Four Pole Creek Water Quality

On April 21,2012 the forestry and rail project went to Ritter Park on a field trip to practice skills needed for our trip. We identified trees, measured board feet of a tree and measured the water quality of Four Pole Creek.  The creek is a small creek that runs through Ritter Park and at this time it was low. many of the small creeks that run into it were dried up. On this day it was raining. We pulled the water out of the creek next to the picnic area and measured it in the shelter.

TEST                  MEASURE     Q-VALUE    WEIGHT     TOTAL Q
DO                     5.6 MG/L             50              0.32               16
TEMP.               15.1 C                  30              0.19               5.7
TDS                  109 MG/L              84              0.13              10.92
TURBIDITY       99.5 NTU               17              0.15              2.55
PH                     7.08                     90              0.21              18.9
                                                             
                                         OVERALL QUALITY                  54.7

According to the wqi quality scale the creeks water quality is in the low end of medium or average(51-70)