| Lake Lanier Water Quality Trend Monitoring | ||||||||
| Samples taken September 25, 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. | 1325 | 29 | 17 | 7.56 | 89 | 106 | 10.1 |
| 2 | Flat Cr. * | 1340 | 28 | 22 | 7.38 | 789 | 832 | 8.3 |
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 1212 | 27 | 19 | 7.32 | 111 | 124 | 8.4 |
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 1155 | 25 | 19 | 7.04 | 48 | 53 | 8.3 |
| 5 | Little R. | 1135 | 25 | 15 | 7.36 | 47 | 56 | 9.5 |
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 1100 | 25 | 14 | 7.21 | 46 | 57 | 9.5 |
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | 1120 | 22 | 19 | 7.44 | 60 | 67 | 9.5 |
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 1020 | 17 | 17 | 7.31 | 31 | 36 | 8.9 |
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | 1425 | 26 | 17 | 6.97 | 202 | 238 | 9.3 |
| 10 | Buford Dam Splwy | 1500 | 27 | 12 | 6.42 | 31 | 42 | 3.4 |
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | 1405 | 29 | 24 | 7.20 | 39 | 38 | 7.7 |
| * Note: Faint, unidentified chemical smell detected at creek. | ||||||||
| 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. | 60 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 64 | 40 | 10.1 |
| 2 | Flat Cr. | 1400 | 1.1 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 192 | 51 | 16.8 |
| 3 | Limestone Cr. | 580 | 1.1 | 4.4 | 8.5 | 70 | 50 | 3.4 |
| 4 | Chatt. R. | 90 | 0.5 | 10.8 | 12.0 | 42 | 15 | 6.7 |
| 5 | Little R. | 80 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 4.4 | 38 | 19 | 3.4 |
| 6 | Wahoo Cr. | 240 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 8.4 | 40 | 24 | 3.4 |
| 7 | Squirrel Cr. | 270 | 1.4 | 48.0 | 13.0 | 44 | 29 | 6.7 |
| 8 | Chestatee R. | 160 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 36 | 16 | 13.4 |
| 9 | Six Mile Cr. | 1800 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 84 | 15 | 6.7 |
| 10 | Buford Dam Splwy | 0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 4.6 | 34 | 15 | 13.4 |
| 11 | Bolling Bridge | 0 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 32 | 13 | 6.7 |