| Lake Lanier Water Quality Trend Monitoring | ||||||||
| Samples taken April 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. | * 1612 | 25 | 16 | 7.03 | 68 | 80 | 10.2 |
| 2 | Flat Cr. | 1628 | 22 | 20 | 7.09 | 595 | 660 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 1540 | 23 | 20 | 6.69 | 63 | 69 | 8.8 |
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 1521 | 25 | 15 | 6.78 | 26 | 30 | 9.7 |
| 5 | Little R. | 1502 | 23 | 16 | 6.96 | 49 | 57 | 9.8 |
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 1430 | 23 | 16 | 6.82 | 43 | 51 | 10.0 |
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | ** 1446 | 23 | 18 | 6.89 | 59 | 66 | 9.2 |
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 1410 | 22 | 14 | 6.56 | 23 | 28 | 10.4 |
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | 1725 | 24 | 17 | 9.86 | 129 | 151 | 9.2 |
| 10 | Buford Dam Splwy | *** 1758 | 23 | 9 | 6.84 | 32 | 44 | 8.9 |
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | 1705 | 25 | 18 | 7.30 | 31 | 35 | 9.6 |
| * Note: Approx 2' high, beaver dam just below sampling point | ||||||||
| ** Note: Odor of dead fish but none visable | *** Note: Dam release in progress | |||||||
| 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. | 140 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 4.3 | 48 | 26 | 3.9 |
| 2 | Flat Cr. | 1500 | 1.5 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 150 | 45 | 17.7 |
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 140 | 3.6 | 10.0 | 8.1 | 42 | 25 | 9.8 |
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 20 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 26 | 10 | 2.0 |
| 5 | Little R. | 260 | 1.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 36 | 15 | 3.9 |
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 160 | 1.4 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 30 | 19 | 3.9 |
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | 280 | 2.6 | 16.2 | 12.5 | 42 | 24 | 9.8 |
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 150 | 1.1 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 28 | 11 | 9.8 |
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | 540 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 56 | 12 | 5.9 |
| 10 | Buford Dam Splwy | 0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 30 | 15 | 5.9 |
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | 0 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 26 | 10 | 2.0 |