Observation

3.5 Oak Bay High

Bowker Creek

River or stream

October 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM

QA status: Needs review

This observation is under review by Water Rangers, last updated on 2026-01-20, and has not been marked as checked yet. Details are below.

Review needed: Based on previous readings, ph's result of 5std_units is outside the expected range of 5.63-9.38std_units.

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Rainy

Qualitative readings

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Opaque

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Brown

Issue reporting

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Urban/road discharge

Physical tests

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Low

  • Secchi depth (clarity)

    Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

    0.25 m

Chemistry tests

  • pH

    Unspecified equipment (pH)

    5.0

    Regulatory

  • Oxygen

    Unspecified equipment (dissolved oxygen in mg/L)

    7.92 mg/L

    Regulatory

  • Ammonia

    Other equipment in ppm

    0.25 ppm

  • Nitrate

    Unspecified equipment (nitrate)

    0.0 mg/L

    Regulatory

  • Nitrite

    Other equipment in ppm

    0 ppm

  • Oxygen

    Unspecified equipment (dissolved oxygen %)

    74.4 %

  • Air temperature

    Unspecified equipment (air temperature)

    11 °C

  • Water temperature

    Unspecified equipment (water temperature)

    13 °C

  • Phosphate

    Unspecified equipment (phosphate)

    5 ppm

Notes

A muddy discharge was coming out of a drain pipe in the south wall emptying into the creek at this site. The creek was clear except where the mud trailled into the creek. Half an hour later it was reported that the creek was muddy colour even all the way up stream from Foul Bay Road down.