Water Quality Monitoring

A water quality monitoring program was initiated in January 2010 to help identify the main sources of nutrients and E. coli in the watershed. Community volunteers will collect data and water samples at 11 sites along Granite Creek and its main tributaries.

                                                                  Field Parameters                                        Laboratory Parameters
                                                                  Dissolved Oxygen (DO)                               E. coli
                                                                  pH                                                           Nitrate/Nitrite
                                                                  Water temperature                                    Total Phosphorus
                                                                  Turbidity                                                   Ammonia
                                                                  Flow                                                        Total Kjedahl Nitrogen (TKN)
                                                                                                                                 Bacterial DNA