Lake Lanier Water Quality Trend Monitoring              
    Samples taken June 21, 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. 1130 31 22 7.32 92 97 8.0
2 Flat Cr. 1141 31 26 7.13 766 748 7.2
3 Limestone Cr. 1107 32 29 7.38 57 54 8.4
4 Chatt. R. 1042 31 26 7.08 40 39 7.2
5 Little R. 1020 28 23 7.36 58 60 7.8
6 Wahoo Cr. 0946 27 22 7.19 57 59 7.6
7 Squirrel Cr. 1002 28 29 8.34 52 47 8.2
8 Chestatee R. 0925 25 24 7.21 35 34 7.5
9 Six Mile Cr. 1229 31 22 7.03 174 183 8.0
10 Buford Dam Splwy 1258 29 10 6.57 33 46 5.7
11 Bolling Bridge * 1206 32 29 7.72 46 43 7.8
    * 10 dead fish, 25 - 40 cm long, just NW of bridge in channel            
                 
      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. 520 1.1 2.8 5.5 52 35 0.0
2 Flat Cr. 8250 2.1 4.0 2.4 150 38 10.6
3 Limestone Cr. 600 4.6 11.4 8.2 48 20 5.3
4 Chatt. R. 1320 1.2 11.4 16.0 28 11 3.5
5 Little R. 390 1.4 7.2 7.5 34 18 0.0
6 Wahoo Cr. 1040 1.3 21.0 19.0 36 23 3.5
7 Squirrel Cr. 270 1.7 6.6 5.0 32 17 5.3
8 Chestatee R. 140 1.9 3.4 6.2 30 27 3.5
9 Six Mile Cr. 2160 1.6 9.2 7.5 64 17 1.8
10 Buford Dam Splwy 4 0.6 1.2 0.7 32 13 3.5
11 Bolling Bridge 0 1.4 1.4 2.6 28 13 0.0

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