Frederick County Stream and River

Data Averages

Frederick County Outdoor School

The following information has been collected by Frederick County Public School sixth graders. The Outdoor School provides a 2 day field study of the different rivers and streams of Frederick County as a follow-up to the water unit taught in their home school science class. Besides collecting water data the students also observe the great variety of plants and animals that are found in our wetlands and surrounding areas. They also discover the importance of wetlands to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

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2003-04

Middle School Science Teacher: Gov. T.J. Middle - Hayden

Dates: August 28-29, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 76°/W 67°	70	0.17 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.2	High 7.5 p.p.m.	9	A 82°/W 70°	78	2.62 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.3	High 7.5 p.p.m.	5	A 79°/W 65°	58	6.04 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.3	High 7.9 p.p.m.	7	A 80°/W 85°	38	6.95 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.3	High 6.9 p.p.m.	7	A 77°/W 76°	33	5.52 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.4	High 8.6 p.p.m.	10	A 83°/W 75°	41	5.75 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.4	High 6.9 p.p.m.	5	A 83°/W 70°	48	3.92 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Gov. T.J. Middle - Lashley

Dates: September 2-3, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.0 p.p.m.	3	A 68°/W 66°	90	0.73 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	8	A 71°/W 70°	59	4.84 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.2	High 7.9 p.p.m.	3	A 70°/W 67°	41	4.20 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.5	High 7.0 p.p.m.	9	A 80°/W 87°	45	6.73 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.5	High 7.5 p.p.m.	10	A 77°/W 78°	29	4.10 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.5	High 7.8 p.p.m.	7	A 77°/W 76°	63	22.7 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.0	High 7.4 p.p.m.	5	A 77°/W 71°	25	7.96 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Brunswick Middle - Lutman

Dates: September 4-5, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 8.2 p.p.m.	5	A 67°/W 64°	72	1.85 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.1 p.p.m.	3	A 71°/W 64°	85	5.61 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.9 p.p.m.	5	A 62°/W 64°	75	5.53 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.1	High 7.0 p.p.m.	10	A 76°/W 79°	86	131.0 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.3	High 7.0 p.p.m.	10	A 78°/W 76°	71	13.0 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.0	High 6.5 p.p.m.	6	A 73°/W 71°	102	105.0 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.0	High 7.8 p.p.m.	5	A 72°/W 70°	65	207.0 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Brunswick Middle - Smith / Monocacy Middle - Isleib

Dates: September 8-9, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.1	High 7.8 p.p.m.	7	A 68°/W 63°	78	0.63 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.3	High 7.5 p.p.m.	5	A 67°/W 63°	109	5.22 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 7.9 p.p.m.	7	A 62°/W 61°	72	6.55 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.4	High 8.0 p.p.m.	10	A 73°/W 80°	26	17.3 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.3	High 7.0 p.p.m.	5	A 69°/W 70°	52	16.7 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.2	High 7.1 p.p.m.	7	A 85°/W 70°	55	11.7 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.2	High 8.0 p.p.m.	5	A 80°/W 65°	29	4.05 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Monocacy Middle - Leonard

Dates: September 10-11, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.5 p.p.m.	4	A 63°/W 61°	79	0.76 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.3	High 7.9 p.p.m.	8	A 74°/W 63°	86	2.60 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.2	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 67°/W 59°	68	3.89 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.3	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 67°/W 77°	34	18.5 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.3	High 7.9 p.p.m.	8	A 72°/W 68°	45	11.1 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.2	High 7.8 p.p.m.	10	A 73°/W 69°	36	10.41 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.1	High 7.3 p.p.m.	7	A 73°/W 63°	36	5.40 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Thurmont Middle - Folk

Dates: September 12,15, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.0	High 8.0 p.p.m.	3	A 69°/W 63°	78	0.56 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.4 p.p.m.	6	A 75°/W 65°	73	3.93 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	7	A 71°/W 62°	48	4.18 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.2	High 8.3 p.p.m.	7	A 68°/W 78°	47	5.82 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.6	High 7.9 p.p.m.	6	A 69°/W 70°	36	4.02 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.3	High 7.9 p.p.m.	7	A 69°/W 68°	43	6.53 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	5	A 69°/W 63°	39	6.07 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Thurmont Middle - Dobson

Dates: September 16-17, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.4 p.p.m.	4	A 57°/W 59°	96	1.05 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.2	High 8.0 p.p.m.	4	A 77°/W 61°	82	1.80 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	4	A 68°/W 59°	48	4.07 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.3	High 9.8 p.p.m.	7	A 70°/W 78°	49	5.47 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.7	High 7.9 p.p.m.	7	A 65°/W 70°	45	7.15 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.4	High 7.7 p.p.m.	10	A 73°/W 69°	50	12.5 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.4	High 7.4 p.p.m.	5	A 73°/W 65°	49	7.74 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Walkersville Middle - Carter

Dates: September 18,22, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 7.9 p.p.m.	4	A 65°/W 60°	87	0.75 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 7.4 p.p.m.	10	A 73°/W 63°	95	2.14 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 8.1 p.p.m.	7	A 70°/W 61°	54	2.77 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		Flood-Hurricane	High --- p.p.m.	-	A --°/W --°	--	----- NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.4	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 65°/W 70°	46	3.78 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.4	High 7.7 p.p.m.	8	A 65°/W 66°	43	6.70 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.1	High 7.8 p.p.m.	5	A 65°/W 62°	56	4.40 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Walkersville Middle - Brinton

Dates: September 23, November 13, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.21	High 8.11 p.p.m.	8.25	A 61.7°/W 60.3°	153	1.04 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.8 p.p.m.	7.77	A 65°/W 62.3°	82	0.59 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.32	High 8.20 p.p.m.	7	A 65°/W 59°	59.7	1.76 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.73	High 8.2 p.p.m.	9.20	A -50.7°/W 52°	50.7	30.5 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.62	High 7.74 p.p.m.	8.67	A 52°/W 52.7°	53.7	16.9 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.21	High 8.38 p.p.m.	9.68	A 44°/W 51°	57	34.5 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.51	High 9.13 p.p.m.	8.84	A 43.7°/W 47°	21.7	3.9 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: New Market Middle - Esworthy

Dates: September 25-26, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 8.0 p.p.m.	4	A 65°/W 59°	110	1.05 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.2	High 7.8 p.p.m.	5	A 67°/W 60°	128	1.43 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 7.8 p.p.m.	5	A 63°/W 59°	47	1.86 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		Flood-Hurricane	High --- p.p.m.	-	A --°/W --°	--	---- NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.2	High 8.1 p.p.m.	8	A 64°/W 65°	277	48.8 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.2	High 7.4 p.p.m.	10	A 68°/W 65°	93	27.6 NTU's
Ballenger Creek		7.3	High 7.1 p.p.m.	12	A 79°/W 62°	96	9.46 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: New Market Middle - Engle

Dates: September 29-30, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 8.6 p.p.m.	7	A 51°/W 52°	116	0.15 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		6.9	High 8.2 p.p.m.	5	A 56°/W 54°	84	1.31 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 8.1 p.p.m.	10	A 51°/W 54°	49	2.16 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.4	High 8.2 p.p.m.	7	A 63°/W 71°	56	19.3 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.4	High 9.0 p.p.m.	10	A 58°/W 64°	90	33.4 NTU's
Monocacy River		6.9	High 7.9 p.p.m.	7	A 64°/W 67°	55	12.7 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.0	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 64°/W 60°	49	4.48 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: West Frederick Middle - Newhouse

Dates: October 1-2, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.7	High 9.1 p.p.m.	3	A 48°/W 51°	113	0.27 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.2	High 8.4 p.p.m.	7	A 48°/W 52°	89	1.43 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 8.4 p.p.m.	7	A 48°/W 52°	48	2.12 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.3	High 9.0 p.p.m.	15	A 57°/W 66°	43	21.4 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.3	High 9.0 p.p.m.	17	A 55°/W 62°	58	36.0 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.3	High 8.1 p.p.m.	8	A 64°/W 61°	48	5.68 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.2	High 8.0 p.p.m.	8	A 64°/W 56°	60	4.18 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: West Frederick Middle - Blyler

Dates: October 3,7, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.0	High 8.4 p.p.m.	5	A 47°/W 50°	84	0.33 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.3	High 7.8 p.p.m.	7	A 61°/W 51°	84	1.21 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	7	A 53°/W 50°	54	2.13 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.3	High 9.1 p.p.m.	10	A 55°/W 65°	43	11.3 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.4	High 8.5 p.p.m.	8	A 63°/W 64°	58	15.9 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.3	High 8.2 p.p.m.	7	A 56°/W 56°	80	5.09 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.1	High 8.2 p.p.m.	4	A 56°/W 51°	56	1.66 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Windsor Knolls Middle - Ferrant

Dates: October 8-9, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.7	High 8.3 p.p.m.	5	A 59°/W 55°	88	0.08 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.7 p.p.m.	5	A 65°/W 56°	79	1.57 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 7.1 p.p.m.	7	A 65°/W 56°	56	1.66 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.6	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 61°/W 66°	53	5.80 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.6	High 8.3 p.p.m.	8	A 59°/W 56°	60	5.93 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.6	High 7.5 p.p.m.	10	A 73°/W 58°	70	2.55 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.2	High 7.8 p.p.m.	5	A 73°/W 56°	63	2.09 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Windsor Knolls Middle - Johnson

Dates: October 10,20, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.0	High 8.0 p.p.m.	3	A 43°/W 49°	92	0.01 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 7.0 p.p.m.	3	A 60°/W 52°	73	1.12 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 7.0 p.p.m.	5	A 53°/W 49°	48	0.81 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.4	High 8.8 p.p.m.	7	A 67°/W 70°	51	4.00 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.4	High 7.9 p.p.m.	6	A 62°/W 59°	43	8.37 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.3	High 7.9 p.p.m.	10	A 74°/W 60°	69	2.09 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.5	High 6.8 p.p.m.	7	A 74°/W 59°	53	2.08 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Windsor Knolls Middle - Hughes

Dates: October 21-22, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.0	High 8.4 p.p.m.	6	A 56°/W 53°	88	0.27 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.0 p.p.m.	5	A 54°/W 53°	71	1.01 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.9 p.p.m.	7	A 51°/W 53°	48	1.55 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.4	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 63°/W 61°	47	5.10 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.4	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 60°/W 57°	49	5.06 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.3	High 7.2 p.p.m.	7	A 76°/W 56°	68	2.50 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		6.9	High 7.0 p.p.m.	7	A 76°/W 55°	51	0.94 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Middletown Middle - Hoover

Dates: October 23-24, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 8.7 p.p.m.	5	A 47°/W 48°	92	0.00 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 7.4 p.p.m.	5	A 53°/W 49°	57	0.06 NTU's
Owens Creek		6.9	High 8.4 p.p.m.	10	A 40°/W 46°	53	0.36 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.4	High 10.0 p.p.m.	7	A 41°/W 60°	51	3.62 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.4	High 8.9 p.p.m.	6	A 48°/W 51°	49	4.59 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.1	High 8.9 p.p.m.	5	A 46°/W 41°	42	2.73 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.0	High 8.5 p.p.m.	10	A 46°/W 48°	56	0.50 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Middletown Middle - Atkins

Dates: October 27-28, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 9.0 p.p.m.	5	A 50°/W 49°	92	0.76 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.0	High 8.0 p.p.m.	3	A 54°/W 51°	61	1.06 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 52°/W 51°	60	0.76 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.3	High 8.0 p.p.m.	10	A 59°/W 60°	49	9.58 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.5	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 64°/W 56°	46	3.02 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.2	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 59°/W 58°	56	18.3 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.0	High 7.0 p.p.m.	7	A 59°/W 58°	37	37.1 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Middletown Middle - Martz / Oakdale Middle - Stemple

Dates: October 29-30, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.0	High 8.4 p.p.m.	3	A 49°/W 49°	96	0.39 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.6 p.p.m.	5	A 59°/W 50°	65	1.14 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 8.0 p.p.m.	10	A 58°/W 51°	85	2.14 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.3	High 8.4 p.p.m.	5	A 57°/W 57°	39	39.0 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.4	High 8.4 p.p.m.	5	A 54°/W 51°	52	14.0 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.3	High 7.3 p.p.m.	7	A 54°/W 54°	45	33.6 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.0	High 7.8 p.p.m.	5	A 55°/W 53°	49	11.4 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Oakdale Middle - Boden

Dates: October 31, November 4, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.8	High 8.0 p.p.m.	3	A 66°/W 55°	97	0.00 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.1 p.p.m.	5	A 77°/W 60°	93	0.88 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	5	A 76°/W 56°	66	0.40 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.1	High 7.9 p.p.m.	7	A 59°/W 56°	41	20.30 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.3	High 7.5 p.p.m.	6	A 52°/W 53°	58	8.57 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.2	High 7.4 p.p.m.	5	A 73°/W 54°	73	10.94 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.1	High 7.2 p.p.m.	7	A 73°/W 54°	16	1.97 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Oakdale Middle - Boden

Dates: November 5-6, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.7	High 8.4 p.p.m.	3	A 64°/W 58°	79	0.00 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.5 p.p.m.	5	A 65°/W 59°	61	1.07 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 7.3 p.p.m.	5	A 63°/W 59°	47	0.10 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.3	High 7.1 p.p.m.	11	A 76°/W 67°	49	8.19 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.3	High 7.1 p.p.m.	6	A 71°/W 61°	44	2.84 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.2	High 7.3 p.p.m.	10	A 75°/W 62°	49	2.74 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.0	High 6.0 p.p.m.	10	A 75°/W 62°	78	0.96 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Ballenger Creek Middle - Cheney

Dates: November 7,10, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 9.0 p.p.m.	0	A 33°/W 42°	81	0.00 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.9 p.p.m.	5	A 44°/W 42°	56	2.30 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 9.0 p.p.m.	5	A 44°/W 43°	53	0.23 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.3	High 9.0 p.p.m.	10	A 57°/W 65°	48	7.36 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.3	High 8.4 p.p.m.	10	A 58°/W 60°	65	2.41 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.4	High 8.1 p.p.m.	10	A 59°/W 61°	49	5.16 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.1	High 8.2 p.p.m.	10	A 59°/W 59°	49	1.43 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Ballenger Creek Middle - Driggers

Dates: November 11-12, 2003

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.8	High 8.5 p.p.m.	5	A 53°/W 51°	115	5.65 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.0 p.p.m.	5	A 57°/W 54°	78	1.04 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.0	High 8.0 p.p.m.	10	A 55°/W 49°	76	8.60 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.2	High 8.4 p.p.m.	7	A 50°/W 56°	47	4.44 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.4	High 8.4 p.p.m.	7	A 49°/W 51°	49	1.36 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.3	High 8.0 p.p.m.	5	A 56°/W 48°	62	1.89 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.1	High 7.6 p.p.m.	10	A 56°/W 46°	96	0.40 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Thurmont Middle - Lynn

Dates: April 14-15, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.8	High 8.0 p.p.m.	5	A 48°/W 44°	114	2.13 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.0 p.p.m.	7	A 58°/W 46°	125	0.76 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.1 p.p.m.	7	A 48°/W 44°	77	2.79 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.6	High 8.2 p.p.m.	7	A 49°/W 47°	144	64.2 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		8.0	High 8.0 p.p.m.	9	A 54°/W 47°	65	67.1 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.3	High 8.0 p.p.m.	8	A 50°/W 46°	55	79.5 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.1	High 8.1 p.p.m.	5	A 49°/W 48°	94	4.93 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Thurmont Middle - Dobson

Dates: April 16, 19, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 7.9 p.p.m.	1.3	A 69°/W 53°	78	0.94 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.2	High 7.0 p.p.m.	8.3	A 85°/W 59°	102	2.05 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.3	High 7.0 p.p.m.	5.8	A 79°/W 57°	60	6.04 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.2	High 7.5 p.p.m.	7.8	A 53°/W 52°	104	59.3 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.3	High 8.0 p.p.m.	5.8	A 53°/W 48°	137	147.0 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.2	High 7.7 p.p.m.	5	A 61°/W 51°	90	13.24 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.1	High 7.6 p.p.m.	5	A 61°/W 56°	35	7.70 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Brunswick Middle - Lutman

Dates: April 20-21, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.8 p.p.m.	5	A 62°/W 54°	98	1.24 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.0 p.p.m.	5	A 72°/W 59°	84	1.98 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.2	High 7.6 p.p.m.	5	A 68°/W 55°	54	5.56 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.6	High 7.7 p.p.m.	8	A 74°/W 72°	62	8.58 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.5	High 7.3 p.p.m.	8	A 72°/W 60°	102	13.18 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.5	High 8.4 p.p.m.	8	A 84°/W 65°	50	6.51 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.3	High 8.1 p.p.m.	9	A 84°/W 65°	72	5.49 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Windsor Knolls Middle - Ferrant

Dates: April 22-23, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.2	High 7.8 p.p.m.	4	A 68°/W 57°	132	0.61 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.25	High 7.3 p.p.m.	2.5	A 77°/W 61°	95	2.63 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	5	A 59°/W 71°	45	6.75 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.8	High 7.3 p.p.m.	9	A 75°/W 74°	39	8.61 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.8	High 7.0 p.p.m.	7	A 67°/W 66°	56	10.89 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.7	High 8.0 p.p.m.	10	A 80°/W 67°	64	4.40 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.7	High 7.7 p.p.m.	10	A 80°/W 66°	60	2.62 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Windsor Knolls Middle - Hughes

Dates: April 26-27, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.2 p.p.m.	1	A 58°/W 51°	144	1.63 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 7.7 p.p.m.	5	A 55°/W 54°	129	3.51 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.3	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 60°/W 56°	70	5.88 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.6	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 64°/W 66°	55	20.2 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.7	High 8.0 p.p.m.	10	A 61°/W 65°	52	8.81 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.5	High 7.8 p.p.m.	7	A 64°/W 63°	82	34.7 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.4	High 8.0 p.p.m.	10	A 64°/W 56°	39	8.40 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: New Market Middle - Esworthy

Dates: April 28-29, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.1	High 7.9 p.p.m.	1	A 55°/W 49°	117	1.05 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.3	High 7.5 p.p.m.	5	A 74°/W 54°	87	1.93 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.2	High 7.9 p.p.m.	7	A 58°/W 49°	57	3.64 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.5	High 7.9 p.p.m.	8	A 50°/W 57°	191	57.9 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.6	High 7.9 p.p.m.	8	A 49°/W 55°	107	88.3 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.7	High 7.9 p.p.m.	8	A 57°/W 56°	69	19.6 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.4	High 8.0 p.p.m.	6	A 57°/W 58°	43	3.40 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: New Market Middle - Engle

Dates: April 30-May 1, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.0	High 8.5 p.p.m.	3	A 48°/W 52°	176	1.57 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.2	High 8.3 p.p.m.	5	A 53°/W 53°	109	2.39 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.3	High 8.1 p.p.m.	10	A 49°/W 52°	66	4.31 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.5	High 7.3 p.p.m.	7	A 68°/W 64°	43	21.5 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.6	High 7.1 p.p.m.	7	A 63°/W 57°	92	26.6 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.7	High 7.8 p.p.m.	7	A 78°/W 64°	73	3.33 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	7	A 78°/W 62°	70	2.66 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: New Market Middle - Bryce - Middletown Middle - Martz

Dates: May 4-5, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.0	High 8.0 p.p.m.	3	A 51°/W 50°	89	0.49 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.8 p.p.m.	5	A 62°/W 52°	131	1.16 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.9 p.p.m.	5	A 60°/W 53°	53	3.45 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.5	High 8.7 p.p.m.	7	A 51°/W 65°	49	65.4 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.4	High 7.9 p.p.m.	10	A 54°/W 61°	66	20.0 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.5	High 7.2 p.p.m.	7	A 59°/W 59°	86	40.3 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.2	High 8.1 p.p.m.	5	A 59°/W 54°	66	6.07 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Middletown Middle - Hoover

Dates: May 6-7, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.8 p.p.m.	3	A 65°/W 54°	118	0.95 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.4	High 7.6 p.p.m.	5	A 65°/W 58°	84	1.53 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.2	High 7.0 p.p.m.	5	A 71°/W 59°	36	3.49 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.7	High 7.9 p.p.m.	7	A 66°/W 69°	44	16.6 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.7	High 7.3 p.p.m.	7	A 62°/W 62°	48	15.9 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.5	High 7.9 p.p.m.	7	A 71°/W 71°	73	8.43 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.5	High 7.3 p.p.m.	7	A 71°/W 57°	52	8.40 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Middletown Middle - Atkins

Dates: May 10-11, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 7.9 p.p.m.	3	A 65°/W 57°	137	0.60 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.7 p.p.m.	10	A 76°/W 61°	76	3.44 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.3	High 7.0 p.p.m.	7	A 74°/W 60°	62	3.92 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.6	High 7.7 p.p.m.	5	A 79°/W 77°	45	8.56 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.7	High 7.5 p.p.m.	7	A 70°/W 66°	59	7.68 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.8	High 8.4 p.p.m.	7	A 86°/W 67°	66	4.37 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.3	High 7.0 p.p.m.	5	A 86°/W 63°	69	2.45 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Ballenger Creek Middle - Cheney

Dates: May 12-13, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 7.4 p.p.m.	10	A 69°/W 58°	109	1.23 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.5	High 7.5 p.p.m.	7	A 81°/W 64°	72	5.01 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.7 p.p.m.	3	A 73°/W 59°	53	4.60 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.9	High 7.9 p.p.m.	10	A 80°/W 81°	39	6.72 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		8.1	High 7.2 p.p.m.	7	A 75°/W 69°	60	6.63 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.5	High 7.9 p.p.m.	5	A 82°/W 72°	47	6.40 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.3	High 7.5 p.p.m.	5	A 82°/W 66°	23	3.85 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Ballenger Creek Middle - Driggers

Dates: May 14, 17, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	5.14	A 70°/W 60°	96	1.07 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.3	High 8.1 p.p.m.	6.34	A 74°/W 65°	69	4.46 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.3	High 7.3 p.p.m.	7.9	A 73°/W 62°	80	5.24 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.7	High 7.9 p.p.m.	9.96	A 80°/W 85°	61	6.84 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		8.1	High 8.2 p.p.m.	7.60	A 77°/W 74°	55	7.21 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.8	High 7.9 p.p.m.	11.87	A 85°/W 77°	57	4.52 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.4	High 7.0 p.p.m.	8.13	A 84°/W 70°	51	4.39 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Ballenger Creek Middle - Allen

Dates: May 18-19, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.1	High 8.1 p.p.m.	5.0	A 68.9°/W 61.2°	106.2	2.6 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.3	High 8.1 p.p.m.	5.0	A 65.9°/W 62.0°	118.0	1.8 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.3	High 8.2 p.p.m.	6.7	A 65.9°/W 60.8°	100.7	2.1 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.3	High 7.4 p.p.m.	6.4	A 78.2°/W 80.1°	26.3	10.4 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.9	High 7.2 p.p.m.	7.9	A 75.5°/W 74.5°	44.9	11.6 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.5	High 8.0 p.p.m.	9.4	A 85.3°/W 74.7°	77.3	7.4 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.3	High 7.0 p.p.m.	7.3	A 79.3°/W 68.9°	71.7	6.8 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: West Frederick Middle - Staley

Dates: May 20-21, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.2	High 7.8 p.p.m.	5	A 66°/W 58°	107	0.65 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.3	High 7.5 p.p.m.	5	A 74°/W 62°	109	4.91 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.4	High 7.1 p.p.m.	10	A 74°/W 62°	65	8.30 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.5	High 7.8 p.p.m.	10	A 68°/W 76°	73	19.5 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		8.2	High 7.6 p.p.m.	10	A 67°/W 71°	92	16.4 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.5	High 7.1 p.p.m.	10	A 68°/W 70°	55	13.3 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.3	High 7.1 p.p.m.	10	A 68°/W 63°	75	2.31 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: West Frederick Middle - Blyler

Dates: May 24-25, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.0	High 7.9 p.p.m.	2	A 75°/W 61°	105	1.11 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.7	High 7.8 p.p.m.	5	A 74°/W 66°	75	7.92 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.4	High 7.9 p.p.m.	5	A 74°/W 62°	39	8.99 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.6	High 7.0 p.p.m.	7	A 84°/W 83°	60	17.3 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.7	High 7.1 p.p.m.	6	A 79°/W 72°	84	15.0 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.4	High 7.5 p.p.m.	7	A 82°/W 76°	54	10.80 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.4	High 8.1 p.p.m.	8	A 82°/W 69°	51	5.89 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Gov. T.J. Middle - Hayden

Dates: May 26-27, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.2	High 8.0 p.p.m.	6	A 67°/W 60°	102	1.92 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.4	High 7.5 p.p.m.	8	A 74°/W 63°	116	4.73 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.6 p.p.m.	10	A 70°/W 62°	49	4.31 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.5	High 7.2 p.p.m.	7	A 78°/W 83°	49	61.9 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.2	High 6.6 p.p.m.	8	A 74°/W 73°	81	73.7 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.5	High 6.6 p.p.m.	10	A 76°/W 73°	63	84.3 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.3	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 76°/W 66°	43	8.99 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Gov. T.J. Middle - Lashley

Dates: May 28, June 1, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.2	High 7.9 p.p.m.	4	A 65°/W 57°	102	2.11 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.3	High 7.8 p.p.m.	7	A 74°/W 61°	116	6.83 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.2	High 7.0 p.p.m.	5	A 69°/W 60°	49	3.79 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.7	High 7.9 p.p.m.	10	A 75°/W 85°	21	35.7 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.7	High 7.2 p.p.m.	7	A 71°/W 72°	49	28.6 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.5	High 7.1 p.p.m.	7	A 73°/W 72°	56	17.10 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.2	High 6.9 p.p.m.	8	A 73°/W 66°	61	6.18 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Walkersville Middle - Carter

Dates: June 2-3, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.2	High 8.0 p.p.m.	3	A 64°/W 57°	116	1.47 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.5	High 8.0 p.p.m.	6	A 69°/W 63°	78	7.67 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.2	High 7.5 p.p.m.	6	A 68°/W 57°	61	6.03 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.7	High 8.3 p.p.m.	10	A 76°/W 81°	36	17.50 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.7	High 6.5 p.p.m.	7	A 70°/W 70°	52	14.10 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.6	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 71°/W 68°	41	6.76 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.3	High 7.0 p.p.m.	7	A 71°/W 63°	51	4.48 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Walkersville Middle - Brinton

Dates: June 4-5, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		6.9	High 8.0 p.p.m.	2	A 62°/W 54°	126	1.58 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	3	A 70°/W 58°	107	4.99 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.1	High 7.6 p.p.m.	5	A 71°/W 58°	56	6.24 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.5	High 8.0 p.p.m.	10	A 66°/W 82°	37	13.80 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.7	High 7.8 p.p.m.	10	A 65°/W 67°	50	9.69 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.7	High 8.0 p.p.m.	7	A 68°/W 67°	34	6.79NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.3	High 7.0 p.p.m.	10	A 68°/W 61°	34	4.95 NTU's

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Middle School Science Teacher: Monocacy Middle - Leonard/Isleib

Dates: June 8-9, 2004

Site		pH	Oxygen	Hardness	Temp	Flow Rate (cm/sec)	Turbidity (NTU)
Little Hunting Creek		7.1	High 7.5 p.p.m.	5	A 71°/W 58°	127	1.48 NTU's
Big Hunting Creek		7.5	High 7.0 p.p.m.	5	A 83°/W 65°	81	6.04 NTU's
Owens Creek		7.3	High 6.5 p.p.m.	5	A 78°/W 61°	65	6.14 NTU's
Potomac Below Power Plant		7.5	High 7.6 p.p.m.	10	A 78°/W 77°	36	27.10 NTU's
Potomac Above Power Plant		7.5	High 7.3 p.p.m.	7	A 67°/W 66°	53	12.90 NTU's
Monocacy River		7.3	High 7.3 p.p.m.	7	A 82°/W 67°	73	9.71 NTU's
Pinecliff Creek		7.3	High 7.2 p.p.m.	9	A 82°/W 64°	59	2.51 NTU's

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Last updated June 9, 2004

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