Tetayut Creek Water Quality - Peninsula Streams Society

Various sampling meters are used to collect physio-chemical parameters at all locations: Handy Polaris hand-held meter (Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature), Hanna Instruments HI 98129 pH and Conductivity meter, and a Lamotte turbidity meter. A 1-litre grab sample of water is taken monthly from 3 sites from Tetayut Creek, and 2 sites from Hagan-Graham Creek and taken to a lab to be analyzed for fecal coliforms, metals, nutrients, Total Extractable Hydrocarbons (TEH), and Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH). A sediment sample is taken from a site in both areas quartely.