The Longview Ditches will be a difficult and complex effort, and because of that it needs to begin soon. Each water body that we will begin work on has also been screened for its potential for meeting water quality standards through the implementation of other pollution controls. Fecal Coliform A type of bacteria. Although not necessarily agents of disease, fecal coliform bacteria indicate the presence of disease-carrying organisms, which live in the same environment as them. A certain minimum amount of dissolved oxygen must be present in water for aquatic life to survive.
Temperature Governs the kinds of aquatic life that can live in a stream.
For instance, streams must be cooler than 61 degrees Fahrenheit for salmon to successfully spawn. Turbidity A measure of water clarity - how much the material suspended in water decreases the passage of light through the water. A term used to indicate the alkalinity or acidity of a substance as ranked on a scale from 1.0 to 14.0. Neutral pH is 7.0. Acidity increases as the pH gets lower.