Willow Creek : Willow creek drain s into Rondeau Bay Shrewsbury Ont Can

Chatham Kent, Ontario, Canada

pH (0-14) What's this? 7.2
Dissolved oxygen mg/L What's this? 2.0
Secchi depth m What's this? 0.7
Chlorine ppm What's this? 0.0
Hardness mg/L What's this? 200.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 120.0
Water depth m What's this? 0.74
Conductivity μS/cm What's this? 674.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 17.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 21.1

Wildlife

Amphibian
Amphibian What's this?
Plant
Plant What's this?

Weather

Current weather What's this?
  • cloudy
  • windy
Wind was 20 KPH ,N/NW Cloudy 17*C temp (a break from the hot humid temps previously)
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
  • rainy
  • windy
Rainy ,temps alittle warmer than test day Has had some good rain and previous high temps

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Notes

Water had natural debris ,floating algae
Water level was high
Water flow was steady
Water colour was brown,water clarity was opaque
Water had no odour, and no sign of discharge
There was cynobacteria ,floating mats, attched (algae)
Bayside of creek was 80% full coverage but inland side was almost complete coverage and alot bigger leaves on plants. Our dissolved oxygen reading was 2mg/L compared to a normal 8 here ?We did hear frogs croaking and birds singing.