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 10/05/99
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)
0955 1.2 24.1 6.01 71.6 7.86 900 0.10 ND ND 58 ND ND 320

 
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 16 0.83 0.044 ND 0.076 3.2 3.15 NS 0.244 0.196

Phytoplankton
Division Genus Units/mL
Cyanophyta Gloeothece 80
Cyanophyta Oscillatoria 160
Chlorophyta Chlorococcum 240
Chlorophyta Crucigenia 80
Chrysophyta Bacillaria 80
Chrysophyta Cocconeis 320
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 320
Chrysophyta Navicula 240
CHrysophyta Synedra 160

Periphyton
Division Genus Units/cm2
Cyanophyta Anabaena 6400
Cyanophyta Lyngbya 177,480
Cyanophyta Oscillatoria 18,460
Cyanophyta Trichodesmium 2840
Chlorophyta Cladophora 43,310
Chlorophyta Fritschiella 710
Chlorophyta Scenedesmus 1420
Chrysophyta Acnanthes 4260
Chrysophyta Cymbella 2130
Chrysophyta Diatoma 2130
Chrysophyta Diploneis 710
Chrysophyta Fragilaria 1420
Chrysophyta Gomphonema 15,120
Chrysophyta Melosira 1420
Chrysophyta Navicula 5680
Chrysophyta Nitzchia 2130
Chrysophyta Synedra 105,150
Euglenophyta Euglena 710

Aquatic Macro-Invertebrates (Presence/Absence)
Sample Lost

Results from 8/31/99