Stormwater pipe discharge
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
corrected location of WAG-E-03 using zoom on web app. This is where a concrete storm pipe of 0.9m inside diameter surfaces and joins with Wagg Creek just downstream of a pedestrian bridge over the creek on the east side. A large plunge pool with large boulders forms a deep pool due to high energy discharge during storm. Field measured GPS coordinates in NAD83 are -123.0871740, 49.32245002 in Long and Lat, or UTM 493,665E, 5,463,306N
Location created by
Paul Lhotka
- Group: North Shore Streamkeepers Society : Wagg Creek Water Quality Monitoring Group
- Site ID: WAG-E-03
- Lat: 49.3223528
- Lng: -123.0872369
- Waterbody Type: Unknown
- Timezone: America/Vancouver
Latest photos
Turbidity <14. Lab water sample for BV collected simultaneously.
Turbid water, but in darkness the Secchi Tube could not be used. 6PPD-Q and lab water sample for BV collected simultaneously
Turbidity <14
Water flow 15l in 2 secs (cannot enter data above.
Some intermittent surging. Water flow taken btwn surges.
Water has grey & tad murky appearance.
Turbidity high but unable to take a reading.
Lab water samples collected for analysis at Bureau Veritas
6PPD-Q samples collected for UBC to analyze
Turbidity >1
Flow 6l/1.8 5/1.9 6/1.4
Turbidity <14, foam to 30cm thick, but no covering the whole surface of plunge pool like July 29, 2024. Smell of hydrocarbons.
Turbidity <14
Turbidity <14
6PPD-Q water sample collected
Bubbles causing trouble measuring dissolved oxygen with YSI
YSI data collection
6Ppd data collection