June 21, 2011

Today we went to a USGS Gauging Station along the Colorado River.

Here is a picture of the site and the river.

USGS Station Along Colorado River

 

A nice man (sorry can’t remember his name) from USGS took the time to explain to us what he does when checking gauging stations along rivers.

Here is his truck next to the gauging station.

USGS Gauging Station

 

At this particular site, the stage of the river, the specific conductivity, temperature, velocity, total dissolved solids, suspended solids, pH, dissolved oxygen,  and  turbidity are measured.

So we took our own measurements while we were there.

Taking Water Quality Measurements

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