Lake Lanier Water Quality Trend Monitoring              
    Samples taken March 27, 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. 1013 17 13 6.94 62 80 10.3
2 Flat Cr. 1028 18 16 7.12 509 618 9.4
3 Limestone Cr. 0952 17 13 6.70 85 109 8.6
4 Chatt. R. 0930 16 14 6.61 26 31 9.2
5 Little R. 0907 16 12 6.84 46 62 9.7
6 Wahoo Cr. 0830 14 12 6.58 42 56 9.7
7 Squirrel Cr. 0945 16 16 7.21 41 49 10.6
8 Chestatee R. 0805 12 13 7.16 24 29 9.5
9 Six Mile Cr. 1108 17 13 6.80 100 142 10.1
10 Buford Dam Splwy 1135 18 8 6.80 30 44 9.5
11 Bolling Bridge 1048 15 16 7.41 31 37 10.2
                 
                 
      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. 580 1.2 2.4 4.6 46 25 5.9
2 Flat Cr. 350 2.2 2.8 2.7 130 45 9.8
3 Limestone Cr. 290 1.9 3.8 7.4 66 43 7.9
4 Chatt. R. 150 1.3 5.6 6.4 24 11 3.9
5 Little R. 640 1.2 4.8 6.2 36 16 5.9
6 Wahoo Cr. 580 1.0 9.0 7.4 38 20 3.9
7 Squirrel Cr. 20 3.2 14.8 13.0 30 17 9.8
8 Chestatee R. 80 1.0 6.8 6.1 26 11 3.9
9 Six Mile Cr. 210 1.5 0.8 3.3 56 13 9.8
10 Buford Dam Splwy 0 1.3 0.6 0.7 36 14 7.9
11 Bolling Bridge 0 1.7 2.4 3.6 32 13 3.9

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