Dataset

Winter Chloride Watch

Dataset by National Great Rivers

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 13 December 2023

    Apple Orchard Park - Mendota Creek by Amy Brewer

    This reading, on the same afternoon, was taken in town, downstream from another reading I did. This one was 102, and the one before the water passes through town was 43. I'll keep checking and see if it is consistently higher after passing through town.

  • 13 December 2023

    River Park Boathouse by Susanna Lang

    The water is a little sudsy. Mallards, kingfisher, fishermen. Something is whistling but I don’t know what I hear the kingfisher’s usual chrrr but I don’t know if they also whistle.

  • 13 December 2023

    Hickory Creek in Hickory Creek Forest Preserve, Will County by Loretta Cerkvenik

  • 13 December 2023

    Spring Creek- RVC Amphitheater by SRES Student Environmental Organization

  • 13 December 2023

    Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve by Tom Kubica

    Recorded 36 Canadian geese, 2 Blue jays, 3 Red-bellied woodpeckers and 4 Slate colored Juncos. 6 squirrels.

  • 12 December 2023

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

  • 12 December 2023

    South Branch Kishwaukee River at College Ave. by WILLIAM MARTIN

  • 12 December 2023

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

  • 12 December 2023

    Wild Mile by Mac Austin

    Smell from Waste Management light but present. Light breeze. Geese, gulls, and ducks.

  • 12 December 2023

    Long Run Creek - Homer Glen, IL by Greg Vejvoda

    There was zero precip over the last 24 hours. Zero ice present. Quantab chloride reading peaked slightly over the 3 unit mark on tab. Reported reading was rounded up to 3.2 units (103 PPM).

  • 11 December 2023

    Spring Brook in St. James Farm Forest Preserve by Jay Gilbert

  • 11 December 2023

    Hill Ave Bridge by Joe Wywrot

    2nd Quantab strip also read 4.0 units =151ppm