Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: MALCOLM CREEK | Survey Date: December 4th, 2019
Chemical Test Result Q-value Weighting Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature 0.4 91.00 X 0.10 = 9.1
Oxygen Saturation: 103.40 99.00 x 0.17 = 16.83
pH (units): 6.75 87.00 x 0.11 = 9.57
Turbidity - NTU: 0.00 77.00 x 0.08 = 6.16
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)
41.66
Water Quality Chart
Good 40-45 Acceptable 30-40 Marginal 20-30 Poor < 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: MALCOLM CREEK Survey Date: December 4th, 2019
Organization Name: Sunshine Coast Streamkeepers Project Name: Water Quality Survey
Data Entered by: Shirley Samples Survey ID: 409

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day Air Temp (0o) Water Temp (0o)
11:00:00 am 7.20 5.30
13:00:00 pm 7.20 5.70
Difference in water temperature: 0.4
Q Value:91.00
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): 		14.00
% Saturation: 103.40
Equipment (if not Hach): Polaris
Step 3 pH
pH Reading: 6.75
Equipment: LaMotte
Nitrites: 0.00
Conductivity: 0.00
Other one: 0.00
Step 4 Turbidity
Tubdity (JTU): 0.00
Tubdity (NTU): 0.00
Tubdity (cm): 0.00
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>): 0.00
Background Tubdity: 0.00
Tubdity increase over background: 0.00
Equipment
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