Streamkeepers Database | Module 3 Water Quality Index

Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: SARDIS POND | Survey Date: August 20th, 2016
Chemical Test	Result	Q-value	Weighting	Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature	3	80.00	X 0.10 =	8
Oxygen Saturation:	110.00	94.00	x 0.17 =	15.98
pH (units):	8.40	65.00	x 0.11 =	7.15
Turbidity (cm):	16.00	40.00	x 0.08 =	3.2
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)				34.33

Water Quality Chart

Good

40-45

Acceptable

30-40

Marginal

20-30

Poor

< 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: SARDIS POND	Survey Date: August 20th, 2016
Organization Name: WaterWealth Project	Project Name:
Data Entered by: April Davies	Survey ID: 298

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day	Air Temp (0^o)	Water Temp (0^o)
am	29.50	25.16
pm	31.50	28.16
Difference in water temperature:		3
Q Value:		80.00

Site	Air Temp(0^o)	Water Temp(0^o)
Upstream:
Downstream:
Difference in water temperature:		3
Q Value:

Step 2 Dissolved Oxygen

Concentration (mg/l):	9.00
% Saturation:	110.00
Equipment (if not Hach):

Step 3 pH

pH Reading:	8.40
Equipment:	hanna checker
Nitrites:	5.00
Conductivity:
Other one:

Step 4 Turbidity

Tubdity (JTU):
Tubdity (NTU):
Tubdity (cm):	16.00
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>):
Background Tubdity:
Tubdity increase over background:
Equipment	turbity meter