Return to San Dieguito Lagoon
Before I talk about what I've learned about this watershed, I would like to say I love this place in nature. The lagoon houses more than 200 birds all over different species and many are pushing to save this environment from dying. Immense amounts of money have been put towards reviving the lagoon. I strongly admire the many who have contributed to save the lagoon. In my previous Field Log, Field Log #2, that I visited Sikes Adobe with my class. There are two other classes who did not go to the same location. One class went to Volcan Mountain, which is at the very start of the watershed. The second class went to Lake Sutherland, which is right after Volcan Mountain and before the site my class and I went too. All three classes, after their individual trips, went back to San Dieguito lagoon to share the water data they gathered from each site. Below you can see the results of each test that was taken on the water of each individual site.
Volcan MountainWater Temperature: 10-12°C Nitrate: 5ppm Phosphate: >1ppm Bacteria: Positive pH: 7-8 Dissolved Oxygen: 8ppm Turbidity: 0 JTU | Lake SutherlandWater Temperature: 14° C Nitrate: 5ppm Phosphate: 1ppm Bacteria: Positive pH: 10 Dissolved Oxygen: 10ppm Turbidity: 100 JTU | Sikes AdobeWater Temperature: 34° C Nitrate: 10ppm Phosphate: 4ppm Bacteria: (Never received results) pH: 6.5-8.2 Dissolved Oxygen: 8ppm Turbidity: 0 JTU |
As the water flows down the watershed, the qualities change. This is important because as the water travels there are other things interacting with it. People send tons of un-ecofriendly material into the water and it impacts more than just the water.