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:		Registered participants: Jackie Belwood
Unregistered participants:		Number of participants:

Date: (mm/dd/yyyy)	Time: (hh:mm am/pm)	Time Spent Monitoring (minutes):	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)

(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 (0)	1	2	3	4	5	AVG # of colonies (total # colonies / total # of plates)	cfu /100 mL

Time in	Start / Min Temperature	End Time	End / Max Temperature

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: