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.

1/11/00
Flow:198 cfs

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)
0820 4.8 10.9 13.25 113.0 8.02 225 ND 0.18 ND 175 0.028 0.046 1080

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) Total N (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)
3.16 20.3 0.72 0.04 0.082 0.048 0.95 1.03 0.0194 0.84 0.52

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Chrysophyta Amphiprora 80
Euglenophyta Trachelomonas 240

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chrysophyta Amphiprora 3456
Chrysophyta Achnanthes 864
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 2348
Chrysophyta Cymbella 18,322
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 8324
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 27,858
Chrysophyta Melosira 1344
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 3888
Chrysophyta Synedra 17,966
Chrysophyta Terpsinoe 844

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Ephemeroptera Leptophlebiidae Thraulodes
Trichoptera Hydropsychidae Hydropsyche
 Diptera                         Simuliidae                     Simulium
Plecoptera Leuctridae Perlomyia
Plecoptera Perlidae Anacroneuria

 Results from 11/2/99