Water Quality

The fundamental purpose of the National Park Service is to preserve unimpaired the splendor of the National Parks for the enjoyment of future generations. This mission includes protecting the water quality at Little River Canyon National Preserve.

To accomplish this goal it is appropriate that we test the water in the Preserve and surrounding areas. This information is needed to make scientifically sound management decisions regarding the water quality within the Preserve.

Water samples are collected and analyzed for total coliform and Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria.

Sampling Sites

Bacteria - What are they?

Turbidity - What is it?

Cumberland Piedmont Network

The general purpose of the CUPN Monitoring Program is to provide information to detect, predict, and understand changes in major ecosystem resources of primary interest to the park(s) that contain them. Central to achieving this purpose, is the identification of sets of resources or system attributes for monitoring. Our network's challenge is to build a size-limited, practical, "do fewer things better" monitoring program that emphasize addressing park management needs in an ecosystem-relevant context.

Escherichia coli Monitoring at Little River Canyon National Preserve

 

Water Quality Testing Results for 2017

	January 2017	Total Coliforms colonies/100 ml sample	E. coli colonites/100 ml sample
CMLR	Canyon Mouth Picnic Area	104.60	16.10
JCJC	Johnnie's Creek	161.60	11.90
EPLR	Eberhart Point Trail	154.10	13.40
HBLR	AL Hwy 35 bridge	198.90	26.90
YCYC	Yellow Creek	416.00	68.90
BFLR	Billy's Ford	53.80	23.10
DSLR	DeSoto State Park	116.90	51.20
DFLR	DeSoto Falls	52.00	1.00
LCLR	Lake Lahausage Dam	9.60	2.00
MFLR	Middle Fork on AL Hwy 117	139.60	62.00
EFLR	East Fork on AL Hwy 117	110.60	42.00