Invasive Plants Species Presentation (Murdannia keisak)

USGS Water Quality Monitoring Stations in the Chattahoochee River

Data for the Chattachoochee River. 

Water Quality Monitoring, 7 Branch Creek, Dataset 1.

Day 1 water quality Monitoring for 7 Branch Creek.

• Temp: 18.88 C
• D.O. (Dissolved oxygen): 6.6 mg/l
• pH: 6.01 (data corrected)
• Cond: 0.125 ms/cm
• Flow: less than 1 fps
• Depth: 6 in. 

Brevard Fault Zone (Containment of the Upper Chattahoochee river)

The Chattahoochee River is essentially "locked" in place, flowing along the Brevard Fault Zone, and cannot meander and change course over time like most rivers.

Chattahoochee River Keeper Water Quality Synopsis

The Chattahoochee River is the most heavily used water resource in Georgia(USGS Water Resources Investigations Report 95-4278). The quality of the water is a result of the complex interaction of natural and human influences on land and water. Metropolitan Atlanta, the largest and fastest growing metro area in the Southeast, is in the river basin’s headwaters. The basin’s growing population presents challenges to balancing human and ecosystem needs for water of sufficient quantity and quality.

NWI Map (National Wetland Inventory)

This is a National Wetland Inventory Map of the tributary behind my apartment. The reach of this stream is named on some updated maps, but I cannot find a shapefile or topographic map with this reach mapped. I plan on using a GIS trimble unit from my work to map out this portion of the stream and display it using ArcMap.

Tributary to the Chattahoochee in Roswell, GA

I plan to focus my study on these 3 subjects in the stream behind my apartment complex. I have not been able to find an official name or mapping of this stream. 

1. Habitat assessment

Determine any pollution sources and conduct a general ecology survey (prior to fall). Map the relevant reach with a Trimble unit. 

2. Biological condition

Macroinvertebrate sampling

The Upper Chattahoochee Watershed