Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: BOWKER CREEK | Survey Date: August 10th, 2021
Chemical Test Result Q-value Weighting Index Value
Temperature Change: Site Not enough data 75.00 X 0.10 = 7.5
Oxygen Saturation: 82.00 91.00 x 0.17 = 15.47
pH (units): 8.25 82.00 x 0.11 = 9.02
Turbidity (cm): 40.00 48.00 x 0.08 = 3.84
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)
35.83
Water Quality Chart
Good 40-45 Acceptable 30-40 Marginal 20-30 Poor < 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: BOWKER CREEK Survey Date: August 10th, 2021
Organization Name: Friends of Bowker Creek Project Name: Chum Salmon Recovery
Data Entered by: Neil Mossie Survey ID: 651

Step 1 Temperature

Time of Day Air Temp (0o) Water Temp (0o)
Not recorded am Not recorded Not recorded
17:00:00 pm 20.00 21.50
Difference in water temperature: Not enough data
Q Value:0.00
Site Air Temp(0o) Water Temp(0o)
Upstream: 22.50 17.00
Downstream: 21.00 17.00
Difference in water temperature: 21.5
Q Value:75.00
Step 2 Dissolved Oxygen
Concentration
(mg/l): 		7.50
% Saturation: 82.00
Equipment (if not Hach):
Step 3 pH
pH Reading: 8.25
Equipment: LaMotte Kit
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
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