Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: BROWNE CREEK | Survey Date: September 7th, 2017
Chemical Test Result Q-value Weighting Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature 1.5 90.00 X 0.10 = 9
Oxygen Saturation: 85.00 92.00 x 0.17 = 15.64
pH (units): 6.90 88.00 x 0.11 = 9.68
Turbidity (cm): 40.00 90.00 x 0.08 = 7.2
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)
41.52
Water Quality Chart
Good 40-45 Acceptable 30-40 Marginal 20-30 Poor < 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: BROWNE CREEK Survey Date: September 7th, 2017
Organization Name: WaterWealth Project Project Name:
Data Entered by: April Davies Survey ID: 325

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day Air Temp (0o) Water Temp (0o)
Not recorded am 23.00 11.00
Not recorded pm 25.00 12.50
Difference in water temperature: 1.5
Q Value:90.00
Site Air Temp(0o) Water Temp(0o)
Upstream: Not recorded Not recorded
Downstream: Not recorded Not recorded
Difference in water temperature: Not enough data
Q Value:0.00
Step 2 Dissolved Oxygen
Concentration
(mg/l): 		9.00
% Saturation: 85.00
Equipment (if not Hach):
Step 3 pH
pH Reading: 6.90
Equipment: hanna checker
Nitrites: 0.00
Conductivity: 0.00
Other one: 0.00
Step 4 Turbidity
Tubdity (JTU): 0.00
Tubdity (NTU): 0.00
Tubdity (cm): 40.00
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>): 0.00
Background Tubdity: 0.00
Tubdity increase over background: 0.00
Equipment turbity tube
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