Streamkeepers Database | Module 3 Water Quality Index

Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: SARDIS POND | Survey Date: July 19th, 2016
Chemical Test	Result	Q-value	Weighting	Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature	23	90.00	X 0.10 =	9
Oxygen Saturation:	140.00	75.00	x 0.17 =	12.75
pH (units):	9.21	45.00	x 0.11 =	4.95
Turbidity (cm):	27.80	53.00	x 0.08 =	4.24
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)				30.94

Water Quality Chart

Good

40-45

Acceptable

30-40

Marginal

20-30

Poor

< 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: SARDIS POND	Survey Date: July 19th, 2016
Organization Name: WaterWealth Project	Project Name: WEX
Data Entered by: Ian Stephen	Survey ID: 290

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day	Air Temp (0^o)	Water Temp (0^o)
am
pm	26.50	23.00
Difference in water temperature:		23
Q Value:		90.00

Site	Air Temp(0^o)	Water Temp(0^o)
Upstream:
Downstream:
Difference in water temperature:		23
Q Value:

Step 2 Dissolved Oxygen

Concentration (mg/l):	20.00
% Saturation:	140.00
Equipment (if not Hach):

Step 3 pH

pH Reading:	9.21
Equipment:
Nitrites:
Conductivity:
Other one:

Step 4 Turbidity

Tubdity (JTU):
Tubdity (NTU):
Tubdity (cm):	27.80
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>):
Background Tubdity:
Tubdity increase over background:
Equipment	60 cm turbidity tube