Instructions
GEORGIA ADOPT-A-STREAM
Physical/Chemical 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.

AAS group name: Black and Veatch County: Fulton
Group ID number AAS-G Topo Map
Quadrant:
Site ID Number AAS-S
Stream name Big Creek
Certified QA/QC investigators:

Registered participants:

Michael Friedlander    Joe Wheeler   
Unregistered participants:
Number of participants:
Date: (mm/dd/yyyy)
Time: (hh:mm am/pm)
Time Spent Monitoring
(minutes):
Picture/Photo Documentation?
yes / no
Site/location Description: Below Mansell Drive overpass where it intersects Big Creek. Near the southern terminus of the City of Alpharetta's Big Creek Greenway.
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: