15th Street Storm drain - WAG-E-03 High Priority

Stormwater pipe discharge

North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

corrected location of WAG-E-03 using zoom on web app. This is where a concrete storm pipe of 0.9m inside diameter surfaces and joins with Wagg Creek just downstream of a pedestrian bridge over the creek on the east side. A large plunge pool with large boulders forms a deep pool due to high energy discharge during storm. Field measured GPS coordinates in NAD83 are -123.0871740, 49.32245002 in Long and Lat, or UTM 493,665E, 5,463,306N

Location created by
Paul Lhotka

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Stormwater pipe discharge : 15th Street Storm drain - WAG-E-03 High Priority

Observed on
2024-07-29

turbidity <14. Abundant foam in plunge pool. Estimated flow well over 50l/sec

Stormwater pipe discharge : 15th Street Storm drain - WAG-E-03 High Priority

Observed on
2024-07-27

spill reported at 11 am, white substance, but no trace now. chemical smell around plunge pool typ...

Stormwater pipe discharge : 15th Street Storm drain - WAG-E-03 High Priority

Observed on
2022-08-04

Foam throughout creek, water brackish, turbid sediment

Stormwater pipe discharge : 15th Street Storm drain - WAG-E-03 High Priority

Observed on
2022-07-14

Strong odor of gray water/ soap fragrance. Water is cloudy although main stem of creek is observ...

Stormwater pipe discharge : 15th Street Storm drain - WAG-E-03 High Priority

Observed on
2022-06-09

Pool is high; unable to take depth measurement

Stormwater pipe discharge : 15th Street Storm drain - WAG-E-03 High Priority

Observed on
2022-05-11

Deleted pH reading (8.5) - this reading was obtained with pH meter which has since been determine...