Lake Ontario

Heavy rain. Dog walkers. Kent gathered the water sample: unsafe to maneuver beach with crutches. See ‘Guardians’ for comparative results using regular test strips compared to these machine learning ones.

These results used machine learning test strips. See Guardians for other parameter results and photos.

This is phosphates only. See Guardians for other parameter results and photos.

Glorious sunshine. Little wind. A few clouds. Modest waves. Richard stopped by to chat. Ducks at our feet. This site was built with landfill, old brick pieces visual evidence. These tests were with regular strips. Machine learning strips under separate posts. Also see phosphates under Testers’ post.

Site A. Splashed! High waves this morning! Undertow. Pebbles pushed up significantly. Seagulls. Visual plume along shore. Algae floating on surface. Common green darner dragonfly spotted in Humber Bay Park West trail (west of Site A). See phosphates under Testers’ observation.

Visual plume. Algae floating on surface at Site A. Lots of big waves and significant undertow. Many rocks and pebbles pushed up along shoreline. Seagulls. See other parameters posted under Guardians’ observation.

Site A. Ducks, seagulls, cormorants. A diver stopped to assess the water prior to dive planned at this site on the weekend.

Site A. Clean of debris on immediate shoreline. Seagulls. Quite a few dog walkers. Took E. coli samples to Swim Drink Fish lab to help with processing same day with Humber Bay West testing team, as well as analysis in the lab the next day. Update: Unfortunately Humber Bay did not pass the test for E.coli.

Wave action today like no other. Even some white caps! Saw the Humber fox just before getting to the beach. It was a treat sampling with Alysse from Swim Drink Fish / Lake Ontario Waterkeeper. She took E. coli samples to lab. Also noted cormorants flying above. Water Rangers’ testkit used at Site C.

Site A. Seagulls and ducks. Beautiful morning!