Description of Site: The closest to the tailwaters of Stewart Mtn. Dam, this site is the most representative of water conditions immediately leaving the Salt River reservoir system.
8/28/2000
Flow:
425 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) |
0950 | 3 | 24.7 | 6.03 | 72.2 | 7.5 | 900 | 0.18 | ND | ND | 61.7 | ND | 0.015 | 387 |
TSS (mg/l) | Silica (mg/l) | TKN(mg/l) | Total P (mg/l) | Total Fe (mg/l) | Total Mn (mg/l) | CDOM (mg/m3) | Chl a (mg/m3) | Pheophytin a (mg/m3) |
ND | 16.6 | 1 | 0.19 | 0.057 | 0.06 | 0.772 | 0.476 | 0.356 |
Phytoplankton
Division | Genus | Units/mL |
Chrysophyta | Fragilaria | 160 |
Periphyton
Division | Genus | Units/cm2 |
Chlorophyta | Ulothrix | 22,809 |
Chlorophyta | Cloniophora | 5132 |
Chlorophyta | Gongrosira | 880 |
Chlorophyta | Cladophora | 52,009 |
Chrysophyta | Cocconeis | 31,554 |
Chrysophyta | Fragilaria | 13,252 |
Aquatic Macro-invertebrates (presence/absence)
Order | Family | Genus |
Megaloptera | Corydalidae | Corydalus |