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.
Flow: 8 cfs
2/1/00
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) |
| 1005 | 1.4 | 12.3 | 8.99 | 83.4 | 7.98 | 790 | ND | 0.21 | ND | 63.5 | 0.013 | ND | 334 |
| 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) |
| 1.62 | 15.1 | 2.0 | 0.0.08 | 0.044 | 0.022 | 2.15 | 2.47 | 0.0372 | 0.692 | 0.336 |
Phytoplankton
| Division | Genus | Units/mL |
| Euglenophyta | Trachelomonas | 1120 |
| Chlorophtya | Chlamydomonas | 160 |
| Chlorophyta | Ulothrix | 240 |
| Chrysophtya | Navicula | 640 |
| Chrysophyta | Fragilaria | 80 |
| Chrysophyta | Tetracladus | 80 |
| Chrysophyta | Quadrigula | 240 |
| Chrysophtya | Diatoma | 160 |
Periphyton
| Division | Genus | Units/cm2 |
| Chrysophtya | Frustulia | 108,800 |
| Chrysophtya | Amphipleura | 77,067 |
| Chrysophyta | Navicula | 86,133 |
| Chrysophyta | Cymbella | 335,467 |
| Chrysophtya | Fragilaria | 22,667 |
| Chrysophyta | Nitzchia | 40,800 |
| Chrysophyta | Gomphonema | 281,067 |
| Chrysophyta | Navicula | 72,800 |
| Chlorophtya | Ulothrix | 22,667 |
Aquatic
Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
| Order | Family | Genus |
| Ephemeroptera | Baetidae | Pseudocloeon |
| Emphemoptera | Baetidae | Baetis |
| Odonata | Coenagrionidae | Aphiagriom |
| Coleoptera | Hydrophilidae | Hydrophilus |
| Trichoptera | Hydropsydidae | Hydropsyche |