Observation

West Spillway Dock

Pearl River

River or stream

October 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    It was lightly sprinkling while testing

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy
    • Rainy
    • Windy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy
    • Rainy

Physical tests

  • Turbidity

    LaMotte (turbidity)

    15 JTU

  • Ice presence

    Community scientist interpretation

    Ice off

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Other thermometer

    19.5 °C

  • Water temperature

    Other thermometer

    21 °C

  • pH

    LaMotte (precision pH)

    7.5

    Regulatory

  • Oxygen

    LaMotte (dissolved oxygen)

    6.6 mg/L

    Regulatory

  • Hardness

    LaMotte (hardness)

    20 ppm

  • Alkalinity

    LaMotte (alkalinity)

    40 ppm

  • Oxygen

    LaMotte (dissolved oxygen %)

    74.4 %

Notes

There was a little rain while testing, and there weren’t as many people out as normal. The water had a film to it and smelled a bit musty. Dead fish and litter were on the edge of the water, and little fish swam by while I tested.