Observation

Fort Creek Channel at Carmen's Way

Fort Creek

River or stream

December 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Windy
    • Snowy

Qualitative readings

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cloudy

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Brown, Grey


Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None


Issue reporting

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Petroleum

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Industrial discharge, Residential discharge, Highway discharge


Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Slow

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Average


Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Weather app

    -4 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    2.1 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    862 μS/cm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    8.2

    Regulatory
  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    120 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    100 ppm

  • Salinity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (salinity in ppm)

    484 ppm

  • Chloride

    Hach teststrips (chloride - low range)

    177.0 mg/L

    Regulatory