Hawaii's Watersheds Database
FRESH WATER FIELD DATA ENTRY SHEETS

School Volunteer Water Quality
Monitoring of Hawaiian Watersheds

Instructions
This form is to be printed & taken with you in the field to record your data.

http://www.hawaii.edu/environment

Investigators

Investigating Student(s):

Investigating Instructor:

School:

Time of Observation

Year______ Month _______ Day ______ Hour______

Site Location

Island: Oahu Kauai Molokai Maui Hawaii (Big Island)

Watershed name:

General site: River Stream Canal Feeder stream Culvert Storm Drain Estuary Ocean

Name of site:

Nearest intersection: Street 1: Street 2:
Distance in meters to nearest intersection:

Latitude: °'.''
Longitude: ° '.''

Description of site:

Survey Conditions

Weather

General: Sunny Partly cloudy Cloudy Light rain Heavy rain

Air temperature:°C. Wind direction:°.

Wind speed, Miles Per Hour: 0 10 20 30 40

Miles/hour determination Estimated Measured Weather report

Water temperature at site: °C.
Water temperature 50 m upstream: °C.
Approximate amount of rain in the last 48 hours: cm.

Local Land Use

Usage: Urban Suburban Agricultural Grassland Forest Other

Further description of usage:

Survey Area

Survey reach length:m. Stream shading:%.

Channelized: Yes No

Dam upstream: Yes No
If dam,meters upstream.

Stream bank vegetation:

	% Cover	Vegetative height (cm)	Description
Barren/Exposed Dirt
Grasses
Herbaceous
Brush
Deciduous
Conifer
Other

Av. stream width: m. Av. stream depth:m.
Surface velocity:m/s. Flow: cubic m/s.
Bankfull height:m. Bankfull width:m.
Channel slope:m/1000m. Channel x-section:m squared.

Shape: Rectangular V-shaped U-shaped Other
Describe if other,

Bank slope: steep moderate slight

Bed slope: steep moderate slight

Bank stability: Stable Slightly eroded Moderately eroded Severely eroded

Bank material:

Undercut banks: Yes No

High water depth: m. Sediment: %. Embeddedness: %.

Inorganics % in sampling area		Organics % in sampling area
Boulders		Muck-Mud
Rubble		Pulpy Peat
Gravel		Fibrous Peat
Sand		Detritus
Silt		Logs, Limbs
Clay
	100%		100%

Water Quality

Dissolved Oxygen: ppm. Temperature:°C.
Dissolved oxygen saturation:%. pH:
Total phosphates:ppm. Nitrites:ppm.
Nitrates:ppm. Ammonia:ppm.
Turbidity:. Unit of turbidity:. Total solids:ppm.

Turbidity: Clear Slight Turbid

Surface oils: None Some Lots

Water odors: Normal Sewage Petroleum Chemical Other
If other, .

Undersides of imbedded rock rubble black: Yes No
(Indication of available oxygen.)

Aquatic Species Groups

Native Species Group One

			#/m squared
Awaous stamineus	'O'opu nakea	Goby
Lentipes concolor	'O'opu alamo'o	Goby
Sicyopterus stimpsoni	'O'opu nopili	Goby

Native Species Group Two

			#/m squared
Eleotris sandwichensis	'O'opu okuhe	Eleotrid
	'O'opu akupa
	'O'opu oau
	'O'opu owau
Kuhlia sandvicencis	Aholehole	Kuhliid
Machrobrachium grandimanus	'Opae'oeha'a	Prawn
Mugil cephalus	'Ama'ama	Mullet
Neritina granosa	Hiwiwai	Snail
Stenogobius genivittatus	'O'opu naniha	Goby
Theodoxus cariosus	Pipiwai	Snail

Introduced Species (Fish)

			#/m squared
Ancistris spp.		Armored catfish
Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum		Convict chiclid
Clarius fuscus		Chinese catfish		Gambusia affinis		Mosquito fish
Misgurnus anguillicaudatus		Dojo loach
Poecillia spp.		Guppy
Xiphophorus spp.		Swordtail

Endemic invertebrates (non insect)

			#/m squared
Atyoida bisulcata	Opae kala'ole	Shrimp
Neritina granosa	Hihiwai	Limpet-Like Snail
Neritina vespertina	Hapawai

Introduced Invertebrates (non-insect)

			#/m squared
Procambarus clarkii		Crayfish
Macrobrachium lar		Tahitian prawn
Macrobrachium rosengergii		Maylasian prawn
Corbicus fluminea		Clam
Oligochaetes		Aquatic segmented worm
		Aquarium snails

Source of Pollution

Original form created by: Tom Speitel, Barry Brennan, Eric Capers & Malie Beach

Last update: Nov. 11, 1998, (T. Speitel)