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: Briar Site 1 (G-1402)
Columbia County
Near bridge over Jones Creek on River Island Pkwy.
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.

Wentzel Briar (19751)   
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
Use
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 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

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: