| Lake Lanier Water Quality Trend Monitoring | ||||||||
| Samples taken November 11, 1999 | ||||||||
| Field Measurements | ||||||||
| Air | Water | Conduct. | Cond @25°C | |||||
| Station | Name | Time | Temp °C | Temp °C | pH | micromhos/cm | micromhos/cm | D.O. mg/l |
| 1 | Balus Cr. | 1105 | 24 | 13 | 7.41 | 74 | 94 | 9.4 |
| 2 | Flat Cr. | 1120 | 22 | 18 | 7.22 | 612 | 695 | 8.5 |
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 1026 | 19 | 14 | 7.28 | 92 | 117 | 9.7 |
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 1005 | 19 | 13 | 7.21 | 33 | 41 | 9.3 |
| 5 | Little R. | 0952 | 17 | 12 | 7.23 | 50 | 64 | 9.6 |
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 0905 | 14 | 11 | 7.10 | 45 | 61 | 9.8 |
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | * 0922 | 17 | 12 | 7.35 | 55 | 72 | 9.8 |
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 0804 | 12 | 12 | 6.12 | 29 | 36 | 9.6 |
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | 1206 | 23 | 14 | 7.09 | 137 | 171 | 9.6 |
| 10 | Buford Dam Splwy | ** 1312 | 25 | 12 | 6.63 | 34 | 44 | 4.1 |
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | 1146 | 23 | 18 | 7.60 | 40 | 44 | 8.8 |
| * Note: Canada Geese nearby but no visible feces in water. | ||||||||
| ** Note: Water was greenish-brown color. | ||||||||
| Lab Measurements | ||||||||
| Fecal | BOD5 | TSS | Hardness | Alkalinity | COD | |||
| Station | Name | cfb/100ml | mg/l | mg/l | Turb NTU | mg/l CaCO3 | mg/l CaCO3 | mg/l |
| 1 | Balus Cr. | 60 | 2.7 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 54 | 35 | 2.0 |
| 2 | Flat Cr. | 450 | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 130 | 36 | 7.9 |
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 120 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 7.3 | 68 | 49 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 60 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 34 | 14 | 4.0 |
| 5 | Little R. | 100 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 3.7 | 40 | 22 | 2.0 |
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 120 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 42 | 25 | 2.0 |
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | 310 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 48 | 32 | 6.0 |
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 80 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 4.3 | 36 | 15 | 9.9 |
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | 240 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 70 | 17 | 7.9 |
| 10 | Buford Dam Splwy | 0 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 9.7 | 34 | 16 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | 10 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 34 | 14 | 2.0 |
| NO2+NO3 | NH4 | Tot N | Tot P | |||||
| Station | Name | mg/l | mg/l | mg/l | mg/l | |||
| 1 | Balus Cr. | 0.5964 | 0.0354 | 1.6890 | 0.0491 | |||
| 2 | Flat Cr. | 6.1657 | 0.0636 | 10.1005 | 0.4129 | |||
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 0.4022 | 0.0334 | 0.8682 | 0.0301 | |||
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 0.4568 | 0.0281 | 0.7779 | 0.0258 | |||
| 5 | Little R. | 1.2362 | 0.0311 | 1.7659 | 0.0426 | |||
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 0.3630 | 0.0092 | 0.6571 | 0.0263 | |||
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | 0.3304 | 0.0527 | 0.7366 | 0.0469 | |||
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 0.2102 | 0.0109 | 0.4511 | 0.0185 | |||
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | 10.2489 | 0.0483 | 11.5015 | 0.0215 | |||
| 10 | Buford Dam Splwy | 0.2168 | 0.1597 | 0.6217 | 0.0168 | |||
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | 0.0541 | 0.0198 | 0.3034 | 0.0176 |