Observation

Ymir Bc

Salmo River

River or stream

July 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM

QA status: Reviewed: quality check complete

Weather observations

  • Current weather

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

  • Weather in the past 24hrs

    Community scientist interpretation

    • Sunny

Qualitative readings

  • Water use

    Community scientist interpretation

    Fishing, Swimming

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Colourless, Green

  • Clarity

    Community scientist interpretation

    Clear

Plants/wildlife

  • Algae

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Issue reporting

  • Water surface

    Community scientist interpretation

    Natural debris

  • Pollution sources

    Community scientist interpretation

    Residential discharge, Urban/road discharge, Highway discharge

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Physical tests

  • Secchi depth (clarity)

    Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

    bottom visible m

  • Water depth

    Secchi disk (20 cm diameter)

    7.8 m

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Steady

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Average

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    28 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    14.1 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    90 μS/cm

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    6.8

    Regulatory

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    50 ppm

  • Oxygen

    Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen)

    10.0 mg/L

    Regulatory

Notes

Lots of moss indicating good air quality, beaver damn, ducks loons, other small birds.