Water Quality Evaluation Information

• Assessing Water Quality (345K PDF)
  This is a 14 page document packed full of useful information for monitoring your own water quality. It includes information on the how, what, where and why for eight different water quality parameters and has evaluation worksheets.  This is extremely useful for anyone who wants to monitor or test water quality.
  
  
• Calculating Unionized Ammonia using Test Kits (101K PDF)
  This document gives a step-by-step process for calculating unionized ammonia including a conversion table.
  
  
• Nutrient Budgeting for Nitrate in Irrigation Water (84K PDF)
  This gives the quick formulas needed for calculating lbs. of N per acre plants are receiving from irrigation water based on the amount of NO3-N in your water.
  
  
• Soil Nitrate-Nitrogen Quick Test (64K PDF)
  This 1 page sheet walks through the supplies needed, the procedure and the calculations for performing a nitrate-nitrogen quick test. Use in conjunction with Nutrients to get a better understanding of nitrate-nitrogen.
  
  
• Nutrients (92K PDF)
  This is a 1 page quick summary describing ammonia, phosphorus and nitrate.  This should be used in conjunction with Calculating Unionized Ammonia using Test Kits,Nutrient Budgeting for Nitrate in Irrigation Water and Soil Nitrate-Nitrogen Quick Test.
  
  
• What the Numbers Mean (152K PDF)
  In 3 pages learn about the numbers for ammonia, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, pathogens, pH, phosphate, temperature and total dissolved solids. Also, get useful conversion factors and pricing for water quality tests.
  
  
• Evaluating Sediment Loss (1.04M PDF)
  The 21 page document includes all the information you should need to self-evaluate sediment loss from your land. There are detailed descriptions of nine different evaluation techniques and worksheets needed to complete the evaluation.
  
  
• The Nature of Phosphorus in Soils (139K PDF)
  If you want to increase your understanding of phosphorus with a clear concise read, check out this 6 page document. The document is broken up into the following sections: the P cycle, forms of P in soils, fate of P added to soils, predicting the availability of P in soils, and soil P and water quality.