Streamkeepers Database | Module 3 Water Quality Index

Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: SAUL CREEK | Survey Date: September 28th, 2017
Chemical Test	Result	Q-value	Weighting	Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature	0.5	89.00	X 0.10 =	8.9
Oxygen Saturation:	110.00	95.00	x 0.17 =	16.15
pH (units):	8.00	87.00	x 0.11 =	9.57
Turbidity - JTU:	0.00	98.00	x 0.08 =	7.84
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)				42.46

Water Quality Chart

Good

40-45

Acceptable

30-40

Marginal

20-30

Poor

< 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: SAUL CREEK	Survey Date: September 28th, 2017
Organization Name: Nechako Secondary School	Project Name: Student streamkeeper
Data Entered by: ZoAnn Morten	Survey ID: 271

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day	Air Temp (0^o)	Water Temp (0^o)
am	11.50	7.50
pm	12.00	8.00
Difference in water temperature:		0.5
Q Value:		89.00

Site	Air Temp(0^o)	Water Temp(0^o)
Upstream:
Downstream:
Difference in water temperature:		0.5
Q Value:

Step 2 Dissolved Oxygen

Concentration (mg/l):	13.00
% Saturation:	110.00
Equipment (if not Hach):	Hach

Step 3 pH

pH Reading:	8.00
Equipment:	Lamotte 3.0-10.
Nitrites:
Conductivity:
Other one:

Step 4 Turbidity

Tubdity (JTU):	0.00
Tubdity (NTU):
Tubdity (cm):
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>):
Background Tubdity:
Tubdity increase over background:
Equipment	Turbidity test kit