Burlington Beachway Park at Dunky's Beach Shack

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Weather observations

• Weather in the past 24hrs description

  Community scientist interpretation

  Snow Squalls

• Current weather

  Community scientist interpretation

  • Cloudy

• Weather in the past 24hrs

  Community scientist interpretation

  • Cloudy
  • Windy

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Qualitative readings

• Clarity

  Community scientist interpretation

  Clear

• Colour

  Community scientist interpretation

  Colourless

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Plants/wildlife

• Algae

  Community scientist interpretation

  None

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Issue reporting

• Water surface

  Community scientist interpretation

  None

• Pollution sources

  Community scientist interpretation

  Urban/road discharge

• Odour

  Community scientist interpretation

  None

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Physical tests

• Water flow

  Community scientist interpretation

  Steady

• Water level

  Community scientist interpretation

  Average

• Secchi depth (clarity)

  Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

  bottom visible m

• Ice presence

  Community scientist interpretation

  Ice off

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Chemistry tests

• Air temperature

  Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

  4 °C

• Water temperature

  Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

  4.3 °C

• Conductivity

  Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

  370 μS/cm

• Oxygen

  Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen)

  11.0 mg/L

  Regulatory

• pH

  Taylor teststrips (pH)

  7.5

  Regulatory

• Alkalinity

  Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

  80 ppm

• Hardness

  Taylor teststrips (hardness)

  100 ppm

• Chloride

  Hach teststrips (chloride - low range)

  39.0 mg/L

  Regulatory

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Biological tests

• E. coli

  Roth R-Card 1mL (E. coli)

  ≤ 0.0 CFU/100 mL

  highest of 3 samples Regulatory