Streamkeepers Database | Module 3 Water Quality Index

Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: Frank Dan Slough | Survey Date: September 8th, 2017
Chemical Test	Result	Q-value	Weighting	Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature		91.00	X 0.10 =	9.1
Oxygen Saturation:	98.00	98.00	x 0.17 =	16.66
pH (units):	6.40	74.00	x 0.11 =	8.14
Turbidity (cm):	120.00	88.00	x 0.08 =	7.04
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)				40.94

Water Quality Chart

Good

40-45

Acceptable

30-40

Marginal

20-30

Poor

< 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: Frank Dan Slough	Survey Date: September 8th, 2017
Organization Name: Pearson Ecological	Project Name: Project Monitoring
Data Entered by: ZoAnn	Survey ID: 268

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day	Air Temp (0^o)	Water Temp (0^o)
am	19.00	10.00
pm	18.00	10.00
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):	9.00
% Saturation:	98.00
Equipment (if not Hach):	Hach

Step 3 pH

pH Reading:	6.40
Equipment:	hach 5.5-8.5 ra
Nitrites:
Conductivity:
Other one:

Step 4 Turbidity

Tubdity (JTU):
Tubdity (NTU):
Tubdity (cm):	120.00
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>):
Background Tubdity:
Tubdity increase over background:
Equipment