Streamkeepers Database | Module 3 Water Quality Index

Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: PEACH CREEK-Chilliwa | Survey Date: January 13th, 2018
Chemical Test	Result	Q-value	Weighting	Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature	0	90.00	X 0.10 =	9
Oxygen Saturation:	82.00	86.00	x 0.17 =	14.62
pH (units):	7.00	87.00	x 0.11 =	9.57
Turbidity (cm):	0.00	90.00	x 0.08 =	7.2
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)				40.39

Water Quality Chart

Good

40-45

Acceptable

30-40

Marginal

20-30

Poor

< 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: PEACH CREEK-Chilliwa	Survey Date: January 13th, 2018
Organization Name: WaterWealth Project	Project Name: WEX
Data Entered by: April Davies	Survey ID: 283

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day	Air Temp (0^o)	Water Temp (0^o)
am	6.00	5.50
pm
Difference in water temperature:		0
Q Value:		90.00

Site	Air Temp(0^o)	Water Temp(0^o)
Upstream:
Downstream:
Difference in water temperature:		-5.5
Q Value:

Step 2 Dissolved Oxygen

Concentration (mg/l):	10.00
% Saturation:	82.00
Equipment (if not Hach):

Step 3 pH

pH Reading:	7.00
Equipment:	Hanna Checker
Nitrites:	0.00
Conductivity:	100.00
Other one:

Step 4 Turbidity

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