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Date	Notes
11 May 2024 Timber Ridge Forest Preserve	Andy Culbertson I smelled a faint scent of flowers and whatever aroma I associate with fresh water. 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
11 May 2024 Winfield Creek at Emerson School	Maureen Keil This is the second observation on the same day, in order to make sure the test strips are calibrated 4 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
11 May 2024 Winfield Creek at Emerson School	Maureen Keil This is the first of two observations on the same day to make sure that the test strips calibrate reliably 4 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
11 May 2024 Jon Duerr Forest Preserve Fox River	Julie Chadwick The river was moving fairly quickly; there were a lot of birds singing and a few small clouds. Lots of people were… 3 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
10 May 2024 Terrace View Park Pond in Lombard, IL	Tony Ream Water is nice and clear. Couple people are out fishing. 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
10 May 2024 Thunderbird Trail Crossing of Klein Creek	David Bohnsack 6 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
10 May 2024 Lies Road Crossing of Klein Creek	David Bohnsack 6 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
10 May 2024 Ewing Park II Sugar Creek Monitoring Site (#7)	Katie Vogler Additional Tests: Water Quality PPM: 492, Drinking Quality PPM: 500 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
10 May 2024 Bloomington Normal Water Reclamation District (BNWRD) Sugar Creek Monitoring Site (#6)	Katie Vogler Additional Tests: Water Quality PPM: 420, Drinking Quality PPM: 250 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
10 May 2024 Fairview Park Sugar Creek Stewards Monitoring Site (#5)	Katie Vogler Additional Tests: Water Quality PPM: 492, Drinking Quality PPM: 500 5 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
10 May 2024 East Branch DuPage River at Morton Arb	Lisa Warren 3 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
10 May 2024 Arbor Lake at Morton Arb	Lisa Warren 3 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
9 May 2024 Creek Bend Pond	Lisa O'Brien Warm temperatures have had frogs breeding and seeing tadpoles early. Water is clear and seem healthy from the… 7 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
9 May 2024 Veteran Acres - Sterne Woods (Oakwoods Lodge)	Far Syed After it rained, I took this sampling toward the far corner and it seemed to have more chloride levels compared to the… 3 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
9 May 2024 Veteran Acres - Sterne Woods (Oakwoods Lodge)	Far Syed There was so much green stuff due to the rain? After the rain, it was around the 50s and I took sampling near the… 3 parameters tested ▾ chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
8 May 2024 Rock Run Creek	Andy Neill In the past 72 hours there were thunderstorms with occasional heavy rain events. 6 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs, weather in the past 24hrs description
8 May 2024 Hidden Lake at Hidden Lake Forest Preserve	Linda Heuser The quantab reading was lower than what is on the scale so the lowest chloride ppm value of 28 was recorded as the… 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs
8 May 2024 Lacey Creek at Morton Arboretum	Linda Heuser 6 parameters tested ▾ ice on, air temperature, chloride, current weather, current weather description, weather in the past 24hrs
6 May 2024 Herrick Lake	Ken List 4 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs
6 May 2024 Blackwell Forest Preserve Silver Lake	Ken List 4 parameters tested ▾ air temperature, chloride, current weather, weather in the past 24hrs

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