Observation

Cedar Hill Rec, downstream option

Bowker Creek

River or stream

January 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Rainy

Qualitative readings

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cloudy

  • Water use

    Community scientist interpretation

    Other

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Brown

Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Issue reporting

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Residential discharge, Urban/road discharge

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Physical tests

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Average

  • Turbidity

    Transparency tube (120cm)

    0.6 m

Chemistry tests

  • pH

    LaMotte (precision pH)

    7.0

    Regulatory

  • Oxygen

    Other multimeter (dissolved oxygen mg/L)

    5.77 mg/L

    Regulatory

  • Nitrite

    Hach teststrips (nitrite)

    2.0 mg/L

    Regulatory

  • Oxygen

    Other dissolved oxygen multimeter (%)

    48.8 %

  • Air temperature

    Other thermometer

    6 °C

  • Water temperature

    Other thermometer

    8.7 °C

  • Phosphate

    Hach teststrips (phosphate)

    5 mg/L