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Site #   Site Location Date Time  Current Weather Water Temp (Celcius) pH Turbidity
NTU
Conductivity   mS NO3-N (mg/L)    as N Ortho-Phosphate  (mg/L) as P E.coli   MPN Comments                              
     LN010    Shea Engineering 5/15/08 9:00 AM light shower n/r not tested      1.00 0.45  0.2    0.082 1.0    
LN020 6 Old Taft Avenue (pipe) 5/15/08 9:15 AM light shower n/r not tested 4.10 0.45 0.3  0.108 8.5  Approximately 6" pipe discharging clear discharge. Quite a lot of algal growth in immediate discharge area
LN030 21 Taft Avenue 5/15/08 9:20 AM light shower n/r not tested 0.75 0.44 0.1 0.023  1.0  
LN040 10 Kinsley Lane 5/15/08 9:27 AM shower n/r not tested 1.70 0.44 0.2  0.029 5.2  
LN050 41 Kinsley Lane 5/15/08 9:40 AM shower n/r not tested 0.80 0.46 0.1 0.003 2.0  
LN060 61 Kinsley Lane 5/15/08 9:45 AM light shower n/r not tested 1.00 0.42  0.2 0.016 18.5  
Site #   Site Location Date Time  Current Weather Water Temp (Celcius) pH Turbidity
NTU
Conductivity   mS NO3-N (mg/L)    as N Ortho-Phosphate  (mg/L) as P E.coli   MPN Comments                              
LN010 Shea Engineering 6/22/08 9:00 AM cloudy 22.3  7.01 5.15 0.44 0.0 0.212 4.1  
LN015 4 Old Taft Avenue  6/22/08 9:05 AM cloudy 21.8 6.97 1.46 0.44 0.0 0.238 72.7  
LN020 6 Old Taft Avenue (pipe)  6/22/08 9:10 AM cloudy 14.5 6.94 0.06 0.59 2.1 0.075 8.6  
LN025 8 Old Taft Avenue 6/22/08 9:15 AM cloudy 22.5 6.98 1.21 0.43  0.1 0.897 30.5 Very high Phosphate readings i.e. ortho = Limit of machine
LN030 21 Taft Avenue 6/22/08 9:20 AM cloudy 22.3 6.97 1.05 0.44 0.3 0.065 24.3  
LN040 10 Kinsley Lane 6/22/08 9:30 AM cloudy 23.5 6.98 0.88 0.42 0.2 0.336 344.1  
LN050 41 Kinsley Lane 6/22/08 9:40 AM cloudy 23.6 6.97 0.59 0.43 0.1 0.183 2.0  
LN060 61 Kinsley Lane 6/22/08 9:50 AM cloudy 23.5 6.97 0.83 0.43 0.2 0.339 58.3  
Site #   Site Location Date Time  Current Weather Water Temp (Celcius) pH Turbidity
NTU
Conductivity   mS NO3-N (mg/L)    as N Ortho-Phosphate  (mg/L) as P E.coli   MPN Comments                              
LN010 Shea Engineering 7/30/08 8:12 AM hot, sunny 23.3   0.94 0.42 0.1 0.003 9.8 Purple Loosestrife
LN020 6 Old Taft Avenue (pipe)  7/30/08 8:15 AM hot, sunny 18.5   0.24 0.58 2.1 0.055 27.5 Pipe
LN025 8 Old Taft Avenue 7/30/08 8:20 AM hot, sunny 24.1   0.89 0.41 0.1 0.026 10.9 none
LN030 21 Taft Avenue 7/30/08 8:30 AM hot, sunny 22.6   0.89 0.42 0.2 0.010 9.7 small fish
LN040 10 Kinsley Lane 7/30/08 8:40 AM hot, sunny 24.7   0.86 0.43 0.2 0.033 22.8 fish
LN050 41 Kinsley Lane 7/30/08 8:50 AM hot, sunny 25.0   0.92 0.42 0.1 0.016 3.0 large fish
LN060 61 Kinsley Lane 7/30/08 9:00 AM hot, sunny 24.5   0.93 0.43 0.2 0.007 9.5 more fish
Site #   Site Location Date Time  Current Weather Water Temp (Celcius) pH Turbidity
NTU
Conductivity   mS NO3-N (mg/L)    as N Ortho-Phosphate  (mg/L) as P E.coli   MPN Comments                              
LN010 Shea Engineering 8/21/08         Not tested   0.1 0.000 6.3  
LN020 6 Old Taft Avenue (pipe)  8/21/08         Not tested   2.9 0.059 0.0  
LN025 8 Old Taft Avenue 8/21/08         Not tested   0.1 0.16 1.0  
LN030 21 Taft Avenue 8/21/08         Not tested   0.1 0.039 8.6  
LN040 10 Kinsley Lane 8/21/08         Not tested   0.2 0.033 4.1  
LN050 41 Kinsley Lane 8/21/08         Not tested   0.1 0.020 2.0  
LN060 61 Kinsley Lane 8/21/08         Not tested   0.2 0.020 5.2  

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Temperature

 

Warm water 

<24º C (75.2º F) =blue

24º C (75.2º F) - <27º C (80.6º F) = green

27ºC (80.6ºF) - 28.6ºC (83ºF) = orange

> 28º C (83º F) = red > 24ºC (75.2ºF) = red

no data = gray

 

Cold water

<15ºC (59ºF) =blue

15ºC (59ºF) - <20ºC (68ºF) = green

20ºC (68ºF) - 24ºC (72.5ºF) = orange

no data = gray

Turbidity (standard  0 - 10 NTU)

<1 = blue

>1 - <5 = green

5 - 50 = orange

> 50 = red

no data = gray

 

 

Dissolved Oxygen (standard > 5 mg/L for warm water fisheries, > 6 mg/L for coldwater fisheries)

Warm water

> 6 = blue

5 - <6 = green

4 - <5 = orange

< 4 = red

no data = gray

 

Cold water

> 8 = blue

>6 - 7 = green

5 - 6 = orange

< 5 = red

no data = gray

Nitrate (standard < 0.31 mg/L)

< 0.3 = blue

0.3 - <.6 mg/L = green

.6 - .9 = orange

> .9 mg/L = red

no data = gray

 

 

Orthophosphate (reported as  P) (standard <.025 mg/L)

< .01 = blue

.010 - <.025 = green

.025 - .050= orange

> .05 = red

no data = gray

 

 
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