ONEKAMA JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE

Portage Lake Water Analysis Tests

October 18,1994

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SECCHI DISK: West Basin 25' East Basin 16' Shallow Site 10' (bottom)

CHLOROPHYLL a: West Basin 3.32 East Basin 4.69 Shallow Site 9.8(ug/l)*

PHOSPHORUS: West Basin ...........East Basin .........Shallow Site

(ug/l) Surface............. 4.7..................... 4.65.................... 9.8

.........30 ft. ................5.7 .....................6.7 ............(10 ft.)9.5

.........55 ft. ................12.2 ...................5.3 ......................--

.........Dissolved Oxygen .....Temperature.......Alkalinity

...................West Basin....................East Basin..............Shallow Site

 

D.O.

TEMP

PH

 

D.O.

TEMP

PH

 

DO

TEMP

PH

Surface

10.0

14

8.0

 

9.2

15

7.9

 

90

16

8.0

15 ft.

9.2

13

7.9

 

9.0

15

7.4

 

94

14

7.5

20 ft.

8.4

14

8.4

 

9.2

14

7.5

 

--

--

--

25 ft.

9.2

15

8.1

 

9.0

14

7.4

 

--

--

--

30 ft.

8.8

14

8.0

 

9.0

14

7.9

 

--

--

--

35 ft.

9.2

15

8.0

 

8.3

14

7.8

 

--

--

--

40 ft.

9.0

14

7.9

 

9.0

14

7.4

 

--

--

--

45 ft.

9.6

14

8.0

 

9.3

14

8.1

 

--

--

--

50 ft.

9.3

13

7.9

 

8.7

14

8.0

 

--

--

--

55 ft.

5.6

15

7.9

 

8.6

15

8.1

 

--

--

--

                       
                       
                       

* parts per billion

-- not taken