| 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 |