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
Can't see the bottom
Creek running fast
Depth at pole 30
Sewage smell quite strong, especially at beginning of trail at river Rock area. But it is intermittent. Stream bed visible.
STRONG SEWAGE
SMELL
visible suds immediately after the culvert
Clear
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]