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, Harrison High School | 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: Sampling site located in white oak forest on Harrison High School Property (4500 Due West Road). It is 600 feet from the northwest corner of school building, and 50 feet downstream from a wooden bridge. The creek is about 25 feet wide at the bridge, pinching down to 8 feet at narrowest point in riffle. Opens up into 25-foot wide pool. Undercut banks. Gravel bars deposited in stream meanders. Water about 4 inches deep. Deepest pool 2 to 3 feet deep. Some slab rock present. Substrate is gravel/cobble (2-3 inch size). Siltation evident as sand bars and sand-covered slab rock. Water clear. Bank vegetation mostly red oak and yellow poplar. Privet present, but not yet abundant. White oak forest between creek and school with some sweetgum, hornbeam, big poison ivy vines, hop hornbeam and Christmas fern. | |||
| 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: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||