Ecology 1 - Chemical Testing of the Hydric Environment

Chemical Testing of the Hydric Environment

For this lab please print two copies of the Chemical Water Test Data Reporting Form and bring it to the lab with you.

You can also look at graphs of data on this site.

Refer to this webpage for basic information on water quality parameters.

Date	19 October 1993	19 October 1994	22 April 1995	22 October 1995	21 January 1996	6 February 1996	21 April 1996	15 Oct. 1996	29 Sept. 2003
Time	1630	1730	1245	1145	1500	830	1500	1600	9:30
Weather Conditions	Clear	Clear	Drizzle	Clear	Clear	Clear	Clear	Clear	Clear
Streamflow	Normal	Low	Bank Full	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Normal	Low
Stream Conditions	Level	Level	Falling	Level	Falling	Falling	Falling	Level	Falling
Air Temperature ºC	25	23	25	21	16	5	33	28	15
Water Temperature ºC	23	18	23	15	6	4	24	18	15.5
pH SIU	6.5	6	7	6.5	6	6.5	6.5	6	65
Dissolved Oxygen mg/l	5	9	7	8	10	10	6	7.2	7.6
Alkalinity mg/l	15	20	20	15	20	20	20	20	25
Hardness mg/l	10	20	20	30	30	20	20	20	40
Turbidity JTU					30	10	15	10	60
Secchi Depth m								.88	.0483
Other	Water very turbid	Vegetation near bridge sprayed with herbicide by county road crew	Water very turbid	A lot of debris in the creek from Hurricane Opal	Several deer carcasses dumped in the creek by hunters				Not much flow, a lot of leaves on the surface of the water.