's Module 3
Water Quality Index for BYRNE CREEK
Stream Name: BYRNE CREEK
Survey Date: 2013-08-21
Chemical Test Result Q-value Weighting Index Value
Temperature Change: 15 91.00 X 0.10 = 9.1
Oxygen Saturation: 90.00 99.00 x 0.17 = 16.83
pH (units): 7.50 91.00 x 0.11 = 10.01
Turbidity (JTU, NTU): 0.00 98.00 x 0.08 = 7.84
Turbidity (cm): x 0.08 = 0
Water Quality Index is Good 43.78
Water Quality Chart
Good 40-45
Acceptable 30-40
Marginal 20-30
Poor < 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: BYRNE CREEK Survey Date: 2013-08-21
Organization Name: Byrne Creek Streamkeepers Project Name: water testing during
Data Entered by: ZoAnn Morten Survey ID: 31

A) Temperature

Time of Day Air Temp (0o) Water Temp (0o)
am 15.00
pm
Difference in water temperature: 0.00
Site Air Temp(0o) Water Temp(0o)
Upstream:
Downstream:
Difference in water temperature:

B) Dissolved Oxygen

Concentration (mg/l): 9.00
% Saturation: 90.00
Equipment (if not Hach):

C) pH

pH Reading: 7.50
Equipment: hach
Nitrites:
Conductivity:
Other one:

Turbidity

Tubdity (JTU): 0.00
Tubdity (NTU):
Tubdity (cm):
Background Tubdity:
Tubdity increase over background:
Equipment