November 2010 monitoring

November 10 – beautiful fall weather, if slightly warmer than normal for this time of year.  No significant rain recently, so it was no surprise how low the flow is. And lots of algae, both on the surface and under the water.  Plus, sadly, a lot of trash both in the stream and on the banks.

Dissolved oxygen was good, 6.8 and the pH is normal at 7.0.  Water temp was 18 C (64 F) and air temp was 25 C (77 F) and the specific conductance is 540.

One thing that continues to be unusual given the lack of rain is the discharge from the storm drain. It continues to be significant, rather than the expected trickle. And this time we smelled a slight but distinct sewage odor coming from the storm drain inlet (just above the sidewalk).  Sure seems like a broken pipe somewhere.

Grasshopper on bucket

another view of the storm drain inlet

Storm Drain

Storm Drain

further upstream above waterfall

upstream above waterfall

algae-choked waterfall

waterfall area above bridge

view downstream from waterfall

stream from storm drain

storm drain discharge

downstream from storm drain

sample site & downstream from under bridge

low water & algae under bridge

under bridge & upstream

low water under bridge

downstream side of stream by bridge

another view of the dam

new dam downstream from upper bank

new dam downstream (where did it come from?)

trail crossing area with algae

sample site closeup

under the bridge from bank

bridge & downstream from the bank

sample site & trail area from bridge

sample site from upper bank