Stormwater pipe discharge
North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
location of WAG-E-01 using zoom on web app. This is where a metal corrugated storm pipe of 0.8m inside diameter surfaces and flows into Wagg Creek from the east side, just above the start of the box culvert that carries Wagg under Keith Road. Water falls onto a meter square concrete pad and then flows into the creek. Field measured GPS coordinates in NAD83 are -123.0892774, 49.32031152 in Long and Lat, or UTM 493502E, 5463071N
- Site ID: WAG-E-01
- Lat: 49.3201709
- Lng: -123.0898118
- Waterbody Type: Unknown
- Timezone: America/Vancouver
Latest photos
View all photosTurbidity high but unable to take reading.
Lab water samples collected for analysis at Bureau Veritas
6PPD-Q samples were collected for UBC to analyze
slight smell of laundry soap
<14 turbidity
flow with bucket and stopwatch:
1. 8.85s, 15L
2. 9.8s, 15L
3. 9.6s, 15L
Turbidity <14
Turbidity < 14
Water flow
1. 4.72s for 14L
2. 5.06s for 15L
3. 5.18s for 15L
YSI measurement taken. 6PPD-Q sample taken
No signif smells
Steady strong outflow
Turbidity <14; Water slightly yellow tinge but clear; No smell. Bucket 9l in 4 sec = 2.25 l/sec (done alone)
14l @ 22.88
13l@ 22.44
Water clear turbidity <14 NTU. Wetted width 20 cm
Wetted depth is 20 mm.
Bucket/stopwatch flow measurement:
Attempt 1- 13.5 L at 19.03 seconds = .71 L /seconds
Attempt 2 - 14 L at 21.25 seconds = .66 L/seconds
Average is .68 L/second
Pipe incline 17 deg
Tried bucket flow but fills bucket so fast I can't time it and I can´t get all the flow into the bucket. >20 liters/sec
Violent flow!
White foam coming from storm pipe. Creek also contains foam. Foam from hydrocarbons??