Streamkeepers Database | Module 3 Water Quality Index

Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: Fraser River | Survey Date: July 14th, 2016
Chemical Test	Result	Q-value	Weighting	Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature		91.00	X 0.10 =	9.1
Oxygen Saturation:	105.00	98.00	x 0.17 =	16.66
pH (units):	7.50	9.00	x 0.11 =	0.99
Turbidity (cm):	18.50	43.00	x 0.08 =	3.44
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)				30.19

Water Quality Chart

Good

40-45

Acceptable

30-40

Marginal

20-30

Poor

< 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: Fraser River	Survey Date: July 14th, 2016
Organization Name: PSkF Quesnel	Project Name: Sk's training
Data Entered by: ZoAnn Morten	Survey ID: 187

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day	Air Temp (0^o)	Water Temp (0^o)
am	20.00	17.00
pm	24.00	17.00
Difference in water temperature:
Q Value:		91.00

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

Step 2 Dissolved Oxygen

Concentration (mg/l):	10.00
% Saturation:	105.00
Equipment (if not Hach):	Hach

Step 3 pH

pH Reading:	7.50
Equipment:	Hach range 5.5-
Nitrites:
Conductivity:
Other one:

Step 4 Turbidity

Tubdity (JTU):
Tubdity (NTU):
Tubdity (cm):	18.50
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>):
Background Tubdity:
Tubdity increase over background:
Equipment	meter stick