Observation

Confederation Beach Park

Lake Ontario

Lake

March 8, 2026 at 5:02 PM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    sunny and windy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs description

    Community scientist interpretation

    8mm of precipitation

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
    • Windy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Cloudy
    • Rainy
    • Windy

Qualitative readings

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cloudy

  • Water use

    Community scientist interpretation

    Fishing, Swimming, Boating, Public water supply

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Blue, Grey

Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Issue reporting

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Industrial discharge, Urban/road discharge, Highway discharge

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Still

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    High

  • Ice presence

    Community scientist interpretation

    Ice off

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    10 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    6.1 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    364 μS/cm

  • Chloride

    Hach teststrips (chloride - low range)

    69.0 mg/L

    Regulatory