Project River Watch

 

Team Name:                                                    Team Members:                                             

 

Measurement Site (circle one): river, creek, pond, lake, ocean, other:                          

 

Date:                                                                Latitude:                                                         

 

Weather:                                                          Longitude:                                                      

 

Quantitative Measurements

 

Air Temperature:                          

           

Water Temp:                           #1                                #2                                Avg.

 

Depth:                         #1                    #2                    #3                                Avg.

 

Flow:                                       #1                                #2                                Avg.

 

D. Oxygen:                             #1                                #2                                Avg.

 

pH:                                          #1                                #2                                Avg.

 

Qualitative Measurements (Circle one word in each row)

 

Land use	wooded	meadow	park	residential	commercial
Erosion	none	gullies
Ground cover	grasses	shrubs	trees	soil
Odor	rotten egg	musky	oily	sewage	none
Algae color	n/a	light green	dark green	brown	blue
Bed-bottom color	gray	orange/red	yellow	black	brown
Surface water	clear	oily	foamy	milky	muddy
Discharge	yes	no