Beaverdams Road Parkette

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Weather observations

• Current weather description

  Community scientist interpretation

  cool and cloudy

• Weather in the past 24hrs description

  Community scientist interpretation

  periodically rainy 24 hours before

• Current weather

  Community scientist interpretation

  • Cloudy

• Weather in the past 24hrs

  Community scientist interpretation

  • Rainy

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Qualitative readings

• Clarity

  Community scientist interpretation

  Cloudy

• Water use

  Community scientist interpretation

  Fishing, Public water supply

• Colour

  Community scientist interpretation

  Brown

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Plants/wildlife

• Algae

  Community scientist interpretation

  Floating mats

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Issue reporting

• Water surface

  Community scientist interpretation

  Litter

• Pollution sources

  Community scientist interpretation

  Industrial discharge, Residential discharge, Urban/road discharge

• Odour

  Community scientist interpretation

  Other

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Physical tests

• Water flow

  Community scientist interpretation

  Still

• Water level

  Community scientist interpretation

  Average

• Secchi depth (clarity)

  m

  Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

  0.14

• Water depth

  m

  Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

  0.14

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Chemistry tests

• Water temperature

  °C

  Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

  10

• Conductivity

  μS/cm

  Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

  498

• Air temperature

  °C

  Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

  16

• pH

  Taylor teststrips (pH)

  7.5

• Alkalinity

  ppm

  Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

  100

• Hardness

  ppm

  Taylor teststrips (hardness)

  100

• Oxygen

  mg/L

  Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen)

  >= 12

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Biological tests

• Incubation temperature

  °C

  Digital thermometer

  35

• Incubation time

  hours

  Digital timer

  24

• E. coli

  CFU/100 mL

  Roth R-Card 1mL (E. coli)

  0.0

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  Average of 0, 0, 0