ONEKAMA JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE

Portage Lake Water Analysis Tests

September 5, 1995

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SECCHI DISK: West Basin 13' East Basin 16' Shallow Site 13' (bottom)

CHLOROPHYLL a: West Basin 21.50 East Basin 20.21 Shallow Site 14.62

(ug/l)*

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

(ug/l) Surface..............9.1 ....................9.3 ..........................10.3

.........30 ft. ................9.6 ....................11.7 .............(10 ft.) 11.3

.........55 ft. ................24.9 ..................13.8

 

 

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

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

 

D.O.

Temp.

Ph

 

D.O.

Temp.

Ph

 

D.O.

Temp.

Ph

Surface

8.6

26

7.8

 

7.9

27

7.7

 

7.8

27

7.5

15 ft.

7.8

25

8.0

 

8.2

25

8.2

 

8.0

25

7.9

20 ft.

8.4

22

8.1

 

8.3

26

8.3

 

--

--

--

25 ft.

7.5

26**

8.2

 

8.0

26

8.3

 

--

--

--

30 ft.

7.9

22

8.2

 

8.2

25

8.2

 

--

--

--

35 ft.

8.0

21

8.2

 

7.6

23

7.9

 

--

--

--

40 ft.

8.4

22

7.6

 

2.0

23

8.3

 

--

--

--

45 ft.

6.5

19

8.2

 

0.5

23

8.2

 

--

--

--

50 ft.

2.4

22

8.4

 

0.6

21

8.2

 

--

--

--

55 ft.

2.8

19

8.4

 

0.8

18

8.4

 

--

--

--

 

* parts per billion

** checked twice

-- not taken