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Parameters, equipment, limits and automatic QA rules

Plants/wildlife

Algae

Parameter options

None, Cladaphora, Evenly dispersed, Floating mats, Attached, Blue-green scum, I'm not sure

Aquatic vegetation

Parameter options

Not visible, Absent, Less than 5%, 5 to 33%, More than 33%

Problem plant species spotted during survey (UK)

Parameter options

None, Himalayan balsam, Japanese knotweed, Giant hogweed, Skunk cabbage, Curly waterweed, Floating pennywort, Other

Vegetation on shore or riverbank

Parameter options

No plants – bare soil, No plants – paved or hard surface, Short plants (grasses, flowers), Tall plants (grasses, flowers), Scrub or shrubs (woody stems), Saplings, Mature trees, Other

Wildlife spotted during survey (UK)

Parameter options

None, Otter, Dipper, Water vole, Kingfisher, Dragonflies / damselflies, Heron, Fish, Grey wagtail, Bat, Mayflies / caddisflies, Other

Issue reporting

Evidence of recent pollution

Parameter options

None, Small amount, Moderate amount, Large amount, Other

Odour

Parameter options

None, Sewage, Petroleum, Algae, Natural, Other

Outfall aesthetics

Parameter options

No odour or discoloration, Faint smell and/or slight discoloration, Mild smell, discoloration, and small covering of sewage fungus, Strong smell, discoloration, large covering of sewage fungus, Gross smell, sewage, significant sewage fungus, extensive problem

Outfall flow

Parameter options

No flow, Trickle, Low, Moderate, High

Outfall impact

Parameter options

No visible impact, Within 2 metres, Between 2 and 2 metres, Between 10 and 30 metres, Greater than 30 metres

Outfalls, pipes and drains

Parameter options

No outfall observed, Outfall present – no flow, Outfall present – flowing, Flow causing discolouration, Flow causing odour, Other

Pollution signs

Parameter options

White, opaque water, Blue-coloured water, Yellow-coloured water, Tea-coloured, brown water, Black, slity water, Foam or scum on water, Sewage-related debris, Cooking oil or fat, Food waste, Vehicle oil, Silt or construction materials, Other

Pollution sources

Parameter options

Industrial discharge, Residential discharge, Urban/road discharge, Highway discharge, Other

Sewage fungus coverage

Parameter options

Not present, Trace, Thin, Thick, Massive

Water surface

Parameter options

None, Foam, Scum, Litter, Oily sheen, Natural debris, Floating algae

Physical tests

Quantitative measurements

Estimated average water depth

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Community scientist estimate (depth) measuring 0.0 - 100.0m
  • Community scientist estimate (width) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0m

Estimated width at water level

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Community scientist estimate (depth) measuring 0.0 - 100.0m
  • Community scientist estimate (width) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0m

Flow

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Bucket measuring 0.0 - 100.0m³/sec
  • Float measuring 0.0 - 100.0m³/sec
  • Float measuring 0.0 - 10000000.0cfs
  • Flow meter No range listed
  • Other flow equipment No range listed
  • Unspecified equipment (flow) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0m³/sec

River stage

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Ruler (Imperial) measuring 0.0 - 1000.0ft
  • Ruler (metric) measuring 0.0 - 1000.0m
  • Unspecified equipment (stage ruler) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0m

Secchi depth (clarity)

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced. Readings below 0.1 m and above 20.0 m are flagged as "Needs review". Extreme readings below 0.0 m and above 50.0 m are flagged as "Issue detected".

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Secchi disk (20 cm diameter) measuring 0.0 - 50.0m
  • Secchi disk (30 cm diameter) measuring 0.0 - 50.0m
  • Unspecified equipment (Secchi depth) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0m

Water depth

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced. Readings below 0.1 m and above 20.0 m are flagged as "Needs review". Extreme readings below 0.0 m and above 99.0 m are flagged as "Issue detected".

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Ruler (Imperial) measuring 0.0 - 1000.0ft
  • Ruler (metric) measuring 0.0 - 1000.0m
  • Secchi disk (20 cm diameter) measuring 0.0 - 50.0m
  • Secchi disk (30 cm diameter) measuring 0.0 - 50.0m
  • Unspecified equipment (water depth) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0m
  • YSI multimeter (depth) measuring 0.0 - 300.0m

Qualitative observations

Channel bed materials

Parameter options

Bedrock, Boulders, Cobble, Gravel - pebble, Sand, Silt / clay, Artificial, Not visible, Other

Ice presence

Parameter options

Ice on, Ice off

Natural obstacles to fish or flow

Parameter options

None, Debris dam - partial, Debris dam - full width, Fallen tree, Other

Water flow

Parameter options

Still, Slow, Steady, Surging

Water level

Parameter options

Dry, Low, Average, High, Very high (bank full), Flooded

Chemical tests

Air temperature

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced. Readings below -30.0 °C and above 45.0 °C are flagged as "Needs review". Extreme readings below -45.0 °C and above 55.0 °C are flagged as "Issue detected".

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Digital thermometer measuring 0.0 - 100.0°C
  • Other thermometer measuring -100.0 - 100.0°C
  • Unspecified equipment (air temperature) measuring -100.0 - 100.0°C
  • Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app measuring -40.0 - 40.0°C
  • Weather app measuring -100.0 - 100.0°C

Alkalinity

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Hanna checker (alkalinity) measuring 0.0 - 500.0mg/L
  • LaMotte (alkalinity) measuring 0.0 - 200.0ppm
  • Taylor teststrips (alkalinity) measuring 0.0 - 240.0ppm
  • Unspecified equipment (alkalinity) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0mg/L

Ammonia

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Hanna checker (ammonia - high range) measuring 0.0 - 99.0mg/L
  • Hanna checker (ammonia - low range) measuring 0.0 - 3.0mg/L
  • Hanna checker (ammonia - medium range) measuring 0.0 - 9.99mg/L
  • LaMotte (ammonia-nitrogen) measuring 0.0 - 4.0ppm
  • Other equipment in ppm measuring -100000.0 - 100000.0ppm
  • Unspecified equipment (ammonia) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0ppm

Ammonia-nitrogen

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Simplex Health teststrip (ammonia-nitrogen - low range) measuring 0.0 - 6.0mg/L

Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD)

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Lab test (BOD) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0ppm
  • Unspecified equipment (BOD) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0ppm

Calcium

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Photometer measuring 0.0 - 200000.0lux
  • Unspecified equipment (calcium) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0mg/L

Chloride

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced. Readings below 12.0 mg/L and above 1500.0 mg/L are flagged as "Needs review". Extreme readings below 0.0 mg/L and above 3000.0 mg/L are flagged as "Issue detected". If there are more than 3 readings and readings change by more than 200.0% from the median, they're flagged as "Needs review". Readings below 12.0 ppm and above 1500.0 ppm are flagged as "Needs review". Extreme readings below 0.0 ppm and above 3000.0 ppm are flagged as "Issue detected".

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Hach teststrips (chloride - high range) measuring 250.0 - 7000.0mg/L
  • Hach teststrips (chloride - low range) measuring 25.0 - 650.0mg/L
  • Mohr's silver nitrate method measuring 0.0 - 25000.0mg/L
  • Unspecified equipment (chloride) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0mg/L
  • Unspecified equipment (chloride) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0ppm

Chlorine

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Taylor teststrips (chlorine) measuring 0.0 - 10.0ppm
  • Unspecified equipment (chlorine) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0ppm

Chlorophyll-A

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Fluorometer in ng/µL measuring 0.0 - 100000.0ng/µL
  • Fluorometer in ppm measuring 0.0 - 100000.0ppm
  • Fluorometer in µg/L measuring 0.0 - 1000.0µg/L
  • Unspecified equipment (chlorophyll a) measuring 0.0 - 10000.0mg/L

Conductivity

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced. Readings below 20.0 μS/cm and above 5000.0 μS/cm are flagged as "Needs review". Extreme readings below 2.0 μS/cm and above 25000.0 μS/cm are flagged as "Issue detected". If there are more than 3 readings, and readings are 3.0 times the standard deviation of the median value, they're flagged as "Needs review". If there are more than 3 readings and readings change by more than 50.0% from the median, they're flagged as "Needs review". For Estuary and Ocean locations: Readings below 35000.0 μS/cm and above 55000.0 μS/cm are flagged as "Needs review". For Estuary and Ocean locations: Extreme readings below 30000.0 μS/cm and above 100000.0 μS/cm are flagged as "Issue detected". For Estuary and Ocean locations: If there are more than 3 readings, and readings are 3.0 times the standard deviation of the median value, they're flagged as "Needs review". For Estuary and Ocean locations: If there are more than 3 readings and readings change by more than 50.0% from the median, they're flagged as "Needs review".

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • HM Digital COM-100 multimeter (conductivity) measuring 0.0 - 9990.0μS/cm
  • HM Digital EC-3 multimeter (conductivity) measuring 0.0 - 9990.0μS/cm
  • Other pen-type meter (conductivity) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0μS/cm
  • Unspecified equipment (conductivity) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0μS/cm
  • Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity) measuring 0.0 - 20000.0μS/cm
  • YSI multimeter (conductivity) measuring 0.0 - 20000.0μS/cm

Dissolved organic carbon

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Infrared detection method measuring 0.0 - 100.0mg/L
  • Lab test (DOC) measuring 0.0 - 100.0mg/L
  • Unspecified equipment (DOC) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0mg/L

Fluorescence (fluorometer)

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Fluorometer in ng/µL measuring 0.0 - 100000.0ng/µL
  • Fluorometer in ppm measuring 0.0 - 100000.0ppm
  • Fluorometer in µg/L measuring 0.0 - 1000.0µg/L
  • Unspecified equipment (fluorescence) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0ppm

Hardness

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • API 5-in-1 teststrips (carbonate hardness) measuring 0.0 - 240.0mg/L
  • LaMotte (hardness) measuring 0.0 - 200.0ppm
  • Taylor teststrips (hardness) measuring 0.0 - 800.0ppm
  • Unspecified equipment (hardness) measuring 0.0 - 10000.0mg/L

Nitrate

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • API 5-in-1 teststrips (nitrate) measuring 0.0 - 200.0mg/L
  • Hach teststrips (nitrate) measuring 0.0 - 50.0mg/L
  • Hanna checker (nitrate - high range) measuring 0.0 - 75.0ppm
  • Hanna checker (nitrate - low range) measuring 0.0 - 5.0ppm
  • Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate) measuring 0.0 - 10.0mg/L
  • Other lab test measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0mg/L
  • Other teststrips measuring 0.0 - 100.0mg/L
  • Spectrophotometer measuring 0.0 - 100.0mg/L
  • Unspecified equipment (nitrate) measuring 0.0 - 1000.0mg/L

Nitrate-nitrogen

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Kyoritsu Packtest (nitrate-nitrogen) measuring 0.0 - 10.0mg/L
  • LaMotte (nitrate-nitrogen) measuring 0.0 - 15.0ppm
  • Unspecified equipment (nitrate-nitrogen) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0mg/L
  • WaterWorks Nitrate/Nitrite Test Strips (nitrate-nitrogen) measuring 0.0 - 50.0mg/L

Nitrite

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • API 5-in-1 teststrips (nitrites) measuring 0.0 - 10.0mg/L
  • Hach teststrips (nitrites) measuring 0.0 - 3.0mg/L
  • Hanna checker (nitrites) measuring 0.0 - 60000.0mg/L
  • Other equipment in ppm measuring -100000.0 - 100000.0ppm
  • Other teststrips in mg/L (nitrites) measuring 0.0 - 10000.0mg/L
  • Other teststrips in ppm (nitrites) measuring 0.0 - 100.0ppm
  • Unspecified equipment (nitrites) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0mg/L

Nitrite-nitrogen

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • WaterWorks Nitrate/Nitrite Test Strips (nitrite-nitrogen) measuring 0.0 - 10.0mg/L

Oxygen

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced. Readings below 20.0 % and above 120.0 % are flagged as "Needs review". Extreme readings below 0.0 % and above 150.0 % are flagged as "Issue detected". If there are more than 3 readings and readings change by more than 75.0% from the median, they're flagged as "Needs review". Readings below 3.0 mg/L and above 12.0 mg/L are flagged as "Needs review". Extreme readings below 1.0 mg/L and above 14.99 mg/L are flagged as "Issue detected". If there are more than 3 readings, and readings are 3.0 times the standard deviation of the median value, they're flagged as "Needs review".

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • AZ instruments optical meter (%) measuring 0.0 - 200.0%
  • AZ instruments optical meter (mg/L) measuring 0.0 - 25.0mg/L
  • Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen) measuring 0.0 - 12.0mg/L
  • LaMotte (dissolved oxygen %) measuring 0.0 - 200.0%
  • LaMotte (dissolved oxygen) measuring 0.0 - 10.0mg/L
  • Other dissolved oxygen multimeter (%) measuring 0.0 - 200.0%
  • Other lab test (oxygen mg/L) measuring 0.0 - 100.0mg/L
  • Other multimeter (dissolved oxygen mg/L) measuring 0.0 - 20.0mg/L
  • Unspecified equipment (dissolved oxygen %) measuring -100.0 - 20000.0%
  • Unspecified equipment (dissolved oxygen in mg/L) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0mg/L
  • YSI meter (dissolved oxygen %) measuring 0.0 - 150.0%
  • YSI multimeter (dissolved oxygen) measuring 0.0 - 20.0mg/L

pH

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced. Readings below 5.0 and above 10.0 are flagged as "Needs review". Extreme readings below 2.0 and above 12.0 are flagged as "Issue detected". If there are more than 3 readings and readings change by more than 25.0% from the median, they're flagged as "Needs review".

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • API 5-in-1 teststrips (pH) measuring 6.0 - 9.0
  • Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen) measuring 0.0 - 12.0mg/L
  • Hydrion teststrips (pH) measuring 0.0 - 14.0
  • LaMotte (precision pH) measuring 3.0 - 10.5
  • Lifegard Saltwater teststrips (pH) measuring 0.0 - 14.0
  • Other pen-type meter (pH) measuring 0.0 - 14.0
  • Taylor teststrips (pH) measuring 6.4 - 8.4
  • Unspecified equipment (pH) measuring 0.0 - 14.0
  • Unspecified teststrips (pH) measuring 0.0 - 14.0
  • Water Rangers pen-type meter (pH) measuring 0.0 - 14.0
  • YSI multimeter (pH) measuring -2.0 - 14.0

Phosphate

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Ascorbic acid (total phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 10000.0ppb
  • Chemetrics ampoules (orthophosphate - high range) measuring 10.0 - 100.0mg/L
  • Chemetrics ampoules (orthophosphate - low range) measuring 0.0 - 1.0mg/L
  • Hanna checker (phosphate - high range) measuring 0.0 - 30.0mg/L
  • Hanna checker (phosphate - low range) measuring 0.0 - 2.5mg/L
  • Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate) measuring 0.0 - 2.0mg/L
  • Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 1.0mg/L
  • LaMotte (phosphate - low range) measuring 0.0 - 2.0ppm
  • Molybdenum blue (total orthophosphate) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0ppb
  • Other lab test measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0mg/L
  • Persulfate digestion method (total phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 100.0µg/L
  • Phosphate yellow method (phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 100.0ppb
  • Unspecified equipment (phosphate) measuring 0.0 - 1000.0ppm

Phosphate-phosphorus

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Ascorbic acid (total phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 10000.0ppb
  • Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate) measuring 0.0 - 2.0mg/L
  • Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 1.0mg/L
  • Molybdenum blue (total orthophosphate) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0ppb
  • Other lab test measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0mg/L
  • Persulfate digestion method (total phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 100.0µg/L
  • Phosphate yellow method (phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 100.0ppb
  • Unspecified equipment (phosphate-phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0ppb

Salinity

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Other pen-type meter (salinity) measuring 0.0 - 200.0ppth
  • Unspecified equipment (salinity) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0ppm
  • Water Rangers pen-type meter (salinity in ppm) measuring 0.0 - 10000.0ppm
  • Water Rangers pen-type meter (salinity in ppth) measuring 0.0 - 200.0ppth
  • YSI multimeter (salinity) measuring 0.0 - 80.0ppth

Total dissolved solids (TDS)

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Other pen-type meter (TDS) measuring 0.0 - 10000.0ppm
  • Unspecified equipment (TDS) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0ppm

Total Kjeldahl nitrogen

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Unspecified lab test measuring 0.0 - 100000.0mg/L

Total phosphorus

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Ascorbic acid (total phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 10000.0ppb
  • Molybdenum blue (total orthophosphate) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0ppb
  • Other lab test measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0mg/L
  • Persulfate digestion method (total phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 100.0µg/L
  • Phosphate yellow method (phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 100.0ppb
  • Unspecified equipment (total phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0ppb

Total phosphorus (bottom)

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Unspecified equipment (total phosphorus) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0ppb

Total suspended solids (TSS)

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Gravimetric method measuring 0.0 - 20000.0mg/L
  • Unspecified equipment (TSS) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0mg/L

Turbidity

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Jackson Candle Turbidimeter measuring 25.0 - 1000.0JTU
  • LaMotte (turbidity) measuring 0.0 - 200.0JTU
  • Portable turbidity meter measuring 0.0 - 1000.0NTU
  • Turbidity tube (120 cm) measuring 0.0 - 14.0NTU
  • Turbidity tube (45 cm) measuring 14.0 - 240.0NTU
  • Turbidity tube (50 cm) measuring 12.0 - 240.0NTU
  • Unspecified equipment (turbidity) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0NTU

Water temperature

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced. Readings below 0.0 °C and above 35.0 °C are flagged as "Needs review". Extreme readings below -5.0 °C and above 40.0 °C are flagged as "Issue detected".

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Digital thermometer measuring 0.0 - 100.0°C
  • HM Digital COM-100 multimeter (temperature) measuring 0.0 - 55.0°C
  • HM Digital EC-3 multimeter (temperature) measuring 0.0 - 80.0°C
  • Other multimeter (temperature) measuring -5.0 - 100.0°C
  • Other thermometer measuring -100.0 - 100.0°C
  • Unspecified equipment (water temperature) measuring -10.0 - 100.0°C
  • Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app measuring -40.0 - 40.0°C
  • Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature) measuring -5.0 - 60.0°C
  • YSI multimeter (temperature) measuring -5.0 - 50.0°C

Biological tests

E. coli

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • 3M Petrifilm Plates measuring 0.0 - 10000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Coliscan Easygel measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Fluidion measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • IDEXX Colilert 2000 measuring 0.0 - 25000.0CFU/100 mL
  • IDEXX Colilert 5-sample Geomean measuring 0.0 - 25000.0CFU/100 mL
  • IDEXX Tecta measuring 0.0 - 25000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Other E. coli lab test measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Other lab test in CFU/100 mL measuring 0.0 - 10000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Other lab test in MPN/100 mL measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0MPN/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card 1mL (E. coli) measuring 0.0 - 25000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card 3mL (E. coli) measuring 0.0 - 25000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card ECC (E. coli, other coliform) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Unspecified equipment (E. coli) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL

Enterococci

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Membrane filtration measuring 0.0 - 100000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Most probable number (MPN/100 mL) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0MPN/100 mL
  • Quantitative PCR measuring 0.0 - 100000000.0CE/100 mL
  • Quantitative PCR measuring 0.0 - 1000000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card 1mL (Enterococci) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Unspecified equipment (enterococci) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL

Incubation temperature

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Digital thermometer measuring 0.0 - 100.0°C
  • Unspecified equipment (incubation temperature) measuring 0.0 - 100.0°C

Incubation time

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • Digital timer measuring 0.0 - 300.0hours
  • Unspecified equipment (incubation time) measuring 0.0 - 300.0hours

Other coliform

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • 3M Petrifilm Plates measuring 0.0 - 10000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Coliscan Easygel measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Lab test (other fecal coliforms) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card 1mL (E. coli) measuring 0.0 - 25000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card 3mL (E. coli) measuring 0.0 - 25000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card ECC (E. coli, other coliform) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card ECC (E. coli, other coliform) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform) measuring 0.0 - 100000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Unspecified equipment (other coliform) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL

Total coliform

Automatic QA rules

Equipment limits are enforced.

Equipment (with range/unit)
  • IDEXX Colilert 2000 measuring 0.0 - 100000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Lab test (total coliform) measuring 0.0 - 100000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card (total coliform) measuring 0.0 - 10000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card ECC (E. coli, other coliform) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Roth R-Card ECC-A (E. coli, total coliform) measuring 0.0 - 10000000.0CFU/100 mL
  • Unspecified equipment (total coliform) measuring 0.0 - 1000000.0CFU/100 mL

Weather

Current precipitation

Parameter options

None, Light, Moderate, Heavy, Torrential

Current weather

Parameter options

Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy, Windy, Snowy

Current weather description

Parameter options

No equipment listed yet

Rain in previous 24 hours

Parameter options

None, Brief light rain or showers, Persistent light – moderate rain, Heavy and/or prolonged rain

Recent precipitation

Parameter options

Within the last 12 hours, 12-24 hours ago, 24-48 hours ago, 48-72 hours ago, More than 72 hours ago, I don't know

Weather in the past 24hrs

Parameter options

Sunny, Cloudy, Rainy, Windy, Snowy

Weather in the past 24hrs description

Parameter options

No equipment listed yet

Qualitative

Clarity

Parameter options

Clear, Cloudy, Opaque

Colour

Parameter options

Colourless, Blue, Green, Brown, Grey, Yellow, White/milky, Other

Water use

Parameter options

Fishing, Swimming, Boating, Irrigation, Public water supply, ceremonial, other