This form is for the dataset: Testeurs du Québec / Quebec Testers

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Weather

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

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Qualitative

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

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

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Physical Tests

Test parameter	Type of test	Samples
Water flow Qualitative	Still, Slow, Steady, Surging
Water level Qualitative	Dry, Low, Average, High, Very high (bank full), Flooded
Secchi depth (clarity) m	Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)	1
Water depth m	Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)	1
Ice presence Qualitative	Ice on, Ice off

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Chemistry tests

Test parameter	Type of test	Samples
Water temperature °C	Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)	1
Conductivity μS/cm	Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)	1
pH	Taylor teststrips (pH)	1
Alkalinity ppm	Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)	1
Oxygen mg/L	Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen)	1
Chlorine ppm	Taylor teststrips (chlorine)	1
Hardness ppm	Taylor teststrips (hardness)	1
Air temperature °C	Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app	1
Chloride mg/L	Hach teststrips (chloride - low range)	1
Nitrate-nitrogen mg/L	Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen)	1
Nitrite ppm	Other equipment in ppm	1
Phosphate ppm	Unspecified equipment (phosphate)	1
Oxygen %	Other dissolved oxygen multimeter (%)	1
Total dissolved solids (TDS) ppm	Other pen-type meter (TDS)	1
Salinity ppth	Water Rangers pen-type meter (salinity in ppth)	1
Salinity ppm	Water Rangers pen-type meter (salinity in ppm)	1