Speed River at Black Bridge Iron Bridge overpass : Speed River

Ontario, Canada

Observed by
Jennifer Orlowski
  • Observed on: Sun, 30 May 2021 13:55:00 -0400
  • Testers Jen & Jaden
  • Associated with:
    Water Rangers : Testkitters
  • Lat: 43.4521453
  • Lng: -80.2982667

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Water quality tests

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pH (0-14) What's this? 7.8
Chlorine ppm What's this? 0.0
Hardness mg/L What's this? 0.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 120.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 18.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 16.0

Wildlife

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Crustacean
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Weather

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The region was under a frost advisory overnight last night.
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Notes

We observed several crayfish, water snails, and minnows in the river today. We noticed a lot of water plants that were not there 2 weeks ago - including lily pads. There were red-winged blackbirds flying and signing overhead as well as a hawk circling above us upstream. There were several mosquitoes, and we saw dragonflies over the water too. Like previous visits the ground was covered with ground ivy and a lot of garlic mustard was present...we even noticed forget-me-not flowers, although I'm not sure how they got over here.
There were a lot of canoes and kayaks on the water today as well.