School: Marion High School
Date: 5/05/00 Time: 12:00
Water Conditions: Normal to Low
Weather Conditions: Cloudy
Air Temperature: 18 degrees centigrade
Flow rate: 0.682 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 12 mg/L
% Sat 110
Q-Value 95
Weighing Factor 0.17
Total % 16.15
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Test 2
Fecal Coliform
400 colonies/100mL
Q-Value 28
Weighing factor 0.16
Total % 4.48
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Test 3
pH 8 units
Q-Value 83
Weighing factor 0.11
Total % 9.13
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Test 4
BOD 5
DOdays 12 mg/L DOday1- 7 DOday5 mg/L
Q-Value
Weighing factor 0.11
Total % 6.05
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Test 5
Temperature Change
Temp (site1) degrees centigrade
Temp (site 2) degrees centigrade
T= 1 degrees centigrade
Q-Value 90
Weighing Factor 0.10
Total % 9.0
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Test 6
Phosphate
0.5 mg/L
Q-Value 64
Weighing Factor 0.10
Total % 6.40
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Test 7
Nitrate
0.4 mg/L
Q-Value 98
Weighilng Factor 0.10
Total % 9.8
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Test 8
Turbidity
meters feet 5 JTU
Q-Value 85
Weighing Factor 0.08
Total % 6.8
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Test 9
Total Solids
230 mg/L
Q-Value 68
Weighilng Factor 0.07
Total % 4.76
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OVERALL WATER QUALITY INDEX % 72.57
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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