Indian Brook - Tier 1 Report - Aziza Malik, 04/28/16

Physical Parameters Assessment

Investigator Name(s):

Malik, Mattina, Roesch

Collection Date & Time:

Thursday, April 28, 2016 - 12:00pm

School:

Champlain Elementary

Watershed:

Lake Champlain Direct & Grand Isle Basins

River:

Indian Brook

Monitoring Site:

Englesby Brook

Site Description:

A small brook that flows to Lake Champlain.Located on school grounds at Champlain Elementary.

Surrounding Development or Land Use:

Residential

Forest

Road Along Bank

Do you see any pipes entering into the river?:

Is there a water treatment plant upstream?:

Water Appearance:

Clear

Muddy

Water Odor:

Odorless

Physical Summary:

The water was fairly clear and odorless. It was moving, but not at a very fast pace. It was slightly shaded by the canopy. It was a sunny day. There were not many rocks.

Canopy Cover:

26-50%

Average Velocity:

0.47m/s

Weather

Present:

Clear/Sunny

Past 48 Hours:

Clear/Sunny

Average Transparency/Turbidity

No Impact: >60 cm - 17cm = 0-50 ntu
Possible Impact: 17 - 8cm = 65-150 ntu
Impacted: 8 - < 6 cm = >150 ntu

Turbidity:

11.00NTU

Height of Water Column:

50.00cm

Chemical Assessment

Dissolved Oxygen:

4.00ppm

Dissolved Oxygen (Saturation):

4.00%

Water Temperature:

6.00°C

Phosphate:

1.00ppm

pH:

7.50

Stream Habitat Assessment

Streambed:

1 size of particles (4)

Streambank Erosion:

A little erosion (8)

Speed (Velocity):

1 speed (4)

Streambank Plants (Riparian Vegetation):

1 kind of plant (4)

Streambank Plant Width:

Between 10 and 20 paces (8)

Stream Habitat Quality Score

Calculated by adding all of the points from the above fields.

50-60 (Excellent)
40-49 (Good)
30-39 (Fair)
0-29 (Poor)

Stream Habitat Quality Score for This Report:

Biological Assessment

Observed: Only a few kinds of worm-like (tolerant) animals, but many individuals of these kinds

Which suggests: Severe organic pollution