Dataset

Winter Chloride Watch

Dataset by National Great Rivers

Dataset summary

Observations

  • 16 January 2025

    Springbrook Water Reclamation Center Upstream by Amy Wrigley

  • 16 January 2025

    Bourbonnais Creek Upstream by ONU Earth & Space Sciences River Keepers

    Quantab unit 8.8; 2" of ice on surface of creek, covered with snow.

  • 15 January 2025

    Richland Creek @ South Side City Park by David Laslie

    Upon approach, three or four mallard ducks flew up from the creek. Water elevation highest I've seen since sampling began. Descent into creek at usual location not safe at this time, however descent was safely achieved approx. 100' upstream, well south of the Monroe Ave. bridge.

  • 14 January 2025

    Ewing Park II Sugar Creek Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler

    8.2 on strip

  • 14 January 2025

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

    9.0 on strip

  • 14 January 2025

    Powers Creek by Luke Baldwin

    Found more springs today, and a lost hammer.

  • 14 January 2025

    Fairview Park Sugar Creek Stewards Monitoring Site by Katie Vogler

    9.0 on strip

  • 12 January 2025

    Schoenberger Creek at West Belleville Bikeway by David Laslie

  • 12 January 2025

    Gartside Creek at Queen of Peace by David Laslie

    Conductivity meter functioning properly. Reading was "----". >1999 recorded. Two Quantab strips used for quality control. One strip reads 8.4 and the other 8.6. Chloride value recorded as >619ppm. Extrapolated value of 682ppm.

  • 11 January 2025

    McKinley Park Lagoon by Jimmy Canning

    Note that although the McKinley Park Lagoon was mostly frozen, sample was drawn from along the edge where water was not frozen.

  • 11 January 2025

    Fox River Oswego by Amy Leggett

    There was snow the ground, mild winds, partly cloudy, below freezing temperatures