Take a Dip: Water in Our Lives Project
Unverified Database: April 1 - June 20, 2003
This table reflects the results exactly as participants have submitted them.
 The accuracy of this data, such as units of measurement, etc., has not been 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
1.0 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)
  amarillo 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
  verde 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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