Lamoille River - Tier 3 Report - Marcia Waite, 05/11/18

Physical Parameters Assessment

Investigator Name(s):

Marcia Waite

Collection Date & Time:

Friday, May 11, 2018 - 7:45am

School:

Browns River Middle School

Watershed:

Lake Champlain Direct & Grand Isle Basins

River:

Lamoille River

Monitoring Site:

Browns River/ Middle School

Site Description:

River, shallow, rocky with trees

Surrounding Development or Land Use:

Farm

Park

Residential

Forest

Crops

Road Along Bank

Do you see any pipes entering into the river?:

Is there a water treatment plant upstream?:

Canopy Cover:

0-25%

Water Appearance:

Clear

Water Odor:

Odorless

Average Embeddedness:

51-75%

Average Velocity:

21.00m/s

Exact Location

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Latitude:

45.00

Longitude:

-73.00

Weather

Past 48 Hours:

Overcast

Average Transparency/Turbidity

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

Height of Water Column:

120.00cm

Chemical Assessment

Results:

The water temp was 9 degrees celcius

dissolved oxygen was 12 mg/l

the ph was 6.5

the phosphorus was .067

Stream Habitat Assessment

Good Habitat: Score of 80 to 60 ----- Fair Habitat: Score of 59 to 40 ----- Poor Habitat: Score of 39 to 0

Stream Habitat Quality Score

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

60-80 (Good)
40-59 (Fair)
0-39 (Poor)

Stream Habitat Quality Score for This Report:

Biological Assessment

The Water Quality Score is calculated by adding together the the Index Values calculated for each Sensitivity Group on the field sheet.

40+ (Excellent)
30-39 (Good)
20-29 (Fair)
0-19 (Poor)

Group I (Sensitive) Index Value:

0.0

Group II (Moderately Sensitive) Index Value:

0.0

Group III (Tolerant) Index Value:

0.0

Water Quality Score for This Report: