| Lake Lanier Water Quality Trend Monitoring | ||||||||
| Samples taken August 19, 1999 | ||||||||
| 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. | 1522 | 37 | 25 | 7.51 | 100 | 99 | 9.1 |
| 2 | Flat Cr. | 1535 | 38 | 29 | 7.47 | 900 | 834 | 8.0 |
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 1453 | 33 | 32 | 7.97 | 70 | 61 | 9.4 |
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 1430 | 35 | 30 | 7.04 | 42 | 37 | 8.2 |
| 5 | Little R. | 1405 | 35 | 27 | 7.26 | 57 | 54 | 9.1 |
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 1332 | 38 | 26 | 7.43 | 60 | 58 | 10.5 |
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | 1348 | 32 | 32 | 8.54 | 52 | 45 | 9.1 |
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 1305 | 32 | 27 | 7.35 | 38 | 36 | 9.3 |
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | 1625 | 34 | 25 | 7.09 | 233 | 232 | 8.5 |
| 10 | Buford Dam Splw* | 1655 | 35 | 13 | 6.63 | 26 | 34 | 4.9 |
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | 1600 | 36 | 31 | 7.73 | 41 | 35 | 8.5 |
| * Water being released through turbines at Buford Dam | ||||||||
| 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. | 840 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 7.4 | 52 | 40 | 19.2 |
| 2 | Flat Cr. | 42300 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 186 | 58 | 19.2 |
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 560 | 1.8 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 32 | 24 | 15.4 |
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 20 | 0.9 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 24 | 13 | 15.4 |
| 5 | Little R. | 560 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 26 | 19 | 23.0 |
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 2420 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 6.1 | 30 | 24 | 15.4 |
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | 180 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 5.3 | 26 | 18 | 7.7 |
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 220 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 9.0 | 24 | 14 | 7.7 |
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | 7580 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 32 | 15 | 7.7 |
| 10 | Buford Dam Splwy | 20 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 24 | 13 | 3.8 |
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | 80 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 24 | 14 | 3.8 |