Root River Wishart Park : Root River

Ontario, Canada

Observed by
Ajaz Shaikh
pH (0-14) What's this? 7.2
Dissolved oxygen mg/L What's this? 11.0
Secchi depth m What's this? bottom visible
Chlorine ppm What's this? 0.0
Hardness mg/L What's this? 0.0
Salinity ppm What's this? 35.0
Alkalinity mg/L What's this? 20.0
Water depth m What's this? 0.17
Conductivity μS/cm What's this? 62.0
Air temperature °C What's this? 0.0
Water temperature °C What's this? 3.4

Qualitative

Algae What's this? No
Odour What's this? None
Clarity What's this? Clear
Pollution What's this? Other
Water Flow What's this? Steady
Water Level What's this? High
Water Colour What's this? Brown
On the water surface What's this? Foam, Natural debris

Weather

Current weather What's this?
Current weather type is snow.
Weather in previous 24 hours What's this?
  • rainy

Latest photos

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Notes

The beaver dams are broken up by the current. A large amount of water must have passed through. You can see where it was pushed. There is large amounts of foam on the water. The river went from dry and dammed. To saturated, high and steady flow. The beaver has cut down almost all of the alder on left bank. In the future when the roots die, this whole bank could erode, it can be seen in the saturated sand banks already breaking off.
Parks dogs as a pollution sources in the immediate surroundings.
Snow on the ground was slippery. The path is eroding by saturated sand banks. The beaver has blocked pathways everywhere. The water is high and strong.