Downstream of Graffiti bridge : Sand Creek

Starkville, Mississippi, United States

Observed by
Madison Gnoose

Observation report

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Water quality tests

✓ Quality checked by Water Rangers What's this?

E.coli cfu per 100mL What's this? 1,600.0
Average sample of:
  1. 2000
  2. 1600
  3. 1200
Other coliform cfu per 100mL What's this? 25,000.0
Average sample of:
  1. 25000
  2. 25000
  3. 25000
Total coliform cfu per 100mL What's this? 26,600.0
Average sample of:
  1. 27000
  2. 26600
  3. 26200
Air temperature °C What's this? 20.0
Incubation time (hours) What's this? 41.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 20.0
Incubation temperature °C What's this? 31.0

Microplastics

Film What's this?
Fragments What's this?
Microbeads What's this?
Microfibers What's this?

Weather

Current weather What's this?
not overcast, but yes cloudy. sunny, partly cloudy.
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
heavy rain the day before sampling (2021-05-04) but not the day of (2021-05-05)

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Notes

I tested this site at the request of Beth Baker to see how quickly the spike in E. coli from 2021-05-03 would go down to normal after a heavy rain.