The Putah Creek Project is a Freshman and Sophomore (and Junior-Senior) research program to monitor the water quality in the Arboretum Waterway, which is the old North Fork of Putah Creeks and to characterize links among hydrologic, atmospheric, physical, and human processes. We measure a variety of water properties and use these data to investigate how the Arboretum Waterway behaves as a system. Our data are used by campus to evaluate the effects of efforts to improve water quality.

Fall 08: Geology (GEL) 91
The Putah Creek Project
Tuesdays 3:10-4:00 pm
196 Physics/Geology

Instructor: Joan Florsheim
florsheim@geology.ucdavis.edu
Office: Physics/Geology Room 84
Office hours: Tuesdays 1-2 pm

Maps of the Arboretum Waterway, Putah Creek, etc. and a Field Trip

The UCD project review for cleaning up the Arboretum Waterway with recycled water can be found at
this site if you scroll down to "Arboretum Waterway Improvements" or you can directly download it as a pdf file

Data Collection, Reporting, and Downloading
Data Sheet (pdf file) | Data Entry Form | Data Export Form
Basic Data Plotting File (Excel Spreadsheet to Download) | Instructions For Plotting

Information and Resources
Methods | Reading Assignments
UCD Weather Station
NEW Rainfall Data from 10/1/2005 to 11/27/2007 (Excel Spreadsheet with a better date format)

Good Water Quality information
Background Graphics from Conners and Darby, 1991
Sample Poster Draft

Fun
Photos