Dataset

Winter Chloride Watch

Dataset by National Great Rivers

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 15 November 2024

    West Ridge Nature Park Pond by Hannah Dove

    Though first frost has technically passed it has been unseasonably warm for November and so there is no ice or snow to be noted, and thus no salt on roads or sideways, chloride levels are very low

  • 14 November 2024

    Schoenberger Creek at West Belleville Bikeway by David Laslie

  • 14 November 2024

    Bensenville at Irving by Tom Kubica

    No wildlife spotted. Slow moving, shallow and muddy.

  • 14 November 2024

    Salt Creek Park Forest Preserve by Tom Kubica

    A lot of debris clogging the North side of the bridge. Wild Life spotted: 3 Canadian Geese, 1 Dark Eyed junco, 2 House sparrows, 2 American robins.

  • 13 November 2024

    DesPlaines River from DesPlaines Riverways DuPage FPD by Kevin Blair

  • 13 November 2024

    West Branch Du Page River by Lawrence Hjorth

    The sample is taken from the top of the south side of the Ogden Avenue bridge with a bucket and rope to obtain the sample.

  • 12 November 2024

    Rock Run Creek by Andy Neill

    Not much has changed since last year's monitoring. The Rock Run Creek headwater is in Crest Hill near Theodore Marsh along Larkin/Weber Road. Plenty of road sewers drain into the Rock Run Creek. There is also the Crest Hill Waster Water Treatment Plant that releases into the Rock Run Creek.