This study was conducted to provide further detail to the water component of the overall ecosystem analysis. The purpose of this additional study of water chemistry and physical characteristics of two streams in the Crooked Brook watershed was two-fold: to document some additional characteristics of the two streams and, in the process, to learn how to develop water sampling methodology. In addition, our data may be beneficial in reaching a fuller understanding of the Crooked Brook ecosystem, or at least in outlining a structure for a more lengthy future study of tributary water quality in the watershed.