Lake Lanier Water Quality Trend Monitoring              
    Samples taken December 26, 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. 1355 15 6 7.66 54 86 9.1
2 Flat Cr. * 1410 14 10 7.45 434 620 8.5
3 Limestone Cr. 1328 11 7 7.40 76 117 9.1
4 Chatt. R. 1305 14 4 7.39 20 34 8.6
5 Little R. 1248 10 4 7.44 38 63 11.5
6 Wahoo Cr. 1215 9 4 7.44 34 57 11.7
7 Squirrel Cr. 1230 12 7 7.42 51 80 11.2
8 Chestatee R. 1150 9 3 7.41 21 36 12.3
9 Six Mile Cr. 1500 13 7 7.18 104 161 10.4
10 Buford Dam Splwy 1530 14 11 7.00 40 56 5.8
11 Bolling Bridge 1440 11 11 7.62 28 38 9.5
    * Note: Water was cloudy.            
                 
      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. 90 0.3 0.8 2.8 58 31 2.0
2 Flat Cr. 250 3.2 10.4 7.4 176 40 9.9
3 Limestone Cr. 40 1.3 3.2 7.2 74 45 2.0
4 Chatt. R. 0 1.9 1.8 3.3 40 12 0.0
5 Little R. 20 1.8 1.4 3.1 44 17 0.0
6 Wahoo Cr. 160 1.6 1.8 3.6 46 21 2.0
7 Squirrel Cr. 40 1.9 1.8 3.1 56 29 4.0
8 Chestatee R. 40 1.0 0.8 2.4 40 12 9.9
9 Six Mile Cr. 170 2.3 1.8 4.3 70 15 11.9
10 Buford Dam Splwy 0 1.6 3.2 5.8 42 20 11.9
11 Bolling Bridge 0 1.3 1.6 1.9 40 15 11.9

Last Updated on 4/13/01
By Robert C. Fuller
Email: rcfuller@ngcsu.edu