Lake Lanier Water Quality Trend Monitoring              
    Samples taken February 24, 2000            
                 
      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. 1205 18 11 7.22 61 82 11.4
2 Flat Cr. 1217 18 14 7.18 502 634 11.2
3 Limestone Cr. 1143 18 11 7.00 84 114 10.8
4 Chatt. R. 1115 18 10 7.06 27 37 10.7
5 Little R. 1051 17 10 7.09 44 61 10.7
6 Wahoo Cr. 1017 16 10 7.10 40 55 10.6
7 Squirrel Cr. 1032 15 11 7.14 48 65 9.9
8 Chestatee R. 0953 16 9 7.26 23 33 10.8
9 Six Mile Cr. 1303 17 12 6.96 111 148 10.4
10 Buford Dam Splwy 1330 16 8 6.99 30 45 10.1
11 Bolling Bridge 1242 15 10 7.50 28 40 11.4
    * Water being released through turbines at Buford Dam            
                 
      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. 840 1.5 1.6 4.2 50 37 0.0
2 Flat Cr. 1950 3.1 1.4 2.2 130 45 6.2
3 Limestone Cr. 270 1.5 5.2 9.4 62 44 6.2
4 Chatt. R. 0 1.4 2.6 4.1 30 11 2.1
5 Little R. 140 1.4 2.4 3.8 36 16 0.0
6 Wahoo Cr. 640 1.3 5.0 5.4 36 20 0.0
7 Squirrel Cr. 220 2.0 11.2 8.9 40 24 1.6
8 Chestatee R. 60 1.6 1.6 3.5 30 12 0.0
9 Six Mile Cr. 170 1.5 1.2 4.3 56 13 0.0
10 Buford Dam Splwy 0 1.2 0.6 1.4 30 14 0.0
11 Bolling Bridge 0 0.1 1.6 2.1 30 14 6.2

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