This form is for the dataset: Hogsmill Water Quality

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Weather

Test parameter	Type of test	Samples
Current weather Qualitative	Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy, Windy, Snowy
Current weather description Qualitative
Weather in the past 24hrs Qualitative	Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy, Windy, Snowy
Weather in the past 24hrs description Qualitative

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Qualitative

Test parameter	Type of test	Samples
Clarity Qualitative	Clear, Cloudy, Opaque
Water use Qualitative	Fishing, Swimming, Boating, Irrigation, Public water supply, ceremonial, other
Colour Qualitative	Colourless, Blue, Green, Brown, Grey, Yellow, White/milky, Other

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Plants Wildlife

Test parameter	Type of test	Samples
Algae Qualitative	None, Cladaphora, Evenly dispersed, Floating mats, Attached, Blue-green scum, I'm not sure

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Issue Reporting

Test parameter	Type of test	Samples
Odour Qualitative	None, Sewage, Petroleum, Algae, Natural, Other
Pollution sources Qualitative	Industrial discharge, Residential discharge, Urban/road discharge, Highway discharge, Other
Water surface Qualitative	None, Foam, Scum, Litter, Oily sheen, Natural debris, Floating algae

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Physical Tests

Test parameter	Type of test	Samples
Flow L/s	Other flow equipment	1
Water flow Qualitative	Still, Slow, Steady, Surging
Water level Qualitative	Dry, Low, Average, High, Very high (bank full), Flooded
Water depth m	Ruler (metric)	1
Water depth m	Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)	1
Secchi depth (clarity) m	Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)	1

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Chemistry tests

Test parameter	Type of test	Samples
Air temperature °C	Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app	1
Water temperature °C	Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)	1
Oxygen %	YSI meter (dissolved oxygen %)	1
Conductivity μS/cm	Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)	1
Oxygen mg/L	YSI multimeter (dissolved oxygen)	1
Chlorine ppm	Taylor teststrips (chlorine)	1
Hardness ppm	Taylor teststrips (hardness)	1
Alkalinity ppm	Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)	1
Chloride ppm	Unspecified equipment (chloride)	1
pH	Taylor teststrips (pH)	1
Ammonia mg/L	Hanna checker (ammonia - medium range)	1
Nitrate-nitrogen mg/L	Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)	1
Nitrite mg/L	Other teststrips in mg/L (nitrites)	1
Phosphate mg/L	Hanna checker (phosphate - low range)	1
Phosphate-phosphorus mg/L	Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)	1
Nitrate mg/L	Unspecified equipment (nitrate)	1