U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
               NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                        WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                                REPORT
                                                 ON
                                             LAKE MINNEOLA
                                              LAKECOMY
                                               FLORIDA
                                             EPA REGION IV
                                          WORKING PAPER No, 266
     CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                                 and
    ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
•&G.P.O. 699-440

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_                                                         REPORT
CK                                                           ON
?                                                     LAKE MINNEOLA
                                                        LAKE COUNTY
                                                          FLORIDA
                                                       EPA REGION  IV
o^                                                WORKING PAPER No, 266
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                               WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
                     FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
                                        AND THE
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                                 FLORIDA NATIONAL GUARD
                                     DECEMBER, 1977

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

  Sections
  I.   Conclusions                                                1
 II.   Lake and Drainage Basin  Characteristics                     3
IIT.   Lake Water Quality Summary                                 4
 IV.   Nutrient Loadings                                          8
  V.   Literature Reviewed                                       12
 VI.   Appendices                                                13

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                                 ii
                          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)], v/ater
quality criteria/standards review [§303(c)],  clean lakes [§314(a,b)],
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 cf 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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                                    iv
LAKE NAME

Alligator
Apopka
Banana
Crescent
Doctors
Dora
East Tohopekaliga
Effie
Eloise
George
Gibson
Glenada
Griffin
Haines
Hancock
Horseshoe
Howel1
Istokpoga
Jessie
Jessup
Kissimmee
Lawne
Lulu
Marion
Minnehaha
Mfnneola
Monroe
Munson
Okeechobee

Poinsett
Reedy
Semi no!e

Semi nole
South
Talquin
Tarpon
Thonotosassa
Tohopekaliga
Trout
Weohyakapka
Yale
NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY

         STUDY LAKES

       STATE OF FLORIDA

                            COUNTY
                            Columbia
                            Lake, Orange
                            Polk
                            Flagler,  Putnam
                            Clay
                            Lake
                            Osceola
                            Polk
                            Polk
                            Putnam, Volusia
                            Polk
                            Highlands
                            Lake
                            Polk
                            Polk
                            Semi nole
                            Orange, Seminole
                            Highlands
                            Polk
                            Seminole
                            Osceola
                            Orange
                            Polk
                            Polk
                            Orange
                            Lake
                            Seminole, Volusia
                            Leon
                            Glades, Hendry, Martin,
                            Okeechobee, Palm Beach
                            Brevard,  Orange, Osceola
                            Polk
                            Jackson,  FL; Decatur,
                            Seminol e, GA
                            Pine!las
                            Brevard
                            Gadsden,  Leon
                            Pinellas
                            Hillsborough
                            Osceola
                            Lake
                            Polk
                            Lake

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  LAKE  MINNEOLA
   Tributary Sampling Site
X  Lake Sampling Site
      1/2       i      "/a Km.
                       Mi.

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                            LAKE MINNEOLA
                           STORE! NO. 1230
  CONCLUSIONS
  A.  Trophic Condition:
          Survey data indicate Lake Minneola is oligo-mesotrophic.   It
      ranked first in overall trophic quality when the 41 Florida lakes
      sampled in 1973 were compared using a combination of six parameters*.
      All of the other lakes had greater median total phosphorus and mean
      chlorophyll a^ 37 had greater median dissolved phosphorus, 38 had
      greater and two had the same median inorganic nitrogen, and only
      one of the lakes had a greater mean Seechi disc transparency.
          Survey limnologists reported rooted aquatic vegetation along
      the shorelines.
  B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
          The algal assay results are not considered representative of
      conditions in the lake at sampling time (03/15/73) due to a signifi-
      cant loss of inorganic nitrogen during shipment from the field to
      the laboratory.  The lake data indicate phosphorus limitation at
      two of the three sampling stations in March but nitrogen limitation
      at all stations in September and November.
  C.  Nutrient Controllability:
          1.  Point sources—No known municipal or industrial wastewater
      treatment plants impacted Lake Minneola during the sampling year.
See Appendix A.

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    Septic tanks serving shoreline dwellings were estimated
to have contributed 1.0% of the total phosphorus load to the
lake, but a shoreline survey would be needed to determine the
actual significance of these sources.
    The present phosphorus loading of 0.27 g/m2/yr is only half
that proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and Dillon, 1974) as
a eutrophic loading (see page 11).  If the loading rate is not
increased significantly, the existing trophic condition of Lake
Minneola should persist.
    2.  Non-point sources--It is calculated that the outlet of
Lake Hiawatha contributed about 81.9% of the total phosphorus
input to Lake Minneola.  The controllability of this phosphorus
load is not known, but the very low phosphorus export rate of the
outlet stream B-l (see page 10) indicates point-source contri-
butions to Lake Hiawatha probably are minimal.

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II.   LAKE AND DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS1"
                    4.4.
     A.   Morphometry  :
         1.   Surface area:   7.64  kilometers2.
         2.   Mean depth:   2.7 meters.
         3.   Maximum depth:   4.3  meters.
         4.   Volume:   20.628 x 106  m3.
         5.   Mean hydraulic  retention  time:  128  days  (based on outflow).
     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C  for flow data)
         1.   Tributaries  -
                                           Drainage            Mean flow
             Name                          area  (km2*)         (m3/secj*
             Unnamed Stream  B-l                398.9              1.86
             Minor tributaries &
              immediate drainage  -                2.7              0.03
                            Totals             401.6              1.89
         2.   Outlet -
             Palatlakaha  River                409.2**           1.86
     C.   Precipitation***:
         1.   Year of sampling:  123.5  centimeters.
         2.   Mean annual:  130.5  centimeters.
t  Table  of metric  conversions—Appendix  B.
tt  Wegner,  1967.
*  For  limits  of accuracy,  see  Working  Paper  No.  175,  "...Survey Methods,
   1973-1976".
** Includes area of lake.
*** See  Working Paper  No.  175.

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III.   WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Lake Minneola was sampled three times in 1973 by means  of a  pontoon-
  equipped Huey helicopter.  Each time, samples for physical  and chemical
  parameters were collected from three stations on the lake and from one
  or  more depths at each station (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,  1.5 meters  at
  station 2, and 1.5 meters at station 3.
      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 OXY (MG/L)

CNDCTVY  (MCROMOJ

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)

INOKG N  (MG/L)

TOTAL N  (MG/L)

CHLRPYL A (UG/L)

SECCHI  (METERS)
       A. SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND


       1ST SAMPLING ( 3/15/73)

             3 SITES

     RANGE

 24.7  -  25.8

  8.1  -   8.7

  75.  -   90.

  7.2  -   7.9

  10.  -   10.

0.013  - 0.017

0.003  - 0.012

0.020  - 0.040

0.040  - 0.100

0.400  - 0.700

0.060  - 0.140

0.420  - 0.740

  0.9  -   1.7
        8.2

        85.

        7.6

        10.
 MEA.M   MEDIAN

 25.2    25.3

  8.3

  82.

  7.6

  10.

0.014   0.014

0.006   0.005

0.026   0.02U

0.05u   O.U4U

0.457   0.400

0.076   0.060

0.483   0.420
  2.7  -
                                 4.6
1.2

3.4
          1.0

          2.7
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR LAKE MINNEOLA
 STORET COOE 1230

           2ND SAMPLING (  9/ 6/73)

                 3 SITES

         RANGE

     29.3  -  29.8

      7.6  -   7.8

      86.  -   87.

      6.7  -   8.3

      10.  -   10.

    0.016  - 0.034

    0.008  - 0.028

    0.030  - 0.040

    0.030  - 0.070

    0.800  - 1.300

    0.060  - 0.110

    0.830  - 1.340

      5.1  -   7.3

      1.8  -   1.9
MEAN
29.6
7.7
87.
7.3
10.
0.022
0.015
0.032
0.047
0.975
0.080
1.007
6.0
1.9
MEDIAN
29.6
7.7
87.
7.1
10.
0.019
0.011
0.030
0.045
0.900
0.075
0.930
5.5
1.9
       3RD SAMPLING (ll/ 7/73)

             3 SITES

     RANGE        MEAN   MEDIAN

 22.4  -  22.8    22.6    22.7

  8.0  -   8.2     8.0     8.0

  85.  -   90.     87.     86.

  6.4  -   6.7     6.6     6.6

  10.  -   10.     10.     10.

0.015  - 0.029   0.024   0.027

0.005  - 0.018   0.011   0.011

0.020  - 0.030   0.029   0.030

0.040  - 0.050   0.041   0.040

0.500  - 0.600   0.543   0.500

0.060  - 0.080   0.070   0.070

0.520  - 0.630   0.571   0.530

  2.7  -   3.0     2.8     2.8

  1.5  -   2.1     1.9     2.1

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B.  Biological characteristics:

    1.  Phytoplankton -
        Sampling
        Date

        03/15/73
        09/06/73
        11/07/73
    2.   Chlorophyll a^ -

        Sampli ng
        Date

        03/15/73
        09/06/73
        11/07/73
Dominant
Genera
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Flagellates
Lyngbya S£.
Melosira sp.
Cryptomonas sp.
Aphanocapsa sp.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
            Total

Lyngbya sp_.
Chroococcus sp.
Flagellates sp_.
Cosmariurn sp.
Cryptomonas sp.
Other genera

            Total

Lyngbya sp.
Chroococcus sp.
Aphanocapsa sp.
Synedra sp.
Chlamydomonas sp.
Other genera

            Total
Station
Number

   1
   2
   3

   1
   2
   3

   1
   2
   3
                           Algal units
                           per ml	

                              174
                               35
                               35
                               35
                               35

                              314
                                                          5,752
757
                                                          6,382
                       Chlorophyll
                       (yg/i)

                          1.7
                          1.0
                          0.9

                          7.3
                          5.1
                          5.5

                          3.0
                          2.8
                          2.7

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C.   Limiting Nutrient Study:
        There was a loss of about 60% of the inorganic  nitrogen  in
    the assay sample during shipment from the field  to  the  laboratory,
    and the assay results are not considered representative of con-
    ditions in the lake at the time the sample was taken  (03/15/73).
        The lake data indicate that primary productivity  was limited
    by phosphorus at two of the three sampling stations in  March but
    was nitrogen limited at all  stations in September and November.
        Following is a tabulation of the mean inorganic nitrogen/
    orthophosphorus ratios for each of the sampling  stations and
    times with the indicated limiting nutrient in parentheses.
    Station         03/15/73          09/06/73           11/07/73
        1           10/1
        2           14/1
        3           17/1
N)
P)
P)
4/1 (N)
5/1 (N)
10/1 (N)
5/1 (N)
8/1 (N)
11/1 (N)

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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).   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 deter-
 mined by using a modification  of a U.S.  Geological Survey  computer
 program for calculating stream loadings*.   Nutrient  loads  for unsampled
 "minor  tributaries and immediate drainage" ("ZZ" of  U.S.G.S.) were
 estimated using the nutrient loads,  in kg/km2/yr,  at station B-l and
 multiplying by the ZZ area in  km2.
     No  known point sources impacted  Lake Minneola  during the sampling
 year.
 * See  Working  Paper  No.  175.

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    A.  Waste Sources:
        1.  Known municipal - None
        2.  Known industrial - None
    B.  Annual Total Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
                                              kg P/          % of
            Source                            yr	          total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Unnamed Stream B-l            1,680           81.9
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -     10            0.5
            c.  Known municipal STP's - None
            d.  Septic tanks* -                  25            1.0
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -        335           16.6
                           Totals             2,050          100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Palatlakaha River   1,540
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 510 kg.
* Estimate based on 85 lakeshore 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                            yr             total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Unnamed Stream B-l            46,695          89.2
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -     315           0.6
            c.  Known municipal STP's - None
            d.  Septic tanks* -                  905           1.7
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -       4,430           8.5
                           Total              52,345         100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Palatlakaha River  125,420
        3.  Net annual N loss - 73,075 kg.
    D.  Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tributary                         kg P/km2/yr        kg N/km2/yr
        Unnamed Stream B-l                    4                 117
* Estimate based on 85 lakeshore 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

grams/m2/yr
Total Accumulated
0.27 0.07
Total Accumulated
6.9 loss*
        Vollenweider phosphorus loadings
         (g/m2/yr) based on mean depth and mean
         hydraulic retention time of Lake Minneola:
            "Dangerous"  (eutrophic loading)        0.54
            "Permissible"  (oligotrophic loading)   0.27
* There was an apparent loss of nitrogen during the sampling year.   This
  may have been due to nitrogen fixation in the lake,  solubilization of
  previously sedimented nitrogen, recharge with nitrogen-rich ground water,
  unknown and unsampled point sources discharging directly to the lake, or
  underestimation of the minor tributary and immediate drainage load.
  Whatever the cause, a similar nitrogen loss has occurred at Shagawa Lake,
  Minnesota, which has been intensively studied by EPA's former National
  Eutrophication and Lake Restoration Branch (Malueg et al., 1975).

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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, Water Resources
        Res. Ctr., U. of FL, Gainesville.

    Malueg, Kenneth W., D. Phillips Larsen, Donald W. Schults, and
        Howard T. Mercier, 1975.  A six-year water, phosphorus, and
        nitrogen budget for Shagawa Lake, Minnesota.  Jour. Env. Qual.,
        vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 236-242.

    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.

    Wegner, William, 1967.  Clermont chain of lakes.  Progress report
        for the Central Florida Region Fish Management Area submitted
        to the FL Game & Fresh Water Fish Comm.,  Tallahassee.

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VI.  APPENDICES
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                                   APPENDIX A
                                  LAKE RANKINGS

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LAKE DATA TO BE USED IN RANKINGS
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME
1301  ALLIGATOR LAKE
1202  LAKE APOPKA
1303  LAKE BANANA
1206  LAKE CRESCENT
1207  DOCTORS LAKE
1208  LAKE DORA
1209  LAKE EFFIE
1210  LAKE GEORGE
1211  LAKE GIBSON
1212  GLENADA LAKE
1214  LAKE GRIFFIN
1215  LAKE HAINES
1217  LAKE HANCOCK
1219  LAKE HORSESHOE
1220  LAKE HOWELL
1221  LAKE ISTOKPOGA
1223  LAKE JESSUP
122*  LAKE KISSIMMEE
1227  LAKE LULU
1228  LAKE MARION
1229  LAKE MINNEHAHA
1230  LAKE MINNEOLA
1231  LAKE MONROE
1232  LAKE OKEECHOBEE
123*  LAKE POINSETT
1236  LAKE REEDY
1238  LAKE SOUTH
1239  LAKE TALOUIN
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
0.620
0.102
0.660
0.065
0.084
0.102
1.480
0.129
0.167
0.134
0.119
0.063
0.772
0.034
1.260
0.039
0.492
0.034
1.490
0.044
0.038
0.018
0.188
0.063
0.085
0.033
0*074
0.085
MEDIAN
INORG N
0.260
0.230
0.260
0.130
0.120
0.240
0.410
0.165
0.115
0.165
0.260
0.115
0.195
0.130
0.285
0.120
0.290
0.145
1.065
0.260
0.080
0.070
0.300
0.185
0.150
0.330
0.130
0.290
500-
MEAN SEC
474.000
484.176
482.667
473.889
465.555
482.889
489.000
469.308
470.000
454.167
481.333
462.667
483.500
459.000
464.000
464.222
487.000
463.667
4S3.000
468.833
435.000
406.333
474.555
472.366
469.000
468.500
464.000
462.167
MEAN
CHLORA
87.733
46.61*
208.600
10.211
27.100
59.978
261.433
35.000
19.675
27.667
66.855
26.567
97.900
12.067
54.117
6.594
76.550
24.142
276.566
29.967
8.733
3.333
14.225
14.524
6.500
34.837
23.167
9.483
15-
MIN 00
13.100
8.200
3.600
10.200
10.600
7.400
15.000
11.000
10.200
14.700
6.600
10.600
5.600
11.500
9.000
8.600
7.600
8.800
14.300
7.600
7.700
7.400
10.800
9.800
10.600
10.600
9.000
14.400
MEDIAN
DISS ORTHO P
0.386
0.019
0.293
0.033
0.028
0.022
0.950
0.063
0.069
0.072
0.038
0.014
0.158
0.023
1.175
0.010
0.288
0.007
1.030
0.016
0.012
0.009
0.128
0.010
0.051
0.008
0.028
0.031

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LAKE DATA TO BE USED IN RANKINGS
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME
1340  LAKE THONOTOSASSA
1241  LAKE TOHOPEKALIGA
1243  TROUT LAKE
1343  LAKE WEOHTAKAPKA
1216  LAKE YALE
1247  LAKE MUNSON
1248  LAKE SEMINOLE
1249  LAKE LAWNE
1250  LAKE TARPON
1252  LAKE ELOISE
1258  LAKE JESSIE
1261  EAST LAKE TOHOPEKALIGA
1264  PAVNE«.S  PRAIRIE  LAKE (NO
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
0.695
0.246
1.110
0.047
0.027
1.475
0.234
2.560
0.041
0.486
0.051
0.042
1.260
MEDIAN
INOR6 N
0.095
0.200
0.650
0.080
0.160
0.925
0.175
1.350
0.070
0.170
0.090
0.070
0.140
500-
MEAN SEC
466.167
472.917
472.000
458.667
441.000
486.667
473.833
494.667
400.889
465.333
452.667
440.833
476.000
MEAN
CHLORA
37.700
30.633
76.967
7.767
25.367
140.317
102.000
84.900
6.867
70.233
26.300
5.167
88.200
15-
MIN DO
10.200
10.500
12.900
8.200
7.600
12.200
8.600
10.400
9.000
12.200
10.800
9.400
7.400
MEDIA
DISS ORTC
0.565
0.152
0.970
0.011
0.014
0.852
0.026
0.117
0.027
0.339
0.011
0.007
1.210

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PERCENT OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES (NUMBER  OF  LAKES  WITH  HIGHER  VALUES!
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME
1201  ALLIGATOR LAKE
1202  LAKE APOPKA
1203  LAKE BANANA
1206  LAKE CRESCENT
1207  DOCTORS LAKE
1208  LAKE DORA
1209  LAKE EFFIE
1210  LAKE GEORGE
1211  LAKE GIBSON
1212  GLENAOA LAKE
1214  LAKE GRIFFIN
1215  LAKE HAINES
1217  LAKE HANCOCK
1219  LAKE HORSESHOE
1220  LAKE HOWELL
1221  LAKE ISTOKPOGA
1223  LAKE JESSUP
1224  LAKE KISSIMHEE
1227  LAKE LULU
1228  LAKE MARION
1229  LAKE MINNEHAHA
1230  LAKE HINNEOLA
1231  LAKE MONROE
1232  LAKE OKEECH08EE
123*  LAKE POINSETT
1236  LAKE REEDY
1238  LAKE SOUTH
1239  LAKE TALOUIN
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
25
50
23
65
60
53
5
45
40
43
48
70
18
93
11
85
28
90
3
78
88
100
36
68
58
95
63
55
< 10)
( 20)
( 9)
( 26)
( 24)
( 21)
( 2)
( 18)
< 16)
< 17)
( 19)
I 28)
( 7)
« 37)
I 4)
C 34)
( 11)
( 36)
( 1)
( 3D
( 35)
( 40)
( 15)
< 27)
( 23)
< 38)
( 25)
< 22)
MEDIAN
INORG N
29 (
38 <
29 (
70 <
76 (
35 (
10 (
54 (
81 (
54 (
29 (
81 <
43 «
70 (
23 (
76 (
16 (
63 (
3 (
29 (
91 (
98 (
15 (
45 (
60 (
13 (
70 <
20 (
10)
IS)
10)
27)
301
14)
4)
21)
32)
21)
10)
32)
17)
27)
•9)
30)
7)
25)
1)
10)
36)
38)
6)
18)
24)
5)
27)
8)
500-
MEAN SEC
30 (
10 (
20 (
33 <
60 (
18 (
3 (
48 (
45 (
85 <
23 <
75 <
13 (
80 (
69 (
65 (
5 (
73 <
15 (
53 (
95 i
98 (
28 (
40 (
SO C
55 (
69 (
78 (
12)
4)
8)
13)
24)
7)
1)
19)
18)
34)
9)
30)
5)
32)
27)
26)
2)
29)
6)
21)
38)
39)
11)
16)
20)
22)
27)
31)
MEAN
CHLORA
18 ( 7)
38 ( 15)
5 ( 2)
80 ( 32)
55 ( 22)
33 ( 13)
3 1 1)
43 ( 17)
70 ( 28)
S3 < 21)
30 I 12)
58 < 23)
13 ( 5)
78 ( 3D
35 ( 14)
93 < 37)
25 ( 10)
65 < 26)
0 1 0)
50 < 20)
85 ( 34)
100 < 40)
75 ( 30)
73 < 29)
95 ( 38)
45 ( 18)
68 ( 27)
83 I 33)
15-
MIN 00
10 (
74 (
100 (
48 <
34 (
90 (
0 (
23 I
48 (
3 (
95 <
34 (
98 (
20 (
60 1
69 <
83 (
65 (
8 I
83 (
78 <
90 (
26 (
S3 (
34 (
34 <
60 I
5 (
4)
29)
40)
18)
12)
35)
0)
9)
18)
1)
38)
12)
39)
8)
23)
27)
32)
26)
3)
32)
31)
35)
10)
21)
12)
12)
23)
2)
MEDIAN
DISS ORTHO P
18 (
70 <
23 (
50 <
56 (
68 (
10 (
43 (
40 (
38 (
48 (
78 (
28 (
65 (
3 (
89 (
25 (
99 (
5 (
73 (
80 (
93 (
33 (
89 (
45 (
95 (
56 (
53 (
7)
28)
9)
20)
22)
27)
4)
17)
16)
15)
19)
31)
11)
26)
1)
35)
10)
39)
2)
29)
32)
37)
13)
35)
18)
38)
22)
21)
INDEX
NO
130
280
200
346
341
297
31
256
324
276
273
396
213
406
201
477
184
455
34
366
517
579
215
368
342
337
336
294

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PERCENT OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES (NUMBER OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES)
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME
1240  LAKE THONOTOSASSA
1241  LAKE.TOHOPEKALIGA
1242  TROUT LAKE
1243  LAKE WEOHYAKAPKA
1246  LAKE YALE
1247  LAKE MUNSON
1248  LAKE SEHINOLE
1249  LAKE LAWNE
1250  LAKE TARPON
1252  LAKE ELOISE
1258  LAKE JESSIE
1261  EAST LAKE TOHOPEKALIGA
1264  PAYNE'S PRAIRIE LAKE (NO
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
20
33
15
75
98
8
35
0
83
30
73
80
11
1 8)
< 13)
( 6)
( 30)
( 39)
( 3)
( 14)
( 0)
( 33)
( 12)
( 29)
( 32)
< 4)
MEDIAN
INORG N
85 I
40 (
8 (
91 (
58 (
5 <
48 I
0 (
98 (
50 (
88 (
98 (
65 (
34)
16)
3)
36)
23)
2)
19)
0)
38)
20)
35)
38)
26)
500-
MEAN SEC
58 1
38 1
43 I
83 <
90 '
8 '
35 i
0
100
63
88
93
25
! 23)
1 IS)
1 17)
1 33)
1 36)
( 3)
1 14)
I 0)
( 40)
( 25)
( 35)
( 37)
I 10)
MEAN
CHLORA
40
48
23
88
63
8
10
20
90
28
60
98
15
( 16)
( 19)
( 9)
( 35)
( 25)
( 3)
( 4)
( 8)
( 36)
( 11)
( 24)
( 39)
1 6)
15-
MIN 00
48
40
13
74
83
16
69
43
60
16
26
55
90
I 18)
( 16)
( 5)
( 29)
( 32)
( 6)
( 27)
( 17)
( 23)
( 6)
( 10)
( 22)
( 35)
MEDIAN
OISS ORTHO P
15
30
a
84
75
13
63
35
60
20
84
99
0
( 6)
( 12)
( 3)
( 33)
( 30)
( 5)
( 25)
( 14)
( 24)
( 8)
( 33)
( 39)
( 0)
INDEX
NO
266
229
110
495
467
58
260
S(8
491
207
419
523
206

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LAKES RANKED BY INDEX NOS.




RANK  LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME               INDEX  NO






   1  1330       LAKE HINNEOLA     .         579



   2  1361       EAST LAKE TOHOPEKALI6A     523




   3  1239       LAKE MINNEHAHA             517




   4  1343       LAKE WEOHYAKAPKA           495



   5  1350       LAKE TARPON                491



   6  1321       LAKE ISTOKPOGA             477




   7  1246       LAKE YALE                  467



   8  1234       LAKE KISSIMMEE             455



   9  1258       LAKE JESSIE                419



  10  1319       LAKE HORSESHOE             406



  11  1215       LAKE HAINES                396



  13  1338       LAKE SOUTH                 366



  13  1232       LAKE OKEECHOBEE            368



  14  1228       LAKE MARION                366



  15  1206       LAKE CRESCENT              346



  16  1334       LAKE POINSETT              342



  17  1207       DOCTORS LAKE               341



  18  1236       LAKE REEDY                 337



  19  1211       LAKE GIBSON                324




  20  1208       LAKE DORA                  297



  21  1339       LAKE TALQUIN               294



  22  1202       LAKE APOPKA                260



  23  1212       GLENAOA LAKE               276



  24  1214       LAKE GRIFFIN               273



  25  1240       LAKE THONOTOSASSA          266



  26  1248       LAKE SEMINOLE              260



  27  1210       LAKE GEORGE                256



  28  1341       LAKE TOHOPEKALIGA          229

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LAKES RANKED BY INDEX NOS.



RANK  LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME               INDEX NO






  29  1231       LAKE MONROE                215




  30  1217       LAKE HANCOCK               213



  31  1252       LAKE ELOISE                207



  32  1264       PAYNE'S PRAIRIE LAKE (NO   206



  33  1220       LAKE HOMELL                201



  34  1203       LAKE BANANA                200



  35  1223       LAKE JESSUP                184



  36  1201       ALLIGATOR LAKE             130



  37  1242       TROUT LAKE                 110



  38  124-7       LAKE LAWNE                  98



  39  1247       LAKE MUNSON                 58



  40  1227       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
                                                                       a/25/75
LAKE CODE 1230
LAKE MINNEOLA
TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKE (SO KM)
TRIBUTARY
1230A1
1230B1
1230ZZ
SUB-DRAINAGE
AREA(SQ KM) JAN
409.2
398.9
2.6
1.24
1.21
0.31
FEB
1.52
1.55
0.00
409.
MAR
2.80
2.94
0.01
2
APR
2.62
2.56
0.00

MAY
1.78
1.60
0.00



NORMALIZED FLOWS (CMS)
JUN JUL AUG
1.07
1.01
0.00
1.09
1.12
0.00
2.04
2.06
0.01

SEP
2.44
2.62
0.01

OCT
2.76
2.86
0.01

NOV
1.80
1.67
0.00

DEC
1.13
1.05
0.00

MEAN
1.86
1.86
0.03
                                                                   SUMMARY
                        TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF  LAKE =      409.2
                        SUM OF SUB-DRAINAGE AREAS    =      401.4
                                                           TOTAL FLOW IN  =     22.62
                                                           TOTAL FLOW OUT =     22.27
     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CMS)

TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR    MEAN FLOW  DAY
                                FLOW  DAY
FLOW  DAY
FLOW
1230A1
1230B1
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
              0.05
              0.09
             -0.03
              0.08
              0.01
              0.05
              0.07
             -0.04
             -0.05
              0.01
              0.05
             -0.07
              0.15
              0.27
             -0.10
              0.24
              0.04
              0.14
              0.20
             -0.12
             -0.14
              0.03
              0.14
             -0.21

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        APPENDIX D





PHYSICAL and CHfMICAL DATA

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 75/08/25
                                                                  123001
                                                                 28 34 35.0 081 45 50.0
                                                                 LAKE MINNEOLA
                                                                 12069   FLORIDA
                                                                 11EPALES
                                                                 3
                                         2111202
                                        0014 FEET
DEPTH

DATE
FROM
TO
73/03/15


73/09/06

73/11/07



TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
09 35 0000
09 35 0005
09 35 0010
16 10 0000
16 10 0008
11 20 0000
11 20 0005
11 20 0011
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
25.3
25.3
24.7
29.4
29.3
22.6
22.4
22.4
                                00300     00077     00094
                                 00      TRANSP   CNOUC
                                         SECCHI   FIELD
                                MG/L     INCHES   MICRO
                                   8.2
                                   8.7
                                   7.8
                                   7.6

                                   8.0
                                   8.0
180


 72

 84
14
VY

IHO
85
85
90
86
87
88
87
86
00400
PH

SU
7.60
7.60
7.20
7.50
8.30
6.70
6.60
6.60
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
10K
10K
10K
10K
10K
10K
10K
10K
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.100
0.040
0.050
0.070
0.030
0.050
0.040
0.040
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.700
0.400
0.500
1.300
0.800
0.600
0.500
0.500
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.040
0.020
0.030
0.040
0.030
0.030
0.030
0.030
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.010
0.012
0.006
0.010
0.028
0.018
0.014
0.014
                      00665     32217
  DATE   TIME DEPTH PHOS-TOT  CHLRPHYL
  FROM    OF                     A
   TO    DAY  FEET   MG/L P     UG/L

73/03/15 09 35 0000    0.015       1.7
         09 35 0005    0.014
         09 35 0010    0.017
73/09/06 16 10 0000    0.020       7.3
         16 10 0006    0.034
73/11/07 11 20 0000    0.028       3.0
         11 20 0005    0.028
         11 20 0011    0.029
              K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
              LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 75/08/25
                                                                  123002
                                                                 28 34 43.0 081  46 50.0
                                                                 LAKE MINNEOLA
                                                                 12069   FLORIDA

DATE
FROM
TO
73/03/15

73/09/06
73/11/07


TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
10 15 0000
10 15 0005
16 45 0000
11 35 0000
11 35 0005
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
25.8
25.8
29.8
22.8
22.7
00300
00

MG/L

8.1
7.6

8.0
                                          00077     00094
                                         TRANSP   CNDUCTVY
                                         SECCH1   FIELD
                                         INCHES   MICROMHO
                                             108

                                              74
                                              60
80
85
86
90
86
11EPALES
3
00400
PH

SU
7.60
7.60
6.80
6.40
6.50

00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
10K
10K
10K
10K
10K
2111202
0009
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.040
FEET DEPTH
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.400
0.400
1.000
0.600
0.500
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.020
0.030
0.030
0.030
0.020
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.004
0.005
0.013
0.006
0.011

DATE
FROM
TO
73/03/15

73/09/06
73/11/07


TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
10 15 0000
10 15 0005
16 45 0000
11 35 0000
11 35 0005
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.013
0.013
0.019
0.027
0.024
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
1.0

5.1
2.8

               K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
               LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 75/08/25
                                                                  123003
                                                                 28 33 56.0 081  46 26.0
                                                                 LAKE MINNEOLA
                                                                 12069   FLORIDA
                      00010
  DATE   TIME DEPTH  WATER
  FROM    OF          TEMP
   TO    DAY  FEET    CENT

73/03/15 10 40 0000     24.7
         10 40 0005     24.7
73/09/06 16 35 0000     29.8
73/11/07 11 45 0000     22.8
         11 45 0005     22.7
00300     00077     00094
 DO      TRANSP   CNDUC
         SECCHI   FIELD
MG/L     INCHES   MICRO
   8.3
   7.8

   8.2
108

 73
 84
                                                                 11EPALES
                                                                 3
                                                      2111202
                                                     0009 FEET
                                                   DEPTH
14
VY

IHO
75
75
87
85
85
00400
PH

SU
7.70
7.90
6.70
6.60
6.50
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
10K
10K
10K
10K
10K
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.040
0.040
0.050
0.040
0.040
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.400
0.400
0.800
0.600
0.500
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.020
0.020
0.030
0.030
0.030
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.003
0.004
0.008
0.005
0.008

DATE
FROM
TO
73/03/15

73/09/06
73/11/07


TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
10 40 0000
10 40 0005
16 35 0000
11 45 0000
11 45 0005
00665
PriOS-TOT

MG/L f
0.013
0.014
0.016
0.015
0.019
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
0.9

5.5
2.7

                       K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
                       LESS THAN INDICATED

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       APPENDIX E

TRIBUTARY AND WASTEWATER
  TREATMENT PLANT DATA

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 75/08/25
                                                                  1230A1
                                                                 28 35 00.0 081 47 00.0
                                                                 PALATLAKAHA
                                                                 12095   7.5 CLERMONT HES
                                                                 0/LAKE MINNEOLA
                                                                 B*OG NEAR CRYSTAL COVE
                                                                 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
73/07/08
73/08/05
73/09/08
73/11/03
73/12/08
73/12/15
74/01/12
74/02/02
09 25
11 05
10 00
08 00
10 15
15 15
14 00
14 35
10 45
10 40
11 05
11 45
)0630
><»N03
FOTAL
4G/L
0.014
0.021
0.010K
0.010K
0.022
0.016
0.016
0.011
0.028
0.012
0.020
0.020
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.800
1.050
1.470
0.610
3.900
0.580
7.800
0.600
0.600
0.800
0.500
0.800
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.080
0.100
0.010
0.032
0.189
0.078
0.800
0.060
0.032
0.04Q
0.032
0.020
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.007
0.005K
0.005K
0.012
0.005K
0.013
0.008
0.029
0.012
0.032
0.012
0.015
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.015
0.020
0.035
0.015
0.025
0.025
0.020
0.029
0.020
0.050
0.030
0.015
                  K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
                  LESS THAN  INDICATED

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 75/08/25
                                                                  I230bl
                                                                 28 34 00.0 081 46 30.0
                                                                 UNNAMED TRIB
                                                                 12      7.5 CLERMONT WES
                                                                 I/LAKE MINNEOLA
                                                                 BROG OVER CONN BTW LKS MINNEOLA & HIAWAT
                                                                 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
73/07/08
73/08/05
73/09/08
73/11/03
73/12/08
73/12/15
74/01/12
74/02/02
09 40
11 14
10 15
08 10
10 00
15 00
13 40
15 45
10 30
10 20
11 45
11 30
0630
I&N03
OTAL
IG/L
0.010K
0.014
0.010K
0.010K
0.022
0.240
0.010K
0.010K
0.012
0.010K
0.012
0.008
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.380
0.780
1.500
0.630
0.735
3.200
0.690
0.550
0.600
0.600
0.500
0.700
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.048
0.021
0.012
0.024
0.036
1.580
0.037
0.066
0.028
0.028
0.055
0.015
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.006
0.007
0.005K
0.008
0.015
0.005K
0.009
0.01B
0.011
0.020
0.008
0.005
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.015
0.040
0.040
0.010
0.030
0.035
0.035
0.150
0.025
0.035
0.020
0.025
            K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
            LESS THAN INDICATED

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