School: Marion High School
Date: 3/23/00 Time: 12:00
Water Conditions: Normal to Low
Weather Conditions: Clear day
Air Temperature: 16 degrees centigrade
Flow rate: 0.543 meters/second
River/Stream: Indian Creek
River Mile Marker: 5
Location: East Post Road along the Sac Fox Trail
Latitude deg. min. sec. 616000 mE
Longitude deg. min. sec. 4649360 m N
Site: Indian Creek
Site Location or Address: We monitor 3 mi of Indian Creek starting
at the bridge at East Post Road.
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Test 1
Dissolved Oxygen
DOday1 20 mg/L
% Sat 140
Q-Value 78
Weighing Factor 0.17
Total % 13.3
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Test 2
Fecal Coliform
200 colonies/100mL
Q-Value 35
Weighing factor 0.16
Total % 5.6
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Test 3
pH 7.9 units
Q-Value 85
Weighing factor 0.11
Total % 9.4
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Test 4
BOD 8
DOdays 20 mg/L DOday1- 12 DOday5 mg/L
Q-Value 35
Weighing factor 0.11
Total % 3.9
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Test 5
Temperature Change
Temp (site1) degrees centigrade
Temp (site 2) degrees centigrade
T= 2 degrees centigrade
Q-Value 90
Weighing Factor 0.10
Total % 9.0
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Test 6
Phosphate
1.0 mg/L
Q-Value 40
Weighing Factor 0.10
Total % 4.0
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Test 7
Nitrate
0.0 mg/L
Q-Value 90
Weighilng Factor 0.10
Total % 9.0
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Test 8
Turbidity
meters feet 10 (JTU)
Q-Value 89
Weighing Factor 0.08
Total % 7.1
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Test 9
Total Solids
180 mg/L
Q-Value 67
Weighilng Factor 0.07
Total % 4.7
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OVERALL WATER QUALITY INDEX % 67.0
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Overall Water Quality Index Quality of Water
90% - 100% Excellent
70% - 90% Good
50% - 70% Medium
25% - 50% Bad
0% - 25% Very bad