Organization Name: North Shore Streamkeepers Project Name: Baseline
Data Entered by: ZoAnn Survey ID: 1041

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day Air Temp (0o) Water Temp (0o)
10:30:00 am 21.00 18.50
11:00:00 pm 22.00 19.00
Difference in water temperature: 0.5
Q Value:90.00
Site Air Temp(0o) Water Temp(0o)
Upstream: Not recorded Not recorded
Downstream: Not recorded Not recorded
Difference in water temperature: Not enough data
Q Value:0.00
Step 2 Dissolved Oxygen
Concentration
(mg/l): 		9.00
% Saturation: 96.00
Equipment (if not Hach): hach
Step 3 pH
pH Reading: 7.30
Equipment: hach
Nitrites: 0.00
Conductivity: 0.00
Other one: 0.00
Step 4 Turbidity
Tubdity (JTU): 0.00
Tubdity (NTU): 0.00
Tubdity (cm): 41.00
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>): 0.00
Background Tubdity: 0.00
Tubdity increase over background: 0.00
Equipment turbidity tube
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