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: | RiverSue | County: | Bulloch |
| Group ID number | AAS-G | Topo Map Quadrant: | GUYTON |
| Site ID Number | AAS-S | ||
| Stream name | Ogeechee River | ||
| Certified QA/QC investigators: | Registered participants: | ||
| Unregistered participants: | Number of participants: | ||
| Date: | Time: | Time Spent Monitoring: | Picture/Photo Documentation? yes / no |
| Site/location Description: Sue Reinheimer's backyard next to her house. | |||
| 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 | (°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) | |||
| Chlorophyll A | (mg/L or ppm) | |||
| Turbidity | (NTU) | |||
| Secchi Disk Depth | (cm) | |||
| SPECIAL LAB ANALYSIS: Name of lab performing tests: | ||||
| COMMENTS: | ||||