Walkiah Bluff Water Park : Pearl River

Picayune, Mississippi, United States

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Observation report

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Water quality tests

✓ Quality checked by Water Rangers What's this?

pH (0-14) What's this? 6.5
E.coli cfu per 100mL What's this? 433.33
Average sample of:
  1. 700
  2. 300
  3. 300
Dissolved oxygen mg/L What's this? 6.8
Hardness mg/L What's this? 0.0
Turbidity JTU What's this? 2.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 45.0
Water depth m What's this? 0.5
Other coliform cfu per 100mL What's this? 100.0
Average sample of:
  1. 200
  2. 0
  3. 100
Dissolved oxygen % What's this? 81.6
Total coliform cfu per 100mL What's this? 533.33
Average sample of:
  1. 900
  2. 300
  3. 400
Air temperature °C What's this? 27.5
Incubation time (hours) What's this? 45.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 24.0
Incubation temperature °C What's this? 30.5

Microplastics

Film What's this?
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Wildlife

Fish
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Weather

Current weather What's this?
Very low humidity, sunny and clear.
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
One brief shower, no rainfall for previous 10 days, sunny

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Notes

We chose this site because it was accessible, safe and close to our new home. Our first visit was during a period of record rainfall, the Pearl (we are sampling on the East branch) was at flood stage. Waters cam halfway up the boat launch.
We spoke with 3 local residents who told us the "normal" levels were not high enough to launch a boat. We later found out that in the 1990s, a weir was built to divert more water to the East Pearl. The flow was about 85/15 at its best. The weir is now failing, and no agency or organization at local, state federal level are willing to get involved. We believe with the "One Lake" project's green light , this site will no longer be valid.