East Branch of Wagg Creek emerges from culvert WAG-E-06a High Priority
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
location of WAG-E-06a using zoom on web app. A green plastic storm pipe of 0.72m inside diameter surfaces the east branch of Wagg Creek. It is the creek. This is a high energy, high flow site. Field measured GPS coordinates in NAD83 are -123.0759570, 49.32744605 in Long and Lat, or UTM 494,481E, 5,463,860N
this site was active under the "Salt Project" and called 20th St Outfall
Location created by
Paul Lhotka
- Site ID: WAG-E-06a
- Lat: 49.3281288
- Lng: -123.0763364
- Waterbody Type: Unknown
- Timezone: America/Vancouver
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For comparison, measurement also taken in mainstem. Conducivity: 538, TDS: 267/
At the time the sample was taken, it had just started to rain in the past hour after approx 2 days of no rain.
High turbidity; water appeared gray/black; visibility <1 cm
water relatively clear, .75m visibility. currently only a light drizzle but water still discharging forcefully, splashing about .5 m height when it hits riprap
Water is murky with brownish green cast, very turbid
Water is coming out of the pipe but less water than usual. Water is murky, smells like metal or chemicals.
Saw water strider bugs.
Water flowing from pipe smelled chemical/metallic, strong brown discolouration.
Strong chemical/metal smell. water flowing from pipe with great velocity