Dataset

Winter Chloride Watch

Dataset by National Great Rivers

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 31 December 2023

    Creek at Merry Meadows by James Weiss

    Sample is less than 30ppm Cl

  • 30 December 2023

    Pond at Merry Meadows by James Weiss

    Level of chloride is below 30 ppm but that is the lowest value on my chart.

  • 30 December 2023

    River Park Boathouse by Susanna Lang

    A few mallards, one fisherman, moderate outflow from canal

  • 30 December 2023

    Spring Creek- RVC Amphitheater by SRES Student Environmental Organization

  • 30 December 2023

    North Branch Chicago River at Edgebrook Woods by Alan Matson

    Quiet on the river. No snow and not much rain since Halloween. Chlorine level same as October. Maybe baseline steady level.

  • 30 December 2023

    Fox River @ Route 14 by Justin Potter

    Easy testing by dropping a container with string tied to it from the pedestrian right of way bridge on route 14 into the Fox River

  • 29 December 2023

    Lake Run at Nelson Lake in Dick Young Forest Preserve by Maureen Mrenna

  • 29 December 2023

    Mokler Creek by Megan Oropeza

    Reading was at 0.2 quantab units so actual ppm chloride was less than 31.

  • 29 December 2023

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

    water quality test(PPM): 425 drinking water test (PPM): 400