Streamkeepers Database | Module 3 Water Quality Index

Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: KISKATINAW RIVER | Survey Date: July 6th, 2016
Chemical Test	Result	Q-value	Weighting	Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature	4	78.00	X 0.10 =	7.8
Oxygen Saturation:	109.00	95.00	x 0.17 =	16.15
pH (units):	7.25	89.00	x 0.11 =	9.79
Turbidity (cm):	128.00	87.00	x 0.08 =	6.96
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)				40.7

Water Quality Chart

Good

40-45

Acceptable

30-40

Marginal

20-30

Poor

< 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: KISKATINAW RIVER	Survey Date: July 6th, 2016
Organization Name: Pacific Streamkeepers Federationnorth	Project Name: Streamkeepers traing
Data Entered by: Zo Ann Morten	Survey ID: 186

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day	Air Temp (0^o)	Water Temp (0^o)
11:20:00 am	21.00	14.00
15:20:00 pm	25.00	18.00
Difference in water temperature:		4
Q Value:		78.00

Site	Air Temp(0^o)	Water Temp(0^o)
Upstream:	Not recorded
Downstream:
Difference in water temperature:		4
Q Value:

Step 2 Dissolved Oxygen

Concentration (mg/l):	10.00
% Saturation:	109.00
Equipment (if not Hach):	Hach

Step 3 pH

pH Reading:	7.25
Equipment:	Hach range 5.5-
Nitrites:
Conductivity:
Other one:

Step 4 Turbidity

Tubdity (JTU):
Tubdity (NTU):
Tubdity (cm):	128.00
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>):
Background Tubdity:
Tubdity increase over background:
Equipment	0