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.

11/2/99

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)
1120 73 13.6 10.56 102 8.11 2400 0.37 ND 0.22 109 0.013 ND 974

 
TSS (mg/l) Silica (mg/l) TKN (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)
5.5 19.3 0.67 0.18 0.2 0.021 1.16 1.03 ND 0.104 0.056

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas 160
Chlorophyta Coccomonas 640
Chlorophyta Polytoma 240
Chlorophyta Vacuolaria 240
Chrysophyta Acnanthes 160
Chrysophyta Synedra 80
Euglenophtya Euglena 160
Euglenophyta Trachelomonas 1040

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Cyanophyta Anabaena 5467
Chrysophyta Amphiprora 13667
Chrsyophtya cocconeis 8200
Chrsyophtya Cymbella 21,867
Chrsyophyta Fragilaria 5467
Chrysophyta Frustulia 2733
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 24,600
Chrysophyta Melosira 2733

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Empemeroptera Heptaginiidae Heptagenia

Results From 9/27/99