Pipestone Creek
Saskatchewan, Canada
Fairly shallow creek bed with eroded clay and silt banks eroding into upper Cretaceous Shale bedrock. some stones and boulders. Meandering Creek within incised glacial outwash channel. Ample unmitigated, agricultural drainage cumulative additional fluid contributions.
Location created by
Clint and Jody Blyth
- Site ID: Site-1 49.9916374-1015375885
- Lat: 49.9912979
- Lng: -101.5371895
- Waterbody Type: Creek
- Timezone: America/Regina
Latest photos
nitrate<.1
artificial release started three days prior from
Moosomin reservoir upstream at 1.5m3/sec.
Algae growth more noticeable this year.
medium high flow rate dropped 1.2m recently. high sediment load. nityatre <1, phosphate <.05. Significant agricultural drainage runoff and resultant stream bank erosion occurring.
controlled release from Moosomin reservoir ~1m3/sec
no flow from Moosomin reservoir upstream. Minor trickle of spring fed base flow. please restore wetlands
a water release from the bottom outlet of Moosomin reservoir commenced on July 25th. the flow rate at the station 05ng024 at the sask man border increased from .05m3/s to 0.8m3/s.
creek flow is low for this time of year
water slightly cloudy. Discharge 1.46m3/sec at downstream at sask/man border environment Canada gauge station. nitrate measurement < 1.
See water flow comments above. water colour slightly cloudy brown. No trespassing was committed in the making of this report, Scott!
Nitrate level was less than one but greater than zero
water is getting clearer with less algae flush from upstream. now tea coloured. local ag drainage water still running. nitrate was less than 1 on standard colour chart but still a hint of colour.