Jones Beach

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Weather observations

• Current weather

  Community scientist interpretation

  • Sunny

• Current weather description

  Community scientist interpretation

  calm and sunny

• Weather in the past 24hrs

  Community scientist interpretation

  • Sunny
  • Cloudy

• Weather in the past 24hrs description

  Community scientist interpretation

  partly cloudy

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Qualitative readings

• Colour

  Community scientist interpretation

  Colourless, Brown

• 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

  Residential discharge

• Odour

  Community scientist interpretation

  None

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Physical tests

• Water flow

  Community scientist interpretation

  Still

• Water level

  Community scientist interpretation

  Average

• Secchi depth (clarity)

  Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

  bottom visible m

• Ice on

  Community scientist interpretation

  false

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Chemistry tests

• Air temperature

  Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

  17 °C

• Water temperature

  Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

  15.4 °C

• Conductivity

  Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

  1,245 μS/cm

• Chloride

  Hach teststrips (chloride - low range)

  191.0 mg/L

  Regulatory

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Biological tests

• E. coli

  Roth R-Card 3mL (E. coli)

  893.0 CFU/100 mL

  highest of 3 samples Regulatory

• Incubation temperature

  Digital thermometer

  35 °C

• Incubation time

  Digital timer

  24 hours