Fort Creek Channel at Carmen's Way : Fort Creek

Ontario, Canada

Observed by
Ajaz Shaikh
pH (0-14) What's this? 8.4
Dissolved oxygen mg/L What's this? 10.0
Chloride ppm What's this? 326.0
Chlorine ppm What's this? 0.25
Hardness mg/L What's this? 150.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 90.0
Conductivity μS/cm What's this? 1,474.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 1.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 1.8

Qualitative

Algae What's this? No
Odour What's this? Petroleum
Clarity What's this? Opaque
Pollution What's this? Industrial discharge, Residential discharge, Urban/road discharge, Other
Water Flow What's this? Steady
Water Level What's this? Average
Water Colour What's this? Brown, Green, Grey

Weather

Current weather What's this?
  • sunny
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
  • cloudy
  • windy
Snow

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Notes

THE TERRAIN IS VERY UNSAFE. THIS SITE CAN NOT BE ACCESSED WITHOUT PROPER GUIDANCE. The terrain is snow covered with approx., 1 meter of snowpack. The left and right banks snow escarpments are hard packed, and unstable. The water is flowing under left bank and has created an overflow approx. a meter wide. The area is unsafe for anyone to enter unless you are trained in snow and ice readiness, survival, ad safety awareness and working near water in winter. ONLY GO WITH KIKI. She is certified. Ice on the water surface.
Storm water is a pollution source in the immediate surroundings.
The smell of diesel was strong. The two casings are frozen solid, and the two culverts coming from under Carmen's way, the one on the left(looking at it) is flowing, the other is frozen. I could not see the substrate because the water was so opaque. The snow piles around it is at least 1.5 meters. There could be salt residues in road salts here. It would be good to monitor this site, but it could become very unsafe.