Bowker Creek
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
By the Bowker Creek Community Garden, just downstream of Monteith Street
Location created by
Eldan Goldenberg
- Group: Friends of Bowker Creek : Salmon Recovery
- Site ID: 1.3
- Lat: 48.4300386
- Lng: -123.3096584
- Waterbody Type: Creek
- Timezone: Canada/Pacific
Latest photos
Creek flowing at
Stagnant surface water
Lots of leaves and organic matter
Forgot sechi tube but depth guage aat Monteith was at .2 m
replenish ammonia kit and check others-
Sampling strips have bern replenished.
Might be related to lo phosphorus environment relating to acidification or nutrient depletion. aka Didymo
Nitrate
Phosphate strips are compromised
[EG edited 2024-02-17 to convert Secchi depth from m to cm]
[EG edited 2024-02-17 to remove Secchi depth of 13 because it looks like an error but I can't tell what the correct value should be]
[EG edited 2024-02-17 to switch dissolved oxygen % and mg/L because they looked like they'd been entered in each others' boxes]
ugly foam scum on water surface
Odd accumulation of material around rock just downstream of depth stick
Foam Mattress debris
Sewage bypass going on upstream
ecoli and total coliform were analyzed using sim plates by Val in Oak Bay
There are still some fry swimming in shallows 10 feet behind distribution box where it was terribly polluted yesterday. Today the whole area is improved somewhat. It is cooler and cloudy today and water temp only 5.