Observation

Old Mill Parkette

Sixteen Mile Creek

River or stream

April 24, 2026 at 7:12 PM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny
    • Cloudy

  • Current weather description

    Community scientist interpretation

    Mostly cloudy

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

Qualitative readings

  • Water use

    Community scientist interpretation

    Fishing, Swimming

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Colourless

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Clear

Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    Cladaphora

Issue reporting

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Residential discharge, Urban/road discharge

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Surging

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    High

  • Secchi depth (clarity)

    Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

    bottom visible m

  • Ice on

    Community scientist interpretation

    false

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    7 °C

  • Oxygen

    Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen)

    9.0 mg/L

    Regulatory

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    8.2

    Regulatory

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    100 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    150 ppm

Notes

Conductivity meter's battery died on testing day. There was a recent restored site close to monitoring point.