Upper retention pond - High Park

The shoreline where the test was taken is rocky.

The battery in the conductivity meter (which we also use to test the water temperature) died so those measurements weren't take. On the surface of the water there was natural debris, litter, scrum, and floating algae. Water flow is slow. Water level is average. Water is cloudy. Smells of sewage.

- Algae
- Water colour: greyish-brown, cloudy
- Brown mallards (molting)
- people throw sticks in the water for their dog to swim out and get it
- dead rodent carcass in the water
- 3 bullfrog tadpoles but no frogs observed
- dragonflies
- picked seed pods of yellow iris to prevent spreading
- picked up some litter in the water

- Algae
- Water colour: greyish-brown, cloudy
- Brown mallards (molting)
- people throw sticks in the water for their dog to swim out and get it
- dead rodent carcass in the water
- 3 bullfrog tadpoles but no frogs observed
- dragonflies
- picked seed pods of yellow iris to prevent spreading
- picked up some litter in the water

- On the surface: natural debris, foam, urban discharge
- Water colour: clear
- Clarity: brown
- Fewer frogs than in the past.

nothing on the surface of the water. Residential discharge and urban/road discharge forom the immediate surroundings. Evidence of fishing (fishing line caught in the trees). Slow flowing water. Average water level. Water colour is green and brown. Clarity is opaque. No odour. Soil is still wet from the recent rain. There is a large family of wood ducks out on the water.

floating algae on the surface of the water. Residential discharge and Urban/Road Discharge. Slow flowing water. Average water level. The colour of the water is brown and it's cloudy verging on opaque. Smells like algae.