Streamkeepers Database | Module 3 Water Quality Index

Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: Buck Creek | Survey Date: September 9th, 2015
Chemical Test	Result	Q-value	Weighting	Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature	6	91.00	X 0.10 =	9.1
Oxygen Saturation:	108.00	95.00	x 0.17 =	16.15
pH (units):	7.00	89.00	x 0.11 =	9.79
Turbidity (cm):	0.00	70.00	x 0.08 =	5.6
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)				40.64

Water Quality Chart

Good

40-45

Acceptable

30-40

Marginal

20-30

Poor

< 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: Buck Creek	Survey Date: September 9th, 2015
Organization Name: Yukon Salmon Sub Committee	Project Name: Streamkeepers Traini
Data Entered by: ZoAnn Morten	Survey ID: 146

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day	Air Temp (0^o)	Water Temp (0^o)
am
pm	14.00	6.00
Difference in water temperature:		6
Q Value:		91.00

Site	Air Temp(0^o)	Water Temp(0^o)
Upstream:
Downstream:
Difference in water temperature:		6
Q Value:

Step 2 Dissolved Oxygen

Concentration (mg/l):	13.00
% Saturation:	108.00
Equipment (if not Hach):	Hach

Step 3 pH

pH Reading:	7.00
Equipment:	Lamotte
Nitrites:
Conductivity:
Other one:

Step 4 Turbidity

Tubdity (JTU):
Tubdity (NTU):
Tubdity (cm):	0.00
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>):
Background Tubdity:
Tubdity increase over background:
Equipment	Meter stick