Use this form and the Adopt-A-Stream methods to record important information about the health of your stream. By keeping accurate and consistent records of your physical/chemical tests, you can document current conditions and changes in water quality.
| AAS group name: | Belwood, Price Property | County: | Cobb |
| Group ID number | AAS-G | Topo Map Quadrant: | |
| Site ID Number | AAS-S | ||
| Stream name | Allatoona Creek | ||
| Certified QA/QC investigators: | Other registered participants: | ||
| Unregistered participants: | Total number of participants: | ||
| Date: (mm/dd/yyyy) | Time: (hh:mm am/pm) | Time Spent Monitoring minutes (don't include E. coli incubation time) | Picture/Photo Documentation? yes / no |
| Site/location Description: Closed canopy, narrow forested (sycamore, ash, maple) stream corridor w/active bank erosion, undercut banks, exposed roots. Surrounded by abandoned farm reverting to bush, young trees & mature privet. At sampling point, stream channel meanders, width is ~25-30 feet, stream itself is ~12 feet. Water depth 4-6 inches, w/pools to 3 feet deep. Stream bottom is cobble/gravel (most stones 2-6 inches diameter) w/much silt. Evidence of major flow events w/debris 8 feet high in trees. Active beavers (cut trees, food caching). Many small fish. | |||
| Rain in last 24 hours | Present conditions | |||
| heavy rain | steady rain | heavy rain | steady rain | intermittent rain |
| intermittent rain | none | overcast | partly cloudy | clear/sunny |
| Amount of rain, if known? inches in last hours / days | ||||
| BASIC TESTS: | Sample 1 | Sample 2 | Result | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Air Temperature | (°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Water Temperature | (°C) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pH | (0 - 14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dissolved Oxygen | (mg/L or ppm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conductivity | (µs/cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ADVANCED TESTS: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alkalinity | (mg/L or ppm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nitrate-Nitrogen | (mg/L or ppm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ammonia-Nitrogen | (mg/L or ppm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ortho-phosphate | (mg/L or ppm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Settleable Solids | (mg/l) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salinity | (ppt) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| OTHER TESTS: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fecal Coliform | (cfu / 100 mL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Escherichia coli | (cfu / 100 mL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chlorophyll A | (mg/L or ppm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turbidity | (NTU) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secchi Disk Depth | (cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3M Petrifilm Method: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Run at least 3 tests for each site (plates 1-3). A blank is also recommended (plate 0). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Note: E. coli must be incubated for 24 hours +/- 1 hour at 35 degrees Celsius, +/- 1 degree | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SPECIAL LAB ANALYSIS: Name of lab performing tests: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| COMMENTS: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||