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.
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) |
| 1025 | 1.7 | 16.3 | 8.42 | 85.8 | 8.2 | 790 | ND | 0.25 | ND | 67.1 | ND | 0.02 | 346 |
| 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) |
| ND | 14.8 | 2.6 | 0.13 | 0.03 | 0.029 | 2.36 | 2.16 | 0.037 | 0.784 | 0.556 |
Phytoplankton
| Division | Genus | Units/mL |
| Cyanophyta | Synechocytis | 240 |
| Cyanophtya | Aphanothece | 160 |
| Chlorophyta | Ankistrodesmus | 160 |
| Chlorophtya | Staurastrum | 240 |
| Chrysophyta | Gyrosigma | 400 |
| Chrysophyta | Nitzchia | 320 |
| Chrysophyta | Amphiprora | 80 |
| Chrysophtya | Cocconeis | 320 |
| Chrysophtya | Chrysococcus | 560 |
| Pyrophyta | Gymnodinium | 640 |
Periphyton
| Division | Genus | Units/cm2 |
| Cyanophyta | Lyngbya | 1,522,667 |
| Cyanophtya | Anabaena | 9067 |
| Chrysophyta | Cocconeis | 8433 |
| Chrysophyta | Cymbella | 182,667 |
| Chrysophtya | Fragilaria | 132,133 |
| Chrysophyta | Frustulia | 81,800 |
| Chrysophyta | Gomphonema | 304,067 |
| Chrysophyta | Amphipleura | 38,533 |
| Chrysophyta | Navicula | 72,800 |
| Chrysophyta | Nitzchia | 68,133 |
Aquatic
Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
| Order | Family | Genus |
| Ephemeroptera | Baetidae | Baetodes |
| Emphemoptera | Ephemerellidae | Drunella |
| Hemiptera | Belastomatidae | Abedus |
| Coleoptera | Dryopidae | Helichus |
| Trichoptera | Glossomatidae | Culaptila |