Observation

Casablanca Beach

Lake Ontario

Lake

January 24, 2026 at 10:17 AM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cold and sunny

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cold and sunny

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

Qualitative readings

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Clear

  • Water use

    Community scientist interpretation

    other

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Colourless


Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None


Issue reporting

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Urban/road discharge

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None


Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Slow

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Average


Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    -13 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    0.3 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    304 μS/cm

  • Oxygen

    Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen)

    11.0 mg/L

    Regulatory
  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.2

    Regulatory
  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    150 ppm

  • Chloride

    Hach teststrips (chloride - low range)

    53.0 mg/L

    Regulatory

Biological tests

  • Incubation temperature

    Digital thermometer

    35 °C

  • Incubation time

    Digital timer

    24 hours

  • E. coli

    Roth R-Card 3mL (E. coli)

    ≤ 0.0 CFU/100 mL

    highest of 3 samples Regulatory

Notes

No wildlife present, very cold