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.

Physico-chemical Parameters 8/23/99
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)
0810 63 24.4 7.96 96.2 8.36 1200 ND 0.11 ND 50 0.225 0.08 448

 
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)
4 20.9 2.38 0.296 3.52 0.26 4.84 3.9 0.1032 0.6920 0.652

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/ml
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 400
Chrysophyta Amphora 240
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 640
Chrysophyta Cymbella 80
Chrysophyta Diatomella 480
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 80
Chrysophyta Melosira 240
Chrysophyta Navicula 80
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 480
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 320
Chrysophyta Stauroneis 80
Chrysophyta Synedra 80

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Chlorophyta Cladophora 11,440
Chrysophyta Amphipleura 8800
Chrysophyta Cymbella 6160
Chrysophyta Diploneis 2640
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 1760
Chrysophyta Gyrosigma 880
Chrysophyta Navicula 1760
Chrysophyta Pinnularia 880
Chrysophyta Synedra 880

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
 
Order Family Genus
Odonata Protoneuridae Argia
Megaloptera Corydalidae Corydalus

 

Results From 7/19/99