Water Quality Test Data
Name of Tester:
Joel and Jacki Clark
Date:
Location :
Recent and Current Weather
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We’ve had daily rain in the
area for the past 23 days. It’s sunny
and clear today, with temps in the low 80s.
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Description of Area (Include plant and animal/insect
life)
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Erosion control areas have
failed, allowing sediment to flow into the basin and run. Human traffic is high, with evidence of
four wheeler activity in the basin and run.
Here, evidence of the drought is overwhelming. The water level in the basin is extremely
low. |
Description of Water (Include aquatic plant and
animal/fish life)
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What little water there is
present in the basin is stagnant and cloudy.
There is a barely perceptible boil coming from the upstream side. We saw one snake (couldn’t see enough of it
to identify) in the water, as well as one small bass and several water
boatman bugs. Note: the water sample was taken from the boil
itself, not the stagnant part of the basin. |
pH: 7.4 (6.5-8.5) Temperature: 22.2
C @ time of test
TDS:
184 ppm ( <500 ppm) Nitrate: 5
ppm (< 10 ppm) Nitrite:
0 ppm (< 1 ppm)
DO: 2.5 ppm ( >2 ppm) Phosphate: 1.75
ppm (<0.1 ppm) Turbidity: n/a
BOD: unavailable Flow: not
measured WQI:
35.98-62.56 which
is fair to average
*Numbers in
parenthesis are acceptable limits.
Cave Species Counts:
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The cave was not entered. |
Date and Time of E. Coli Count:
Non-Fecal Coli (pink, light pink): 720/100 ml Other Bacteria (teal/pale/yellow/clear): 840/100
ml
Implications and questions: Because
we currently lack enough results to track trends, no true conclusions can be
wrought from the data. As more tests are
completed, trends should become visible.
Still, I find it intriguing that the bacterial counts are less here than
at Cow on the same day. The visible
condition of the two springs couldn’t be more contradictory to the bacterial
counts. It brings to mind some
interesting implications.