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.

Air Temperature

(°C)

Water Temperature

(°C)

(0 - 14)

Dissolved Oxygen

(mg/L or ppm)

Conductivity

(µs/cm)

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)

Fecal Coliform

(cfu / 100 mL)

Escherichia coli

(cfu / 100 mL)

Chlorophyll A

(mg/L or ppm)

Turbidity

(NTU)

Secchi Disk Depth

(cm)

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
							( 5 / 3 ) x 100 =	167

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	25.0 hours

Note: E. coli must be incubated for 24 hours +/- 1 hour at 35 degrees Celsius, +/- 1 degree

Name of lab performing tests:

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:	Kahle (G-1423) Cobb County
Small year-round creek flowing NW. Includes runoff from Mars Hill Road, Lost Mountain, Lost Mountain Crossing Shopping Center (Publix). Test portion is in my back yard in the West Princeton subdivision.

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. Mike Kahle (19962)
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