Salt River Near Highway 288

Description of Site: This site is the highest point in the watershed to be sampled along the Salt River. Sampling will occur just below the diversion dam. Prior to entering Roosevelt Lake, it is unaffected by any reservoir processes.

3/13/00

Physico-chemical Parameters
Time Turbidity (NTU's) Temp (C) DO (ppm) DO (% sat.) pH TDS Ammonia (mg/l) Nitrate (mg/l) Ortho-P (mg/l) Sulfate (mg/l) Dissolved Fe (mg/l) Dissolved Mn (mg/l) Chloride (mg/l)
1125 1.5 19.1 7.5 81.5 8.1 800 0.26 0.21 ND 69.4 0.024 0.055 354

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) TKN (mg/l) Total P (mg/l) Total Fe (mg/l) Total Mn (mg/l) TOC DOC UV254 Chl a (mg/m3) Pheophytin a (mg/m3)
0 12.4 2.2 0.11 0.046 0.06 1.68 1.53 0.0246 0.192 0.156

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 160
Chrysophyta Chrysococcus 320
Cyanophyta Aphanothece 80
Pyrrophyta Gymnodinium 240

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 865,550
Cyanophyta Ocillatoria 298,610
Cyanophyta Anabaena 84,720
Chlorophyta Ulothrix 110,840

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Odonata Coenagrionidae Amphiagrion
Lepidoptera Pyrolidae Petrophila
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Hydropsyche
Ephemeroptera Baetidae Pseudocleon
Hemiptera Corixidae Martarega

 

 Results from 1/11/00