Salt River @ Water Users Rec. Area

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.

Physico-chemical Parameters 8/4/99
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)
0941 2.2 24 5.37 63.8 7.93 800 ND 0.15 ND 51 0.012 0.03 295

 
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)
3.67 15.6 1.32 0.18 0.037 0.05 3.25 2.99 NS 4.076 2.368

Flow: 1050 cfs
(Flow Data is from the nearest USGS flow gauge)

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 240
Chlorophyta Scenedesmus 80
Chrysophyta Cymbella 80
Chrysophyta Frustulia 80
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 160
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 480
Chrysophyta Synedra 400
Chrysophyta Tabellaria 400

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Cyanophyta Anabaena 7822
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 53,350
Cyanophyta Oscillatoria 4400
Chlorophyta Cladophora 3850
Chlorophyta Gongrosira 1100
Chlorophyta Microspora 550
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 9350
Chrysophyta Cymbella 160,600
Chrysophyta Diploneis 3300
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 2750
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 20,900
Chrysophyta Melosira 7150
Chrysophyta Navicula 1100
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 6600
Chrysophyta Synedra 18,700
Chrysophyta Tabellaria 7150

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
ND