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.

Site and Group Information
AAS Site ID:	S- Enter the site number without the S-, and select from the list. Note that you must be a member of a group before you can submit data for its sites.
AAS Group ID:	Tapestry Community (G-1236) Fulton County
small feeder creek running from the west just south of Trestletree South apartments. Creek turns to the south and drains into the old sewer pipe just north of E. Confederate.

Event Date and 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
Registered participants Enter one at a time, and select from the drop-down list. At least one must be QA/QC certified. Lou Clymore (19263) Julie Lowring (19261)
Unregistered participants			Total number of participants:

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

(蚓)

Water Temperature

(蚓)

(0 - 14)

Dissolved Oxygen

(mg/L or ppm)

Conductivity

(盜/cm)

Advanced Tests

Sample 1

Sample 2

Result

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

Sample 1

Sample 2

Result

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	AVG # of colonies (total # colonies / total # of plates)	cfu /100 mL

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
	Error		Error

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: