Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: MALCOLM CREEK | Survey Date: April 21st, 2021
Chemical Test Result Q-value Weighting Index Value
Temperature Change: Temperature 0.2 90.00 X 0.10 = 9
Oxygen Saturation: 101.40 98.00 x 0.17 = 16.66
pH (units): 7.15 89.00 x 0.11 = 9.79
Turbidity - JTU: 0.00 100.00 x 0.08 = 8
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)
43.45
Water Quality Chart
Good 40-45 Acceptable 30-40 Marginal 20-30 Poor < 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: MALCOLM CREEK Survey Date: April 21st, 2021
Organization Name: Sunshine Coast Streamkeepers Project Name: Module 3 Summer
Data Entered by: Shirley S Survey ID: 604

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day Air Temp (0o) Water Temp (0o)
11:15:00 am 8.00 4.80
Not recorded pm 10.30 5.00
Difference in water temperature: 0.2
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):
0.00
% Saturation: 101.40
Equipment (if not Hach): Oxyguard Polari
Step 3 pH
pH Reading: 7.15
Equipment: Hanna
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