#13 MEASURING THE HEALTH OF OUR FRESH WATERS

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Title of Water: Pinwheel Geyser Spring, Norris Area, Yellowstone, WY

Type of Water: __x stream __river __lake

Nearest Town, City: State: Norris, Wyoming

Description: thin steam traveling over hot rock colored in iron, sulphur smell, blue pools nearby, geyser spouts, dead trees, fumeroles of hot air

Date: Time of Day: 1:30 pm

Temperature: 118 deg F or 47 deg C

Ph: 3.67

Dissolved Oxygen: 12.11 or 67 % saturation

TDS: 141.9

Current Speed:NA

Who to contact in the area with the data results and concerns:

www.AmericanParkNetwork.com

www.yellowstonepark.com

Factor

Measured at

Q Score

Times the Q value

Final Quotient

Dissolved Oxygen

12.ll or 67 % sat

69

.38

26.2

PH

3.67

6

.24

1.4

TDS (conductivity)

141.9

80

.16

12.8

Temperature

47 C

0

.22

0

Total Water Quality of this geyser spring at Yellowstone was 40.4 which is below average, certainly related to the extreme hot temperatures and high acidity.