Instructions
GEORGIA ADOPT-A-STREAM
Physical/Chemical/Bacterial Data Form
To be conducted every month

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:

Jackie Belwood   
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
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).
Escherichia
coli
Plate AVG # of colonies
(total # colonies / total # of plates)
cfu /100 mL
blank 1 2 3 4 5

Date/Time in
mm/dd/yyyy    hh:mm   am/pm
Start / Min Temperature End Date/Time
mm/dd/yyyy    hh:mm   am/pm
End / Max Temperature Total Time


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: