Take a Dip: Water in Our Lives Project
Verified Database: April 1 - June 20, 2003
This table reflects all of the submitted results that has been checked and verified by the project leader.
School
 Name
Teacher
 Name
City State /
Province
Country Date Water Source Temperature pH Dissolved Oxygen Macroinvertebrates Nitrates Phosphates Biological Oxygen Demand Turbidity Coliform Bacteria
Sensitive Somewhat Tolerant
COPOL / Cesar Borja Joshua Koen Guayaquil Guayas Ecuador 3/28/2003 ESPOL Lake 24 8.0 7 2-Mayfly
1-Crayfish / Yabbies
4-Dragonfly
1-Aquatic Worms
40-Midge
NA NA NA NA NA
Liceo de Moravia / Colegio Jorge Volio Joshua Koen Cartago San José Costa Rica 5/7/2003 Tapantí River 17 7.5 4 12-Caddisfly
1-Gilled snails
35-Mayfly
1-Planaria
1-Stonefly
4-Riffle Beetle (larva)
1-Alderfly
3-Aquatic Worms
5-Lung snails
NA NA NA NA NA
Colegio Politecnico (Copol) Lic. José Pinela Castro Guayaquil Guayas Ecuador 5/12/2003 Artificial Lake 27 7.5 6 1-Mayfly
3-Riffle Beetle (adult)
2-Stonefly
1-Crayfish / Yabbies
1-Dragonfly
3-Aquatic Worms
16-Midge
NA NA NA NA NA
Homeschool Gail Stryker Plano Texas USA 5/18/2003 Indian Creek 26 8.0 4     0 2 4 0 ( + ) Positive
Pulaski Junior - Senior High School James Hefti Pulaski NY USA 5/30/2003 Salmon River 8 7.1 15 1-Caddisfly
3-Mayfly
2-Stonefly
1-Crayfish / Yabbies
1-Damselfly
1-Aquatic Worms
2-Blackfly
2 2 NA 11.48 m NA
villa caritas Janet Acosta Lima Lima Peru 6/3/2003 Lurín River 19 7.0 4 2-Planaria
1-Dragonfly
1-Aquatic Worms
5 NA NA NA NA
villa caritas Janet Acosta Lima Lima Peru 6/3/2003 Lurín River 19 8.0 4 1-Riffle Beetle (adult)
1-Stonefly
   5 NA NA NA NA
Lakeside Middle School Margery B. Rowe Millville NJ USA 6/3/2003 Union Lake 20 6.5 11     NA NA NA NA NA
villa caritas Janet Acosta Lima Lima Peru 6/3/2003 Lurín River 19 8.0 4 1-Riffle Beetle (adult)
1-Dragonfly
1-Riffle Beetle (larva)
  5 NA NA NA NA
Villa Caritas Janet Acosta Lima lima Perú 6/3/2003 Lurín River 18 8.0 4 1-Riffle Beetle (adult)
3-Dragonfly
2-Aquatic Worms
4 NA NA NA NA
Colegio Bilingue Jorge Volio Randall Pacheco, Carmen Vargas Cartago Cartago Costa Rica 6/9/2003 Aguacaliente River 22 8.0 4.5   1-Aquatic Worms
2-Leeches
4-Lung snails
15 4 NA NA ( + ) Positive
Colegio Bilingue Jorge Volio Jiménez Randall Pacheco / Carmen Vargas Cartago Cartago Costa Rica 6/9/2003 Navarro River 20 7.5 4.5 2-Hellgramite (Dobsonfly)
1-Mayfly
1-Riffle Beetle (adult)
3-Fishfly
1-Riffle Beetle (larva)
1-Whirligig Beetle
  0 2 NA NA ( + ) Positive
Greenfaulds High School Mrs M Muirhead Cumbernauld Near Glasgow Scotland 6/10/2003 The Luggie River 11 6.5 9.5 2-Caddisfly
1-Gilled snails
15-Mayfly
3-Stonefly
2-Whirligig Beetle
10-Aquatic Worms
3-Leeches
3-Midge
1 NA 3.7 NA NA
Colegio Bilingue Jorge Volio Jiménez Randall Pacheco / Carmen Vargas Cartago Cartago Costa Rica 6/10/2003 Agua Caliente River 23 8.0 6   1-Aquatic Worms
2-Leeches
4-Lung snails
15 2 NA NA ( + ) Positive
Jorge Volio Jiménez Randall Pacheco/Carmen Vargas Cartago Cartago Costa Rica 6/10/2003 Navarro River 20 8.0 4 6-Mayfly
1-Riffle Beetle (adult)
2-Fishfly
  0 4 NA NA ( + ) Positive
Colegio Bilingüe Jorge Volio Jiménez Randall Pacheco / Martín Arias Cartago Cartago Costa Rica 6/11/2003 Tapantí River 18 7.5 4 37-Mayfly
5-Planaria
5-Riffle Beetle (adult)
26-Stonefly
1-Dragonfly
1-Riffle Beetle (larva)
  5 2 NA NA ( - )
Negative
Colegio Bilingüe Jorge Volio Jiménez Randall Pacheco / Martín Arias Cartago Cartago Costa Rica 6/11/2003 Navarro River 20 8.0 5  3-Damselfly
4-Fishfly
4-Whirligig Beetle
  3 4 NA NA ( - )
Negative
Liceo de Moravia Wilberth Vargas Chavarría Moravia San José Costa Rica 6/16/2003 Las Juntas River 18 8.0 4 7-Caddisfly
3-Gilled snails
7-Mayfly
2-Planaria
1-Cranefly
1-Dragonfly
1-Riffle Beetle (larva)
8-Aquatic Worms
1-Lung snails
NA NA NA NA NA
Colegio Dr. César Borja Lavayen. Elsa María Montesinos M. Guayaquil. Guayas. Ecuador. 6/25/2003 Guayas River
(orilla de la isla Santay).
27 7.5 6 3-Riffle Beetle (adult)
6-Stonefly
12-Crayfish / Yabbies
3-Damselfly
2-Aquatic Worms
NA. NA. NA. NA. NA.
Fernando Carbajal Segura Silvia Elisa Medina Gonzáles Lima Lima Perú 6/28/2003 River 17 7.0 8 9-Hellgramite (Dobsonfly)
3-Mayfly
4-Riffle Beetle (adult)
14-Stonefly
4-Water Penny
8-Fishfly
6-Aquatic Worms
5 2 NA 0 ( + ) Positive
Colegio Nacional Nº 6039: Fernando Carbajal Segura Roy Rodriguez Carbajal Lima Lima Perú 7/14/2003 Laguna Medio Mundo 22 8.0 6 3-Caddisfly
1-Hellgramite (Dobsonfly)
3-Riffle Beetle (adult)
5-Water Penny
1-Cranefly
1-Crayfish / Yabbies
16-Damselfly
14-Dragonfly
1-Fishfly
2-Aquatic Worms
1-Blackfly
1-Lung snails
3-Midge
1 2 NA 70 JTU ( + ) Positive

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