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

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

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:	Sedalia Park Target (G-1732) Cobb County
Off of Holt Road to the left of the brige at the Weatherstone pool.

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.
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