Purple Creek : Purple Creek

Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Observed by
Will McDearman

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? 333.33
Average sample of:
  1. 200
  2. 400
  3. 400
Other coliform cfu per 100mL What's this? 3,333.33
Average sample of:
  1. 3000
  2. 3300
  3. 3700
Total coliform cfu per 100mL What's this? 3,666.67
Average sample of:
  1. 3200
  2. 3700
  3. 4100
Air temperature °C What's this? 26.0
Incubation time (hours) What's this? 39.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 24.0
Incubation temperature °C What's this? 34.0

Microplastics

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

Weather

Current weather What's this?
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
Light shower earlier in afternoon.

Latest photos

Notes

Creek about 1 foot deep at greatest depth at this sample site with slow current. No scum or bubbles on water surface as observed during previous monitoring period. Garbage and trash scattered on bank and hung on large woody debris, including trash bags, plastic bottles, other plastic, and a tire.