Dataset

Winter Chloride Watch

Dataset by National Great Rivers

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 19 April 2024

    Hidden Lake at Hidden Lake Forest Preserve by Linda Heuser

    The quantab reading was 0.2 which is below the scale for the ppm, so the lowest ppm was recorded.

  • 19 April 2024

    Blackwell Forest Preserve Silver Lake by Ken List

  • 18 April 2024

    Salt Creek - Fullersburg - Rainbow Bridge by Kevin Blair

  • 18 April 2024

    DesPlaines River from DesPlaines Riverways DuPage FPD by Kevin Blair

  • 18 April 2024

    Ferson Creek at LeRoy Oakes FP Bridge by Jim Baum

  • 18 April 2024

    Park 571 by Anne Knafl

    Canada geese, Double-crested Cormorant, ring-billed gull, American Robins, Red-wing Blackbirds

  • 17 April 2024

    Terrace View Park Pond in Lombard, IL by Tony Ream

  • 17 April 2024

    Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation District (BNWRD) Sugar Creek Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler

    Additional Tests: Water Quality PPM: 635, Drinking Water PPM: 500

  • 17 April 2024

    Ewing Park II Sugar Creek Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler

    Additional Tests: Water Quality PPM: 640, Drinking Water PPM: 500

  • 17 April 2024

    Fairview Park Sugar Creek Stewards Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler

    Additional Tests: Water Quality PPM: 501, Drinking Water PPM: 500

  • 17 April 2024

    Blackberry Creek at Barnes Forest Preserve by Doug Sibon

  • 17 April 2024

    Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve by Tom Kubica

    Windy rainy Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Arrived at bridge test site but tree had fallen over bridge denying access to middle of bridge, the water sample site. Water sample was taken from the West bank of the creek 50 feet North of the bridge. Sample obtained from the middle of the creek. First test and retest showed 210 ppm chloride. Saw 1 - Mallard duck, 1 - Red-bellied woodpecker, 1 - Northern flicker, 3 - Blue jay, 1 - Black-capped chickadee, 3 - American robins, 2- House sparrows, 1 - Song sparrow, 3- Red-winged blackbirds.

  • 16 April 2024

    West branch of DuPage river at Beecher Rd, Winfield by Chris Thomson

  • 16 April 2024

    East DuPage river at St. Charles by Chris Thomson