Dataset

Winter Chloride Watch

Dataset by National Great Rivers

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 21 November 2024

    Spring Brook Creek - N of Meacham Grove FP by Karen Snyder

    Both test strips tested the same at 125 ppm

  • 21 November 2024

    Long Run Creek - Homer Glen, IL by Greg Vejvoda

    First snow fall of season. The snow flakes were very fine in texture and were turning into slush on the ground. No snow plows or salt trucks were encountered on local roads.

  • 21 November 2024

    Watson Creek - Inflow to East Lagoon at Montgomery to Faraday pedestrian bridge by WILLIAM MARTIN

  • 21 November 2024

    South Branch Kishwaukee River at College Ave. by WILLIAM MARTIN

  • 21 November 2024

    Creek flowing into Wonderlake by Helen Noskowicz

    edited observation to reflect reported chloride PPM vs quantab units on test strip.

  • 21 November 2024

    Winfield Creek at Emerson School by Maureen Keil

    There are two quantab results in the picture for checking standardization of the tabs themselves.

  • 20 November 2024

    Lake Killarney to Silver Lake Creek (Cary, IL, 60013) by Eberhard Veit

    Ran Q/C test on strip Lot# A4290A - See pictures. One strip read 209 PPM the other 226. Not sure what the acceptable range is. - This was just before the first snow of the season. - Only little snow fell on warm ground and only very little salt was used in addition to snow plowing. - Air and water temperature are no problem to get. I bought an inexpensive Thermometer all plastic at Ace Hardware for about $5.- It agreed with my digital thermometers. - - - This Creek is the outflow of Lake Killarney: *** Chloride seems very high for the time of year. My suspicion is that it is caused by water softeners and septic systems in the Lake Killarney subdivision. Our water has a lot of Iron and many people have water softeners. All houses on the West Side of the Lake have well & septic. Houses on the East Side of the Lake have community water & septic

  • 20 November 2024

    Lake Killarney outlet dam (Cary, IL, 60013) by Eberhard Veit

    Ran Q/C test on strip Lot# A4290A - See pictures. One strip read 209 PPM the other 226. Not sure what the acceptable range is. - This was just before the first snow of the season. - Only little snow fell on warm ground and only very little salt was used in addition to snow plowing. - Air and water temperature are no problem to get. I bought an inexpensive Thermometer all plastic at Ace Hardware for about $5.- It agreed with my digital thermometers. *** Chloride seems very high for the time of year. My suspicion is that it is caused by water softeners and septic systems. Our water has a lot of Iron and many people have water softeners. All houses on the West Side of the Lake have well & septic. Houses on the East Side of the Lake have community water & septic

  • 20 November 2024

    Bourbonnais Creek Upstream by ONU Earth & Space Sciences River Keepers

  • 20 November 2024

    South Branch of Kishwaukee River at N. 1st Street by Patty Ruback

  • 20 November 2024

    West Branch of the DuPage River by Shoshana Frank

    Second test for QAQC 11/20/24 @ 1344 Chloride PPM = 125