Observation

Jones Beach

Lake Ontario

Lake

July 27, 2026 at 12:52 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

    Swimming

  • Colour

    Community scientist interpretation

    Blue, 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

  • Odour

    Community scientist interpretation

    None

Physical tests

  • Water flow

    Community scientist interpretation

    Slow

  • Water level

    Community scientist interpretation

    Low

Chemistry tests

  • Air temperature

    Water Rangers (stream thermometer) and/or weather app

    27 °C

  • Water temperature

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (temperature)

    27.7 °C

  • Conductivity

    Water Rangers pen-type meter (conductivity)

    300 μS/cm

  • Oxygen

    Chemetrics ampoules (dissolved oxygen)

    8.0 mg/L

    Regulatory

  • Chlorine

    Taylor teststrips (chlorine)

    ≤ 0 ppm

  • pH

    Taylor teststrips (pH)

    7.8

    Regulatory

  • Alkalinity

    Taylor teststrips (alkalinity)

    40 ppm

  • Hardness

    Taylor teststrips (hardness)

    100 ppm