U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
               NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                        WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                               REPORT
                                                 ON
                                             LAKEHOWELL
                                            SEMINOLE COUNTY
                                               FLORIDA
                                            EPA REGION IV
                                         WORKING PAPER No, 257
     CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                                 and
    ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
•&G.P.O. 699-440

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£'                                                          REPORT
f'                                                           ON
-                                                       LAKEHOWELI
 £                                                   SEMINOLE COlinY
 £                                                        FLORIDA
 ^                                                     EPA REGION  IV
                                                   WORKING PAPER No, 257
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                                WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
                      FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL  REGULATION
                                         AND THE
                                  FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD
                                      DECEMBER, 1977

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                                CONTENTS
                                                               Page
  Foreword                                                      i i
  List of Florida Lakes                                         iv
  Lake and Drainage Area Map                          .           v

  Sections
  I.   Conclusions                                                1
 II.   Lake and Drainage Basin Characteristics                    4
III.   Lake Water Quality Summary                                5
 IV.   Nutrient Loadings                                         9
  V.   Literature Reviewed                                       14
 VI.   Appendices                                                15

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                          FOREWORD
    The National Eutrophication Survey was initiated in 1972 in
response to an Administration commitment to investigate the nation-
wide threat of accelerated eutrophication to freshwater lakes and
reservoirs.

OBJECTIVES

    The Survey was designed to develop, in conjunction with state
environmental agencies, information on nutrient sources, concentrations,
and impact on selected freshwater lakes as a basis for formulating
comprehensive and coordinated national, regional, and state management
practices relating to point-source discharge reduction and non-point
source pollution abatement in lake watersheds.

ANALYTIC APPROACH

    The mathematical and statistical procedures selected for the
Survey's eutrophication analysis are based on related concepts that:

        a.   A generalized representation or model relating
    sources, concentrations, and impacts can be constructed..

        b.   By applying measurements of relevant parameters
    associated with lake degradation, the generalized model
    can be transformed into an operational  representation of
    a lake, its drainage basin, and related nutrients.

        c.   With such a transformation an assessment of the
    potential for eutrophication control can be made.

LAKE ANALYSIS

    In this report, the first stage of evaluation of lake and water-
shed data collected from the study lake and its drainage basin is
documented.   The report is formatted to provide state environmental
agencies with specific information for basin planning [§303(e)j, water
quality criteria/standards review [§303(c)],  clean lakes [§314(a,b)]5
and water quality monitoring [§106 and §305(b}] activities mandated
by the Federal  Water Pollution Control  Act Amendments of 1972.

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    Beyond the single lake analysis, broader based correlations
between nutrient concentrations (and loading) and trophic condi-
tion are being made to advance the rationale and data base for
refinement of nutrient water quality criteria for the Nation's
fresh water lakes.  Likewise, multivariate evaluations for the
relationships between land use, nutrient export, and trophic
condition, by lake class or use, are being developed to assist
in the formulation of planning guidelines and policies by EPA
and to augment plans implementation by the states.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

    The staff of the National Eutrophication Survey (Office of
Research & Development, U. S. Environmental Protection Agency)
expresses sincere appreciation to the Florida Department of Environ-
mental Regulation for professional involvement and to the Florida
National Guard for conducting the tributary sampling phase of the
Survey.

    Joseph W. Landers, Jr., Secretary of the Department of Environ-
mental Regulation; John A Redmond, former Director of the Division
of Planning, Technical Assistance, and Grants; and Dr. Tim S.  Stuart,
Chief of the Bureau of Water Quality, provided invaluable lake docu-
mentation and counsel during the survey, reviewed the preliminary
reports, and provided critiques most useful in the preparation of this
Working Paper series.

    Major General Henry W. McMillan (Retired), then the Adjutant
General of Florida, and Project Officer Colonel  Hugo F. Windham,
who directed the volunteer efforts of the Florida National Guard,
are also gratefully acknowledged for their assistance to the Survey.

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                       NATIONAL  EUTROPHICATION  SURVEY

                                STUDY  LAKES

                              STATE OF FLORIDA
 LAKE NAME

 Alligator
.Apopka
 Banana
 Crescent
 Doctors
 Dora
 East Tohopekaliga
 Effie
 Eloise
 George
 Gibson
 Glenada
 Griffin
 Raines-
 Hancock
 Horseshoe
 Howe!1
 Istokpoga
 Jessie
 Jei>sup
 Ktssimmee
 Lawne
 Lulu
 Marion
 Minnehaha
 Mi'nneola
 Monroe
 Munson
 Okeechobee

 Poinsett
 Reedy
 Semi nole

 Semi no!e
 South
 Talquin
 Tarpon
 Thonotosassa
 Tohopekaliga
 Trout
 Weohyakapka
 Yale
COUNTY

Columbia
Lake, Orange
Polk
Flagler, Putnam
Clay
Lake
Osceola
Polk
Polk
Putnam, Volusia
Polk
Highlands
Lake
Pol k
Polk
Seminole
Orange, Seminole
Highlands
Polk
Seminole
Osceola
Orange
Polk
Polk
Orange
Lake
Seminole, Volusia
Leon
Glades, Hendry, Martin,
 Okeechobee, Pal in Beach
Brevard, Orange, Osceola
Polk
Jackson, FL; Decatur,
 Seminole, GA
Pinellas
Brevard
Gadsden, Leon
Pinellas.
Hillsborough
Osceola
Lake
Polk
Lake

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   Tributary  Sampling Site
X. Lake Sampling  Site
• Sewage Treatment Facility

         1/2     i      11/2 Km.

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                               LAKE HOWELL
                             STORE! NO. 1220
I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate that Lake Howell is highly eutrophic.
        It ranked 33rd in overall trophic quality when the 41 Florida
        lakes sampled in 1973 were compared using a combination of
        six parameters*.  Thirty-five of the lakes had less and one
        had the same median total phosphorus, 39 had less median ortho-
        phosphorus, 31 had less median inorganic nitrogen, 26 had less
        mean chlorophyll a^, and 12 had greater and one had the same
        mean Secchi disc transparency.
            Survey limnologists did not report any algal blooms but
        observed rooted aquatic vegetation in the shoreline shallows.
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The results of the algal assay indicate that the primary
        productivity of Lake Howell was limited by nitrogen at the
        time the sample was collected (03/15/73).  The high inorganic
        nitrogen and orthophosphorus levels in the lake at all sampling
        times suggest in situ limitation by factors other than those two
        nutrients, but the ratios of inorganic N to inorganic P, which were
        considerably below 1 to 1 at all sampling times, confirm potential
* See Appendix A.

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    nitrogen limitation in the lake
C.  Nutrient Controllability:
        1.  Point sources—It is estimated that known  point  sources
    accounted for 38.1% and 58.2% of the total  phosphorus  and  total
    nitrogen loads, respectively, to Lake Howell  during  the  sampling
    year.   The City of Winter Park contributed  26.5% of  the  phosphorus
    load and 40.6% of the nitrogen load; the City of Maitland  contrib-
    uted 10.9% and 16.7% of the total  phosphorus  and total nitrogen
    loads, respectively; and Howell Park and septic tanks  serving
    lakeshore dwellings collectively contributed  an estimated  0.7%
    and 1.3% of the phosphorus and nitrogen loads, respectively.
        The sampling year phosphorus loading of 58.51  g/m2 is  56 times
    the eutrophic loading proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and
    Dillon, 1974).  Although Vollenweider's model may  not  be applic-
    able to lakes with short hydraulic retention  times,  the  level of
    primary productivity and the abundance of macrophytes  in the
    lake indicate the loading is excessive.
        Lake Howell was markedly nitrogen-limited during Survey
    sampling primarily as a result of very high orthophosphorus
    levels (median concentration = 1.175 mg/1)  which indicates
    nitrogen control might reduce the rate of eutrophication of
    the lake.  However, emphasis during the Survey was on  the  con-
    trollability of phosphorus, and a more intensive study of  the
    nitrogen budget of Lake Howell is  needed to assess the probable
    effects of point-source nitrogen control.

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    2.  Non-point sources—It is estimated that non-point
sources contributed 59.1% of the total  phosphorus  input and
32.6% of the total  nitrogen input to  Lake Howell,  with  Howell
Creek accounting for 58.9% of the phosphorus  load  and 32.1% of
the nitrogen load.
    The nutrient export rates of Howell  Creek and  Unnamed  Creek
B-l were very high  during the sampling  year (see page 12).  The
1970 photorevised U.S.G.S. Casselberry  quadrangle  map indicates
there are extensive urban areas in both drainages  which likely
accounts for the excessive nutrient exports of the two  streams.

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II.   LAKE AND DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS1"

     A.   Morphometry  :

         1.   Surface area:   1.60 kilometers2.

         2.   Mean depth:   2.5 meters.

         3.   Maximum depth:   4.0 meters.

         4.   Volume:  4.000  x 106 m3.

         5.   Mean hydraulic  retention  time:   30 days.

     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C  for flow data)

         1.   Tributaries  -

                                               Drainage        Mean  flow
             Name                              area (km2)*    (m3/sec)*

             Howell  Creek                          57.2           1.29
             Unnamed Creek B-l                      0.8           0.02
             Minor tributaries &
              immediate drainage -                 12.1           0.22

                         Totals                    70.1           1.53**

         2.   Outlet -

             Howell  Creek                          71.7***       1.53

     C.   Precipitation****:

         1.   Year of sampling:  123.5  centimeters.

         2.   Mean annual: 130.5 centimeters.
 t Table of metric conversions—Appendix B.
 tt Surface area obtained from Brezonik et al.  (1976);  depths  estimated
    from soundings reported in Appendix D.
 * For limits of accuracy,  see Working Paper No.  175,  "...Survey  Methods,
   1973-1976".
 ** Sum of inflows adjusted to equal  outflow.
 *** Includes area of lake.
 **** see Working Paper No. 175.

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III.   WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Lake Howell  was sampled three times during 1973 by means  of a
  pontoon-equipped Huey helicopter.  Each time,  samples for physical
  and chemical  parameters were collected from one or more depths at
  two stations  on the lake (see map,  page v).   During each visit, a
  single depth-integrated (near bottom to surface) sample was composited
  from the stations for phytoplankton identification and enumeration;
  and during the first visit, a single 18.9-liter depth-integrated
  sample was composited for algal  assays.  Also each time, a
  depth-Integrated sample was collected from each of the stations for
  chlorophyll a_ analysis.  The maximum depths sampled were 3.4 meters  at
  station 1 and 1.8 meters at station 2.
      The sampling results are presented in full in Appendix D and are
  summarized in the following table.

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PARAMETER
TEMP (C)
OISS OXV (MG/L)
CNDCTVY  (MCROMO)
PH (STAND UNITS)
TOT ALK  (MG/L)
TOT P (MG/L)
ORTHO P  (MG/L)
N02+N03  (MG/L)
AMMONIA  (MG/L)
KJEL N  (MG/L)
INORG N  (MG/L)
TOTAL N  (MG/L)
CHLRPYL A 
SECCHI  (METERS)
                             A. SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND

                             1ST SAMPLING  ( 3/15/73)
                                   2 SITES
     RANGE
 24.3  -  25.0
 11.4  -  11.6
 240.  -  2bO.
 10.0  -  10.2
  65.  -   73.
1.120  - 1.240
0.915  - 1.120
0.050  - 0.070
0.050  - 0.080
1.100  - 1.400
0.100  - 0.150
1.150  - 1.470
 37.7  -  f7.8
  1.0  -   1.2
                                  CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR LAKE HOWELL
                                   STORET CODE  1220
                                             2ND SAMPLING  ( 9/ 5/73)
                                                   2 SITES
3RD SAMPLING (ll/ 5/73)
      2 SITES
MEAN
24.6
11.5
250.
10.1
70.
1.157
0.990
0.057
0.065
1.225
0.122
1.282
42.7
1.1
MEDIAN
24.5
11.6
250.
10.1
71.
1.135
0.962
0.055
0.065
1.200
0.120
1.255
42.7
1.1
RANGE
28.3
6.8
260.
7.6
59.
1.220
1.170
0.150
0.060
1.600
0.210
1.B30
65.4
0.7
- 29.7
- 10.2
- 265.
8.7
61.
- 1.290
- 1.210
- 0.230
- 0.090
- 1.800
- 0.320
- 1.980
- 90.5
0.8
MEAN
29.1
8.5
262.
8.3
60.
1.250
1.187
0.187
0.073
1.700
• 0.260
1.887
77.9
0.7
MEDIAN
29.2
8.5
260.
8.7
59.
1.240
1.180
0.180
0.070
1.700
0.250
1.850
77.9
0.7
RANGE
22.3
6.0
243.
7.5
66.
1.280
1.140
0.350
0.050
1.200
0.410
1.570
39.5
0.9
- 23.7
- 11.2
- 250.
8.7
72.
- 1.470
- 1.390
- 0.510
- 0.260
- 1.600
- 0.770
- 2.020
- 43.8
0.9
MEAN
23.2
8.8
245.
8.2
68.
1.368
1.240
0.402
0.108
1.420
0.510
1.822
41.6
0.9
MEDIAN
23.4
9.2
244.
8.3
67.
1.320
1.190
0.370
0.070
1.500
0.470
1.850
41.6
0.9

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B.  Biological characteristics:

    1.  Phytoplankton -
        Sampling
        Date

        03/15/73
        09/05/73
        11/05/73
    2.   Chlorophyll  a_ -

        Sampli ng
        Date

        03/15/73
        09/05/73


        11/05/73
Dominant
Genera
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Lyngbya s£.
Golenkinia sp.
Raphidiopsis sp.
Anabaena sp.
Cryptomonas sp.
Other genera

        Total

Dactylococcopsis sp.
Synedra sp.
Cyclotella sp.
Golenkinia sp.
Scenedesmus sp.
Other genera

        Total

Flagellates
Cyclotella sp.
Scenedesmus sp.
Merismopedia sp.
Dactylococcopsis sp.
Other genera

        Total
 Algal Units
 per ml	

 8,043
                                                            7,
                                                            7,
                                                            2,
                                                            1,
   754
   681
   681
   884
 6.812

34,855

 8,470
                                                            7,
                                                            5,
                                                            3,
                                                            1,
   957
   133
   080
   440
                                                           10.108

                                                           36,188
21,
 4,
 2,
 1,
Station
Number

  1
  2

  1
  2

  1
  2
   560
   004
   772
   848
 1,540
 8.624

40,348
                      Chlorophyll a
                          47.8
                          37.7

                          65.4
                          90.5

                          39.5
                          43.8

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C.   Limiting Nutrient Study:
    1.  Autoclaved,  filtered, and nutrient spiked -
        Spike (mg/1)
Ortho P
Cone, (mg/1)
Inorganic N
Cone,  (mg/1)
Maximum yield
(mg/1-dry wt.)
Control
0.050 P
0.050 P + 1.0
1.0 N
2. Filtered and

Spike (mg/1)
Control
0.050 P
0.050 P + 1.0
1.0 N
0.680
0.730
N 0.730
0.680
nutrient spiked -
Ortho P
Cone, (mg/1 )
0.750
0.800
N 0.800
0.750
0.406
0.406
1.406
1.406

Inorganic N
Cone, (mg/1)
0.407
0.407
1.407
1.407
15.0
16.1
22.2
35.5

Maximum yield
(mg/1 -dry wt.)
12.7
11.9
40.3
36.5
    3.   Discussion -
            The control  yield of the assay alga,  Selenastrum capri-
        cornutum, indicates that the potential 'primary productivity
        of Lake Howell  was very high at the time  the sample was
        collected (03/15/75).  Also, both assays  indicate  nitrogen
        was limiting at that time.   Increased levels of orthophosphorus
        did not result in increased yields, but inorganic  nitrogen
        alone and in combination with orthophosphorus resulted in
        large increases  in yields.
            The lake data also indicate nitrogen  limitation; i.e.,
        the mean inorganic nitrogen/orthophosphorus ratios were  less
        than 1/1 at all  sampling times.

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IV.   NUTRIENT LOADINGS
     (See Appendix E for data)
     For the determination  of nutrient loadings,  the  Florida National
 Guard collected monthly near-surface  grab samples  from each of the
 tributary sites indicated  on the  map  (page v), except for the month
 of December when two samples were collected.   Sampling was begun
 in March, 1973, and was completed in  February, 1974.
     Through an interagency agreement,  stream  flow  estimates for the
 year of sampling and a  "normalized" or average year  were provided by
 the Florida District Office of the U.S.  Geological Survey for the
 tributary sites nearest the lake.
     In this report,  nutrient loads for sampled tributaries were
 determined by using a modification of a U.S.  Geological Survey computer
 program for calculating stream loadings*.   Nutrient  loads shown are
 those measured minus point-source loads,  if any.
     Nutrient loads  for  unsampled  "minor tributaries  and immediate
 drainage" ("ZZ" of  U.S.G.S.) were estimated using  the nutrient loads,
 in kg/km2/year, at  station B-l  and multiplying by  the ZZ area in km2.
     The operators of the Maitland, Winter Park,  and  Howell Park waste-
 water treatment plants  did not participate in the  Survey; nutrient
 loads for these sources were estimated at 1.134  kg P and 3.401 kg
 N/capita/year,  and  flows were  estimated  at 0.3785 m3/capita/day.
 * See Working  Paper  No.  175.

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    A.  Waste Sources:

        1.  Known municipal -
        Name
Pop.
Served
        Maitland*       9,000
        Winter Park**  21,895
        Howell Park**     550
                                    10
Treatment
Mean Flow
(m'/d)
          act. sludge  3,406.5
          act. sludge  8,287.3
          stab, pond     208.2
Receiving
Water

Lake Howell
Howell Creek
Lake Howell
        2.  Known industrial - None
* Treatment plant questionnaire.
** Anonymous, 1971; population shown is 1970 Census.

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    B.  Annual Total Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
                                              kg P/          % of
            Source                            yr	          total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Howell Creek                  55,110         58.9
                Unnamed Creek B-l                170          0.2
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -   2,585          2.8
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Maitland                      10,205         10.9
                Winter Park                   24,830         26.5
                Howell Park                      625          0.7
            d.  Septic tanks* -                   15        < 0.1
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -      	7Q_        < 0.1
                        Total                 93,610        100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Howell Creek        66,375
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 27,235 kg.
* Estimate based on 48 shoreline dwellings; see Working Paper No. 175.
** Brezonik and Shannon, 1971.

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    C.  Annual Total Nitrogen Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
                                              kg N/          % of
            Source                            y_r	          total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Howell Creek                  58,885         32.1
                Unnamed Creek                  1,005          0.5
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -  15,325          8.3
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Maitland                      30,610         16.7.
                Winter Park                   74,465         40.6
                Howell Park                    1,870          1.0
            d.  Septic tanks* -                  510          0.3
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -         930          0.5
                           Total             183,600        100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Howell Creek        92,470
        3.  Net annual N accumulation - 91,130 kg.
    D.  Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tributary                         kg P/km2/yr        kg N/km2/yr
        Howell Creek                          963               1,029
        Unnamed Creek B-l                     212               1,256
* Estimate based on 48 shoreline dwellings; see Working Paper No. 175.
** Brezonik and Shannon, 1971.

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E.   Yearly Loads:
        In the following table,  the existing phosphorus  loadings
    are compared to those proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider
    and Dillon, 1974).   Note,  however, that Florida lakes may be
    able to assimilate phosphorus at a somewhat higher level  than
    that suggested by Vollenweider (Shannon and Brezonik, 1972).
        Essentially,  Vollenweider's "dangerous" loading  is one
    at which the receiving water would become eutrophic  or remain
    eutrophic; his "permissible" loading is that which would
    result in the receiving water remaining oligotrophic or
    becoming oligotrophic if morphometry permitted.  A mesotrophic
    loading would be considered  one between "dangerous"  and
    "permissible".
        Vollenweider's model may not be applicable to water bodies
    with short hydraulic retention times.
                              Total Phosphorus       Total Nitrogen
    	Total   Accumulated"    Total   Accumulated
    grams/nrVyr             58.51     17.02        114.8     57.0
    Vollenweider phosphorus loadings
     (g/m2/yr)  based on estimated mean depth and
     hydraulic  retention time of Lake Howell:
        "Dangerous"  (eutrophic loading)               1.04
        "Permissible"  (oligotrophic loading)          0.52

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V.  LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Brezonik, Patrick L. and Earl E. Shannon, 1971.  Trophic state of
        lakes in north central Florida.  Publ. No. 13,  FL Water Resources
        Res. Ctr., U. of FL, Gainesville.

    Brezonik, P. L., J. L. Fox, N. E. Carriker, J. Hand, J. D. Nisson,
        and T. Belanger; 1976.  Nutrient and oxygen dynamics in the middle
        St. Johns River system.  Rept. to FL Dept of Env. Reg. (in
        preparation).

    Shannon, Earl E., and Patrick L. Brezonik, 1972.  Relationships between
        lake trophic state and nitrogen and phosphorus loading rates.  Env.
        Sci. & Techn. 6. (8): 719-725.

    Vollenweider, R. A., and P. J. Dillon, 1974.  The application of
        the phosphorus loading concept to eutrophication research.
        Natl. Res. Council of Canada Publ. No. 13690, Canada Centre
        for Inland Waters, Burlington, Ontario.

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VI.  APPENDICES
                                  APPENDIX A
                                 LAKE RANKINGS

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LAKE DATA TO 81 USED IN RANKINGS
LAKE
COOE
1301
1303
1303
1306
1307
1208
1309
1210
1211
1312
131-.
1315
1317
1219
1220
1331
132J
1234
1237
1228
1329
1230
1331
1333
123*
1236
1338
1239
LAKE
NAME
ALLIGATOR LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
APOPKA
dANANA
CPESCENT
DOCTORS LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
DORA
EFFIE
GEORGE
GIdSON
GLENAOA LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
GRIFFIN
HAINES
HANCOCK
HORSESHOE
HOKELL
ISTOr^POGA
JESSUP
KISSIMMEE
LULU
MARION
MINNEHAHA
"INNEOLA
MONROE
OKEECHOdEE
POINSETT
PFEDV
SOUTH
TALOUIN
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
c
0
0
0
.b2C
.103
.660
.065
.084
.103
.480
.129
.167
.134
.119
.063
.772
.034
.360
.039
.493
.034
.490
.044
.03H
.018
.138
.063
.0*5
.033
.074
.085
MEDIAN
0.3tO
O.?30
0.360
0.130
0.130
0.340
0.410
0.165
0.115
0.165
0.360
0.115
0.195
0.130
0.285
0.120
0.390
0.145
1.06S
0.260
0.080
0.070
0.300
O.ldS
0.150
0.330
0.130
0.290
500-
MEAN SEC
474.000
484.176
483.667
473.889
465.555
483. 889
489.000
469.308
470.000
454.167
481.333
462.667
483.500
459.000
464.000
464.223
487.000
463.667
483.000
468.833
43S.OOO
406.333
474.555
472.366
-69.000
468.500
464.000
462.167
MEAN
87.
40.
208.
10.
27.
59.
361.
35.
19.
27.
66.
26.
97.
12.
54.
6.
76.
34.
376.
29.
a.
3.
14.
14.
6.
34.
33.
4.
733
611
600
311
100
978
433
000
675
667
855
567
900
067
117
594
550
143
566
967
733
333
325
534
500
837
167
483
15-
MIN DO
13.
8.
3.
10.
10.
7.
15.
11.
10.
14.
6.
10.
5.
11.
9.
8.
7.
8.
14.
7.
7.
7.
10.
9.
10.
10.
9.
14.
100
200
600
300
600
400
000
000
200
700
600
600
600
500
000
600
bOO
800
300
600
700
400
800
800
600
bOO
000
400
MEDIAN
OISS OrlTHO
0.386
0.019
0.393
0.033
0.028
0.032
0.950
0.063
0.069
0.073
0.038
0.014
o.isa
0.033
1.175
0.010
0.388
0.007
1.030
0.016
0.012
0.009
0.13M
0.010
0.03)
0.008
0.038
0.031

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LAKE DATA TO BE USED IN RANKINGS
LAKE
CODE
1240
1241
1242
1243
1246
1247
1248
1249
1250
1252
1258
1261
1264
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
TROUT
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
EAST
PAYME
NAME
THONOTOSASSA
TOHOPEKALIGA
LAKE
WE.OHYAKAPKA
YALE
MUNSON
SEMINOLE
LAWNE
TARPON
ELOISE
JESSIE
LAKE TOHOPEKALIGA

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PERCENT OF LAKES HITH HIGHER VALUES (NUMBER OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES)
LAKE
CODE
1201
1202
1203
1206
1207
1208
1209
1210
1211
1212
1214
1215
1217
1219
1220
1221
1223
1224
1227
1228
1229
1230
1231
1232
1234
1236
1238
1239
LAKE
NAME
ALLIGATOR LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
APOPKA
BANANA
CRESCENT
DOCTORS LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
DORA
EFFIE
GEORGE
GIBSON
GLENADA LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKt
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
LAKE
GRIFFIN
HAINES
HANCOCK
HORSESHOE
HOWELL
ISTOKPOGA
JESSUP
KISSIMMEE
LULU
MARION
MINNEHAHA
MINNEOLA
MONROE
OKEECMOBEE
POINSETT
«EEDr
SOUTH
TALOUIN
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
25
50
23
65
60
53
5
45
40
43
4P
70
18
93
11
85
28
90
3
78
88
100
38
68
58
95
63
55
( 10)
I 20)
I 9)
1 26)
( 24)
( 21)
< 2)
I 16)
( 16)
( 17)
( 19)
( 281
< 7)
( 37)
I 4)
( 34)
< 11)
I 36)
( D
( 3D
( 35)
I 40)
( 15)
( 27)
( 23)
( 3S)
.( 25)
( 22)
MEDIAN
INORG N
29 (
38 (
29 <
70 (
76 (
35 1
19 1
54 1
81 1
54 {
29 1
81 1
43 1
10 1
23 I
76 <
1« -
63
3
29
91
98
15
45
60
13
70
20
10)
15)
10)
27)
30)
14)
: 4)
: 21)
; 32)
: 21)
; 10)
: 32)
; 17)
1 27)
I 9)
I 30)
1 7)
( 25)
! 1)
I 10)
( 36)
I 38)
( 6)
( 1H)
( 24)
( 5)
< 27)
( 8)
500-
MEAN SEC
30
10
20
33
60
18
3
48
45
85
23
75
13
dO
69
65
5
73
15
53
95
98
28
40
50
55
69
78
1 12)
( 4)
1 8)
( 13)
1 24)
( 7)
I 1)
( 19)
< iai
( 34)
I 9)
( 30)
( 5)
( 32)
( 27)
( 26)
( 2)
( 29)
< 6)
( 21)
( 38)
( J9)
( 11)
( 16)
( 20)
( 22)
( 27)
( 31)
MEAN
CHLORA
18
38
5
80
55
33
3
43
70
S3
30
58
13
78
35
93
25
t>5
0
bO
85
100
/b
73
95
4b
68
83
1 7)
( 15)
I 2)
I 32)
( 22>
I 13)
I 1)
< 17)
( 28)
( 21)
I 12)
( 23)
( 5)
1 3D
( 14)
( 37)
( 10)
( 26)
I 0)
( 20)
( 34)
1 401
( 30)
( 29)
( 38)
( 18)
I 27)
( 33)
15-
MIN DO
10
74
100
48
34
90
0
23
48
3
95
34
98
20
60
69
83
65
8
83
78
90
26
53
34
34
bO
5
( 4)
( 29)
( 40)
( 18)
( 12)
( 35)
I 0)
( 9)
( 18)
( 1)
I 38>
( 12)
( 39)
( 8)
( 23)
( 27)
( 32)
( 26)
( 3)
( 32)
( 31)
( 35)
( 10)
( 21)
( 12)
( 12)
( 23)
( 2)
MEDIAN
D1SS ORTHO V
18
70
23
50
56
68
10
43
40
38
48
78
2*
65
3
89
25
99
5
73
80
93
33
89
45
95
56
53
( 7)
( 28)
I 9)
( 20)
1 22)
( 27)
I 4)
( 17)
( 16)
1 15)
( 19)
( 31)
( 11)
( 26)
( 1)
( 35)
( 10)
( 39)
( 2)
( 29)
( 32)
( 37)
( 13)
( 35)
( 18)
< 381
( 22)
( 21)
INOE*
NO
130
280
200
346
341
297
31
256
324
276
273
396
213
406
201
477
184
435
34
366
517
579
215
368
342
33 /
3d6
294

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PERCENT OF LAKES 4ITH HIGHER VALUES (NUMBED OF LAKES «ITH HIGHER VALUES)
LAKE
CODE
1240
1241
1242
1243
1246
1247
1248
1249
1250
1252
1258
1261
126o
LAKE NAME
LAKE THONOTOSASSA
LAKE TOHOPEKALIGA
TROUT LAKE
LAKE WEQHYAKAPKA
LAKE YALE
LAKE HUNSON
LAKE SEMINOLE
LAKE LAWNE
LAKE TARPON
LAKE ELOISE
LAKE JESSIE
EAST LAKE TOHOPEKALIGA
PAYNE'S PRAIRIE LAKE (MO
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
20 (
33 (
15 (
75 (
9B <
8 (
35 (
0 <
83 <
30 I
73 (
80 (
11 (
8)
13)
6)
30)
39)
3)
!<>>
01
33)
12)
29)
32)
41
MEDIAN
IN03G N
as
40
8
91
56
5
48
0
98
50
88
98
65
( 34)
( 16)
( 3)
( 36)
( 23)
( 2)
( 19)
( 0)
( 38)
( 20)
( 35)
( 38)
( 26)
500-
MEAN SEC
58 (
38 (
03 (
83 (
90 I
8 (
35 (
0 (
100 (
63 (
88 (
93 (
25 (
23)
15)
17)
33)
36)
3)
14)
0)
40)
25)
35)
37)
10)
MEAN
CHLOWA
40
48
23
88
63
8
10
20
90
28
60
98
IS
< 16)
( 19)
I 9)
I 35)
( 25)
( 3)
1 4)
I 8)
I 36)
I 11)
( 24)
( 39)
( 6)
15- .
HIM 00
48 (
40 1
13 (
74 (
83 (
16 (
69 (
43 I
60 I
16 I
26 I
55 (
90 (
18)
16)
SI
29)
32)
6)
27)
17)
23)
6)
10)
22)
35)
MEDIAN
OISS OHTHO P
IS I
30 (
a i
84 (
75 (
13 (
63 (
35 (
60 (
20 (
84 (
99 (
0 <
6)
12)
3)
331
30)
5)
25)
14)
24)
8)
33)
39)
0)
INDEX
NO
266
229
110
495
467
58
260
V8
491
207
414
523
206

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LAKES RANKED BY INDEX NOS.




BANK  LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME               INDEX  NO






   i  1330       LAKE MINNEOLA              579




   2  1261       EAST LAKE TOriOPEKALIGA     523




   3  1229       LAKE MINNEHAHA             517




   4  12*3       LAKE WEOHYAKAPKA           495




   5  1250       LAKE TARPON                491




   6  1221       LAKE ISTOKP06A             477




   7  1246       LAKE YALE                  467




   8  1224       LAKE KISSIMMEE             455




   9  1258       LAKE JESSIE                419




  10  1219       LAKE HORSESHOE             406




  11  1215       LAKE HAINES                396




  12  1238       LAKE SOUTH                 386




  13  1232       LAKE OKEECH08EE            368




  14  1228       LAKE MARION                366




  15  1206       LAKE CRESCENT              346




  16  1234       LAKE POINSETT              342




  17  1207       DOCTORS LAKE               341




  18  1236       LAKE REED!                 337




  19  1211       LAKE GIBSON                324




  20  1208       LAKE DORA                  297




  21  1239       LAKE TALOUIN               ?94




  22  1202       LAKE APOPKA                280




  23  1212       GLENADA LAKE               276




  24  1214       LAKE GRIFFIN               273




  25  1240       LAKE THONOTOSASSA          266




  26  1248       LAKE SEMINOLE              260




  27  1210       LAKE GEORGE                256




  28  1241       LAKE TOHOPEKALIGA          229

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LAKES RANKED 8Y INDEX NOS.




R4NK  LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME               INDEX NO






  29  1331       LAKE MONROE                315




  30  1217       LAKE HANCOCK               313




  31  1353       LAKE ELOISE                307




  33  1364       PAYNE'S PRAIRIE LAKE  (NO   306




  33  1330       LAKE HOWELL                301




  34  1203       LAKE BANANA                200




  35  1233       LAKE JESSUP                18*




  36  1201       ALLIGATOR LAKE             130




  37  1342       TROUT LAKE                 110




  38  1349       LAKE LAMNE                   98




  39  1347       LAKE MUNSON                  58




  40  1337       LAKE LULU                    34




  41  1209       LAKE EFFIE                   31

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    APPENDIX B





CONVERSION FACTORS

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                CONVERSION FACTORS  -







Hectares x 2.471 = acres



Kilometers x 0.6214 = miles.



Meters x 3.281 = feet



Cubic meters x 8.107 x 10 ~-^-= acre/feet



Square kilometers x 0.3861 = square miles



Cubic meters/sec x 35.315 - cubic feet/sec



Centimeters x 0.3937 = inches



Kilograms x 2.205 = pounds



Kilograms/square kilometer x 5.711 = Ibs/square mile

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    APPENDIX C
TRIBUTARY FLOW DATA

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                                   TRIBUTARY FLOW INFORMATION FOR FLORIDA
                                                                       8/25/75
LAKE CODE 1220
TRIBUTARY

1220A1
1220A2
132081
1220ZZ
LAKE HOWELL
,INAGE AREA OF LAKE(SQ KM)
DRAINAGE
A(SO KM) JAN
57.2
71.7
o.e
12.2
1.56
1.84
0.02
0.03
FEB
1.53
1.81
0.02
0.03
71.
MAR
1.39
1.64
0.02
0.03
7
APR
0.71
0.85
0.01
0.01

MAY
0.31
0.40
0.00
0.01



NORMALIZED FLOWS (CMS)
JUN JUL AUG
0.40
0.48
0.00
0.01
1.33
1.59
0.02
0.03
1.53
1.81
0.02
0.03

SEP
1.95
2.32
0.03
0.04

OCT
1.87
2.21
0.03
0.04

NOV
1.50
1.78
0.02
0.03

DEC
1.36
1.61
0.02
0.03

MEAN
1.29
1.53
0.02
0.03
                        TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKE =      71.7
                        SUM OF SUB-DRAINAGE AREAS   =      70.2
     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CMS)
TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR
1220A1
         MEAN FLOW  DAY
                                                   FLOW  DAY
1220A2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
<»
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74
0.34
0.42
0.22
0.34
1.13
0.88
1.08
0.93
0.34
0.19
0.27
0.14
0.59
0.74
0.40
0.59
1.84
1.50
2.01
1.53
0.62
0.37
0.51
0.34
17
7
13
17
7
4
8

3
8
12
2
17
7
13
17
7
4
8

3
8
12
15
0.34
0.45
0.24
0.40
0.71
0.96
0.99
0.34
0.16
0.31
0.20
0.59
0.79
0.42
0.68
1.13
1.70
1.76
0.62
0.34
0.57
0.31








15

15








15

2
                                                                   SUMMARY
                                                           TOTAL FLOW IN  =     15.94
                                                           TOTAL FLOh OUT =     18.35
FLOW  DAY
                                                                                       FLOW
                                                                     0.16

                                                                     0.14
                                                                     0.34

                                                                     0.40

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                                   TRIBUTARY FLOW INFORMATION FOR FLORIDA
                                                                       8/25/75
LAKE CODE 1220
LAKE HOWELL
     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CMS)
TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR
1220B1
1220ZZ
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74
         MEAN FLOW  DAY
0.03
0.03
0.01
0.02
0.08
0.09
0.22
0.07
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.03
0.19
0.24
0.13
0.18
0.57
0.48
0.62
0.48
0.19
0.12
0.16
0.10
17
7
13
17
7
4
8

3
8
12
15
17
7
13
17
7
4
8

3
8
12
15
FLOW  DAY
                                                                     FLOW  DAY
0.02
0.03
0.01
0.01
0.01
0.15
0.14
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.01
0.19
0.25
0.13
0.21
0.34
0.54
0.54
0.20
0.11
0.18
0.10








15

2








15

2
                                                                     0.02



                                                                     0.01
                                                                     0.11



                                                                     0.12
FLOW

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        APPENDIX D
PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 75/08/25
                                                                  122001
                                                                 28 38 25.0 081 18 15.0
                                                                 LAKE HOWELL
                                                                 12117   FLORIDA

DATE
FROM
TO
73/03/15


73/09/05

73/11/05



DATE
FROM
TO
73/03/15


73/09/05

73/11/05



TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
13 45 0000
13 45 0004
13 45 0008
14 35 0000
14 35 0010
12 15 0000
12 15 0005
12 15 0011

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
13 45 0000
13 45 0004
13 45 0008
14 35 0000
14 35 0010
12 15 0000
12 15 0005
12 15 0011
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
24.7
24.4
24.3
29.2
28.3
23.5
23.4
22.9
0066S
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
1.120
1.130
1.140
1.240
1.220
1.320
1.320
1.280
00300
DO

MG/L

11.4
11.6

6.8

9.2
11.2
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
47.8


65.4

39.5


00077 00094
TRANSP CNDUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
INCHES MICROMHO
48 250
250
240
29 260
260
35 244
244
245












11EPALES
3
00400 00410
PH

SU
10.10
10.10
10.00
8.70
7.60
7.50
8.40
8.30












T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
72
70
65
59
59
66
66
67












2111202
0012 FEET DEPTH
00610 00625 00630
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.070
0.050
0.060
0.060
0.090
0.060
0.050
0.100












TOT
N
KJEL

MG/L
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1












.300
.100
.100
.7-00
.600
.500
.300
.200












N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.060
0.050
0.050
0.150
0.230
0.350
0.360
0.370












00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.985
0.915
0.940
1.180
1.170
1.140
1.190
1.190













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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 75/08/25
                                                                  122002
                                                                 28 38 20.0 081 18 56.0
                                                                 LAKE HOWELL
                                                                 12117   FLORIDA
  DATE
  FROM
   TO
TIME DEPTH
 OF
DAY  FEET
73/03/15 14 15 0000
73/09/05 14 45 0000
73/11/05 12 35 0000
         12 35 0006
 00010
WATER
 TEMP
 CENT

   25.0
   29.7
   23.7
   22.3
11EPALES
3
00300
DO
MG/L
11.6
10.2
6.0
00077
TRANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
40
30
34
00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
260
265
250
243
00400
PH
SU
10.20
8.70
8.70
8.30
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
73
61
69
72
2111202
0005 FEET DEPTH
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.080
0.070
0.070
0.260
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.400
1.800
1.600
1.500
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.070
0.180
0.420
0.510
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
1.120
1.210
1.290
1.390
                      00665     32217
  DATE   TIME DEPTH PHOS-TOT  CHLRPHYL
  FROM    OF                     A
   TO    DAY  FEET   MG/L P     UG/L

73/03/15 14 15 0000    1.240      37.7
73/09/05 14 45 0000    1.290      90.5
73/11/05 12 35 0000    1.470      43.8
         12 35 0006    1.450

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  APPENDIX E
TRIBUTARY DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 75/08/25
                                                                  1220A1
                                                                 28 38 00.0 081 19 00.0
                                                                 HOWELL CREEK
                                                                 12117   7.5 CASSELRERRY
                                                                 I/HOWELL LAKE
                                                                 ST HHY 436 BROG DOWNSTREAM MAITLAND STP
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET
73/03/17
73/04/07
73/05/13
73/06/17
73/07/07
73/08/04
73/09/08
73/11/03
73/12/08
73/12/15
74/01/12
74/02/02
14 50
11 20
10 20
09 30
10 00

15 15
14 30
09 45
09 50
11 00
11 05
0630
6.N03
OTAL
G/L
1.720
2.900
0.980
1.020
0.900
0.590
0.510
2.500
2.640
2.640
0.336
0.252
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
.600
.200
.760
.700
.150
0.960
3.780
1.400
2.600
2.600
1.600
1.000
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
' MG/L
0.240
0.510
0.305
0.370
0.160
0.115
0.430
0.132
1.500
1.560
0.520
0.085
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
3.300
1.700
4.700
2.400
1.100
Oi680
0.600
3.100
1^.140
1.160
0.616
1.350
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
3.400
1.800
4.980
2.500
1.100
0.730
0.660
3.150
1.300
1.250
0.660
1.500

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 75/08/25
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET
73/03/17
73/04/07
73/05/13
73/06/17
73/07/07
73/08/04
73/09/08
73/11/03
73/12/08
73/12/15
74/01/12
74/02/15
15 15
11 00
10 00
09 10
09 45
10 30
14 45
15 00
10 10
10 00
11 30
10 40
                                                                  1220A2
                                                                 28 18 30.0 081 17 30.0
                                                                 HOWELL CREEK
                                                                 12      7.5 CASSELBERRY
                                                                 0/HOWELL LAKE
                                                                 BANK FROM RO .25 MI NE OF CAMP SAN PEDRO
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH
10630
'5.N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.036
0.020
0.074
0.056
0.076
0.120
0.071
0.390
0.450
0.440
0.168
0.008
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
3.150
7.200
2.100
2.400
1.540
1.680
1.260
1.650
1.300
0.800
1.800
1.100
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.091
0.140
0.073
0.100
0.132
0.078
0.198
0.100
0.080
0.088
0.100
0.010
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
1.400
1.500
0.340
1.020
1.580
1.280
1.050
1.080
1.560
1.560
1.600
0.015
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
1.450
1.710
0.525
1.250
1.720
1.590
1.150
1.275
1.800
1.700
2.000
0.040

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 75/08/25
                                                                  122061
                                                                 28 39 00.0  081  19 00.0
                                                                 UNNAMED  CREEK
                                                                 12      7.5 CASSELBERRY
                                                                 T/HOHELL LAKE
                                                                 RED BUG  LK  RD BRDG .25 E JCT  ST  HWY  436
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET DEPTH
DATE
FROM
TO
73/03/17
73/04/07
73/05/13
73/06/17
T3/08/04
73/09/08
73/11/03
73/12/08
73/12/15
74/01/12
74/02/15
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
15
10
10
09
10
14
14
10
18
11
11
00
55
10
25
20
15
45
10
45
15
10
MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.150
.154
.015
.084
.270
.168
.510
.216
.192
.080
.004
MG/L
3.
4.
0.
0.
0.
3.
1.
1.
0.
0.
1.
900
300
670
930
980
100
150
300
500
900
500
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
430
390
050
093
115
054
108
120
092
156
010
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
1.
1.
0.
0.
0.
0.
P
029
030
021
048
008
000
010
064
052
075
005K
MG/L P
0.100
0.070
0.040
0.090
0.140
1.150
1.050
0.115
0.085
0.677
0.030
  K  VALUE  KNOWN  TO  BE
  LESS  THAN  INDICATED

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