| Lake Lanier Water Quality Trend Monitoring | ||||||||
| Samples taken May 18, 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 | 30 | 19 | 7.12 | 78 | 88 | 9.3 |
| 2 | Flat Cr. | **1215 | 29 | 22 | 6.97 | 697 | 737 | 7.5 |
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 1143 | 28 | 25 | 6.92 | 41 | 41 | 8.6 |
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 1058 | 27 | 20 | 6.81 | 34 | 36 | 8.4 |
| 5 | Little R. | 1039 | 26 | 18 | 7.17 | 51 | 58 | 9.0 |
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 1010 | 23 | 17 | 6.99 | 48 | 55 | 9.2 |
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | 1021 | 24 | 24 | 7.52 | 49 | 48 | 9.2 |
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 0948 | 22 | 18 | 6.09 | 27 | 30 | 9.0 |
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | *** 1258 | 30 | 20 | 7.01 | 157 | 175 | 8.8 |
| 10 | Buford Dam Splwy | 1325 | 31 | 10 | 6.77 | 33 | 45 | 7.7 |
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | **** 1240 | 26 | 24 | 7.94 | 40 | 40 | 9.1 |
| * Note: Digital photo of beaver dam | *** Note: Unidentified chemical smell at creek. | |||||||
| ** Note: Digital photos of fishWater was greenish. | **** Note: Moderate boat traffic | |||||||
| Lab Measurements | ||||||||
| Fecal col. | 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. | 150 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 5.4 | 46 | 31 | 1.8 |
| 2 | Flat Cr. | 650 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 170 | 56 | 1.8 |
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 60 | 2.7 | 10.8 | 7.6 | 34 | 15 | 5.3 |
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 60 | 1.0 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 24 | 12 | 1.8 |
| 5 | Little R. | 770 | 0.9 | 6.4 | 5.4 | 32 | 18 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 790 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 34 | 22 | 5.3 |
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | 10 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 4.7 | 30 | 19 | 5.3 |
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 80 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 4.8 | 24 | 13 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | 380 | 1.4 | 6.4 | 3.8 | 62 | 16 | 1.8 |
| 10 | Buford Dam Splwy | 0 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 28 | 14 | 3.5 |
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | 0 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 30 | 15 | 7.1 |