The winter water quality data was quite interesting for this year. Many of our dissolved oxygen samples were less than 4 ppm, which is not healthy. Usually, winter water holds more oxygen due to the colder temperatures, but that was not the case for many testing sites this season. 

As a group, we discussed that this could be due to the high amount of rain and warmer temperatures. 

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All of our fecal coliform bacteria tests were also positive, meaning that we did find bacteria present in the water. 

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The good news to report is that the other testing parameters of nitrate, phosphate, pH, and turbidity were all in a good, healthy range. 

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All Watershed Explorers did an amazing job testing the water in-class. Congratulations to all of you for being top-notch scientists. 

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