Waterloo Lake : Concrete Ramp by the dam outlet

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Weather observations

• Current weather

  Community scientist interpretation

  • Cloudy

• Current weather description

  Community scientist interpretation

  Cloudy but dry. No breeze

• Weather in the past 24hrs

  Community scientist interpretation

  • Cloudy
  • Rainy

• Weather in the past 24hrs description

  Community scientist interpretation

  Cloudy, evidence of some light rain overnight

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Qualitative readings

• Water use

  Community scientist interpretation

  Fishing

• Colour

  Community scientist interpretation

  Colourless

• Clarity

  Community scientist interpretation

  Clear

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Plants/wildlife

• Algae

  Community scientist interpretation

  None

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Issue reporting

• Water surface

  Community scientist interpretation

  Natural debris

• Pollution sources

  Community scientist interpretation

  Concentration of water birds in shallow water by the ramp. Possible pollution by bird droppings?

• Odour

  Community scientist interpretation

  None

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Physical tests

• Water flow

  Community scientist interpretation

  Still

• Water level

  Community scientist interpretation

  Average

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Chemistry tests

• Air temperature

  Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

  20 °C

• Conductivity

  Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

  400 μS/cm

• Chlorine

  Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

  ≤ 0 ppm

• pH

  Taylor teststrips (pH)

  7.8

  Regulatory

• Alkalinity

  Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

  80 ppm

• Hardness

  Taylor teststrips (hardness)

  180 ppm

• Phosphate-phosphorus

  Kyoritsu Packtest (phosphate-phosphorus)

  0.02 mg/L