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Date	Notes
31 January 2025 Thompson Riverside	Carrie Thompson The river was quite high. the culvert across the river that drains from the subdivision above it was flowing very… 5 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
31 January 2025 Sangamon River Forest Preserve site	Bruce M Colravy Although the chloride value is entered as the minimum value of 32ppm, the actual value is well below that. 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, conductivity, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, water temperature
31 January 2025 Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve	Bruce M Colravy 8 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, conductivity, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, water temperature
31 January 2025 Big Rock Forest Preserve	Ryan Kriz Area around the creek flooded from rainfall the last 24 hours and still frozen ground 3 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
31 January 2025 River Bend Forest Preserve site	Bruce M Colravy 8 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, conductivity, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, water temperature
31 January 2025 Creek at Merry Meadows	James Weiss Reading is below accurate level of detection. Water is clear and moving. No unpleasant odors observed. 4 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
31 January 2025 Herrick Lake	Ken List No sample was taken in January as the ice cover was too thick. 2 parameters tested ▾ current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
31 January 2025 Blackwell Forest Preserve Silver Lake	Ken List 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
31 January 2025 West Branch DuPage River	Ken List 4 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
31 January 2025 Springbrook Creek Wetland Park	Lauren Lavezzi 5 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
31 January 2025 Timber Trails Park pond	Michelle Besch Beginning to drizzle. Top inch or two was liquid, however, underneath is still has some ice. Areas with more ice on… 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
30 January 2025 Lippold Park - West Entrance	Far Syed Every time I tried to take a sample, the water was icy, so now I managed to get a water sample, since there was some… 4 parameters tested ▾ ice on, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
30 January 2025 Kenyon Woods Forest Preserve	Michelle Besch Collection site was frozen. Unable to get a sample. Rare warm day, however still frozen thick enough unable to break. 4 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
30 January 2025 Creek under Fairmount Ave, east side of bridge	Tom Prince The temperatures have been warm this week so the creek thawed just enough to get a reading. 5 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
30 January 2025 Lake Run at Nelson Lake in Dick Young Forest Preserve	Maureen Mrenna Stream iced over with thick ice. Couldn’t break through. Got sample from surface melt on puddles on top of ice 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description
30 January 2025 DuPage River at Knoch Knolls Canoe/Kayak Launch	Alice Porfiropoulos 5 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs
30 January 2025 Boone Creek at Whispering Oaks Park	Lee Ekstrom Working at getting my images to sync. 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
30 January 2025 Saint Joseph Creek	Robert Swirsky Unable to collect a sample because of solid ice. 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
30 January 2025 Hickory Creek	Jeanne Golec 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs, water temperature
30 January 2025 Kishwaukee River at Route 23	Scott Kuykendall Route 23 bridge crossing over the main stem of the Kishwaukee River. Used this location with flowing water as an… 5 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs

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