Streamkeepers Database | Module 3 Water Quality Index

Module 3 Water Quality Index

Stream Name: WINDEBANK CREEK | Survey Date: 2015-11-27
Chemical Test	Result	Q-value	Weighting	Index Value
Temperature Change:		80.00	X 0.10 =	8
Oxygen Saturation:	109.00	90.00	x 0.17 =	15.3
pH (units):	7.50	80.00	x 0.11 =	8.8
Turbidity - JTU:			x 0.08 =	0
Turbidity - NTU:			x 0.08 =	0
Turbidity (cm):	25.00	55.00	x 0.08 =	4.4
Total = Water Quality Index (Compare this value to the Water Quality Chart below)				36.5

Water Quality Chart

Good

40-45

Acceptable

30-40

Marginal

20-30

Poor

< 20

Survey Results

Stream Name: WINDEBANK CREEK	Survey Date: 2015-11-27
Organization Name: Mission of Streams	Project Name: Windebank Monitoring
Data Entered by: D Urban	Survey ID: 151

A) Temperature

Time of Day	Air Temp (0^o)	Water Temp (0^o)
am	6.00	4.00
pm
Difference in water temperature:

Site	Air Temp(0^o)	Water Temp(0^o)
Upstream:
Downstream:
Difference in water temperature:

B) Dissolved Oxygen

Concentration (mg/l):	14.00
% Saturation:	109.00
Equipment (if not Hach):	Hach

C) pH

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

Turbidity

Tubdity (JTU):
Tubdity (NTU):
Tubdity (cm):	25.00
Tubdity (cm) greater than (>):
Background Tubdity:
Tubdity increase over background:
Equipment