This form is for the dataset: Water Rangers Water Quality Testers

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

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

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

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

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
Ice presence Qualitative	Ice on, Ice off
Water depth m	Unspecified equipment (water depth)	1
Flow L/s	Other flow equipment	1
River stage m	Unspecified equipment (stage ruler)	1

Test parameter	Type of test	Samples
Phosphate-phosphorus mg/L	Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)	1
pH	Unspecified equipment (pH)	1
Oxygen mg/L	Unspecified equipment (dissolved oxygen in mg/L)	1
Air temperature °C	Unspecified equipment (air temperature)	1
Water temperature °C	Unspecified equipment (water temperature)	1
Hardness mg/L	Unspecified equipment (hardness)	1
Alkalinity mg/L	Unspecified equipment (alkalinity)	1
Conductivity μS/cm	Unspecified equipment (conductivity)	1
Chloride ppm	Unspecified equipment (chloride)	1
Total phosphorus ppb	Unspecified equipment (total phosphorus)	1
Salinity ppm	Unspecified equipment (salinity)	1
Turbidity NTU	Unspecified equipment (turbidity)	1
Phosphate ppm	Unspecified equipment (phosphate)	1
Nitrate mg/L	Unspecified equipment (nitrate)	1
Nitrate-nitrogen mg/L	Unspecified equipment (nitrate-nitrogen)	1
Nitrite ppm	Other equipment in ppm	1
Calcium mg/L	Unspecified equipment (calcium)	1
Fluorescence (fluorometer) ppm	Unspecified equipment (fluorescence)	1
Chlorophyll-A mg/L	Unspecified equipment (chlorophyll a)	1
Total suspended solids (TSS) mg/L	Unspecified equipment (TSS)	1
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) ppm	Unspecified equipment (BOD)	1
Oxygen %	Unspecified equipment (dissolved oxygen %)	1
Total dissolved solids (TDS) ppm	Unspecified equipment (TDS)	1
Chlorine ppm	Unspecified equipment (chlorine)	1
Ammonia ppm	Other equipment in ppm	1
Ammonia ppm	Unspecified equipment (ammonia)	1
Dissolved organic carbon mg/L	Unspecified equipment (DOC)	1

Test parameter	Type of test	Samples
E. coli CFU/100 mL	Other E. coli lab test	3
Total coliform CFU/100 mL	Unspecified equipment (total coliform)	1
Other coliform CFU/100 mL	Unspecified equipment (other coliform)	1
Incubation time hours	Digital timer	1
Incubation temperature °C	Digital thermometer	1