Winooski River - Tier 1 Report - Ashley Eaton, 06/30/16

Physical Parameters Assessment

Investigator Name(s): 

SOLE Camp- WOW Group

Collection Date & Time: 

Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 2:00pm

School: 

Winooski Valley Park District

Watershed: 

Winooski Basin

River: 

Winooski River

Monitoring Site: 

Ethan Allen Homestead

Surrounding Development or Land Use: 

Farm

Park

Residential

Forest

Crops

Do you see any pipes entering into the river?: 

No

Is there a water treatment plant upstream?: 

No

Water Appearance: 

Tea-colored

Water Odor: 

Odorless

Average Embeddedness: 

0-25%

Canopy Cover: 

0-25%

Average Velocity: 

0.30m/s

Exact Location

Latitude: 

44.51

Longitude: 

-73.23

Weather

Present: 

Clear/Sunny

Past 48 Hours: 

Clear/Sunny

Showers

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: 

8.00NTU

Height of Water Column: 

80.00cm

Chemical Assessment

Dissolved Oxygen: 

3.00ppm

Dissolved Oxygen (Saturation): 

40.00%

Water Temperature: 

17.00°C

Phosphate: 

1.00ppm

pH: 

7.00

Nitrate: 

1.00ppm

Stream Habitat Assessment

Streambed: 

2 sizes of particles (8)

Streambank Erosion: 

Medium erosion (4)

Speed (Velocity): 

1 speed (4)

Streambank Plants (Riparian Vegetation): 

All of these plants (12)

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: 

36

Biological Assessment

Observed: Many kinds of animals, from sensitive to tolerant

Which suggests: Good water quality