U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                   WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                         REPORT
                                           ON
                                       WESTLER LAKE
                                      LAGRANGE OMTY
                                         INDIANA
                                       EPA REGION V
                                    WORKING PAPER No, 346
CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                            and
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
 699-440

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                             REPORT
                               ON
                          WESTLERLAKE
                        LAGRANGE COUNTY
                            INDIANA
                          EPA REGION V
                     WORKING PAPER No,  346
 WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
s
 INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
          AND THE
    INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD
        I%RCH, 1976

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

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

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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 fresh water 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)>, water
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 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 Indiana State Board of
Health for professional involvement, to the Indiana National
Guard for conducting the tributary sampling phase of the Survey,
and to those Indiana wastewater treatment plant operators who
provided effluent samples and flow data.

    The staff of the Division of Water Pollution Control, Indiana
State Board of Health, provided invaluable lake documentation and
counsel during the  Survey, reviewed the preliminary reports, and
provided critiques  most useful in the preparation of this Working
Paper series.

    Major General Alfred F. Ahner, Adjutant General of Indiana,
and Project Officers Lt. Colonel Charles B.  Roberts (Retired)
and Colonel Robert  L. Sharp, who directed the volunteer efforts
of the Indiana National Guardsmen, are also gratefully acknowledged
for their assistance to the Survey.

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                                    IV
                      NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY

                               STUDY LAKES

                             STATE OF INDIANA
LAKE NAME

Bass
Cataract
Crooked
Dallas
Geist
Hami1 ton
Hovey
James
James
Long
Marsh
Mississinewa
Maxinkuckee
Monroe
Morse
01 in
Oliver
Pigeon
Syl van
Tippecanoe
Versailles
Wawassee
Webster
Westler
Whitewater
Winona
Witmer
COUNTY

Starke
Owen, Putnam
Steuben
LaGrange
Hamilton, Marion
Steuben
Posey
Kosciusko
Steuben
Steuben
Steuben
Grant, Miami, Wabash
Marshall
Brown, Monroe
Hami1 ton
LaGrange
LaGrange
Steuben
Noble
Kosciusko
Ripley
Kosciusko
Kosciusko
LaGrange
Union
Kosciusko
LaGrange

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                                            DALLAS & WESTLER  LAKES
                                               Tributary Sampling Site
                                            X Lake Sampling Site
                                               Sewage Treatment Facility
                                             o_        1/2        i         11/2 ,(m.
                                             o
    Ind.
  is
Map  Location
                                                                                      4133—
85 26'
                          85 25

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                               WESTLER LAKE
                             STORE! NO. 1841

I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate that Westler Lake is eutrophic.   Of the
        27 Indiana water bodies sampled in 1973, Westler Lake ranked
        thirteenth in overall trophic quality using a combination of
        six parameters*.  Twelve lakes had less and two had the same
        median total phosphorus, 16 had less and one had the same median
        dissolved phosphorus, 12 had less median inorganic nitrogen, nine
        had less mean chlorophyll a_, and nine had greater mean Secchi
        disc transparency.
            Survey limnologists observed algal blooms and macrophytes
        in the shallow areas at stations 1 and 2 in August.  Hypolim-
        netic dissolved oxygen was depleted at stations 1 and 2 in
        August and October and at station 3 in October.
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The algal assay results indicate that Westler Lake was phos-
        phorus limited at the time the sample was collected (05/03/73).
        The lake data indicate phosphorus limitation in August as well
        but nitrogen limitation in October.
    C.  Nutrient Controllability:
            1.  Point sources—During the sampling year, Westler Lake
        received a total phosphorus loading over 2% times that proposed
* See Appendix A.

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by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and Dillon, 1974) as a eutrophic
loading.
    Other than the estimated septic tanks loads, there were  no
known point sources directly impacting the lake,  However, the
Village of Wolcottville is an indirect source which impacts
Witmer Lake (see map, page v) and contributed 190 kg total phos-
phorus to that lake during the sampling year.
    On the basis of the measured phosphorus retention in Witmer
Lake (less than 33% during the sampling year), it is calculated
that 90% phosphorus removal at Wolcottville would reduce the
total load to Westler Lake by more than 7% and would reduce  the
loading rate to about 4 g/m2/yr.  While this rate is still more
than two times Vollenweider's eutrophic rate, it is questionable
whether his model  is applicable to Westler Lake because of the
short mean hydraulic retention time of the lake (27 days); and
it is possible that a high degree of phosphorus control at the
indirect point source would result in persistent phosphorus  limi-
tation (see page 7) and a reduction in the incidence and severity
of nuisance algal  blooms in Westler Lake.  Also, the phosphorus
reduction probably would benefit downstream Dallas Lake (see
map, page v), since Westler Lake retained less than 12% of the
phosphorus load received during the sampling year.
    2.  Non-point sources—During the sampling year, the non-point
phosphorus contributions of the Witmer Lake outlet and the imme-
diate drainage accounted for 98% of the total phosphorus load to
Westler Lake.

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II.   LAKE AND DRAINAGE BASIN  CHARACTERISTICS1"
     A.   Lake Morphometry   :
         1.   Surface  area:  0.36  kilometers2.
         2.   Mean  depth:  6.1 meters.
         3.   Maximum  depth:   11.6 meters.
         4.   Volume:   2.184 x 106 m3.
         5.   Mean  hydraulic retention  time:  27 days.
     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C for  flow data)
         1.   Tributaries -
                                              Drainage       Mean flow
             Name                              area  (km2)*    (m3/sec)*
             Witmer Lake outlet                    93.5           0.88
             Minor tributaries &
              immediate drainage  -                   4.0           0.04
                           Totals                 97.5           0.92
         2.   Outlet -
             Dallas Lake inlet                     97.9**         0.92
     C.   Precipitation***:
         1.   Year  of  sampling:  111.6  centimeters.
         2.   Mean  annual:  91.3 centimeters.
 t  Table  of metric  conversions—Appendix B.
 tt Winters,  1975.
 *  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.   LAKE WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Westler Lake was sampled three times during the open-water  season
  of 1973 by means of a pontoon-equipped Huey helicopter.   Each time,
  samples for physical and chemical  parameters were  collected  from a
  number of depths at three stations on the lake (see map,  page v).
  During each visit, a single depth-integrated (4.6  m 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 8.5
  meters at station 1, 8.8 meters at station 2, and  8.8 meters at sta-
  tion 3.
      The sampling results are presented in full in  Appendix D and
  are summarized in the following table.

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PARAMETER




TEMP (Cl




DISS OXY (MG/L)




CNOCTVY (MCROMO)




PH (STAND UNITS)




TOT ALK (MG/L)




TOT P (MG/L)




ORTHO P 




N02«N03 (MG/LI




AMMONIA (MG/L)




KJEL N  (MG/L)




INORG N (MG/L)




TOTAL N (MG/L)




CHLRPYL A (UG/L)




SECCHI  (METERS)
       1ST SAMPLING ( 5/



             3 SITES



     RANGE        MEAN



  8.7  -  13.3    12.3



  2.3  -  10.9     8.1



 510.  -  535.    518.



  7.7  -   8.4     8.2



 200.  -  214.    206.



0.018  - 0.054   0.034



0.003  - 0.018   0.006



0.530  - 0.810   0.777



0.060  - 0.620   0.147



0.800  - 1.400   0.947



0.850  - 1.150   0.924



1.600  - 1.930   1.723



 11.9  -  13.3    12.6



  1.8  -   2.1     2.0
ilCAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR WESTLER LAKE
STORET CODE 1841
3/73) 2ND SAMPLING ( 8/ 3/73)
2 SITES
MEDIAN
13.1
9.6
520.
8.3
206.
0.033
0.005
0.800
0.080
0.900
0.880
1.700
12.7
2.1
RANGE
11.6
0.0
398.
7.2
188.
0.025
0.003
0.060
0.080
0.900
0.150
0.970
10.1
1.4
- 25.2
8.5
- 461.
8.4
- 310.
- 0.630
- 0.503
- 0.100
- 5.450
- 7.400
- 5.520
- 7.470
- 13.6
1.4
MEAN
19.2
3.8
436.
7.9
222.
0.114
0.077
0.081
1.022
2.183
1.103
2.264
11.8
1.4
MEDIAN
21.0
3.0
440.
7.9
203.
0.037
0.013
0.080
0.230
1.500
0.300
1.575
11.8
1.4
3RD SAMPLING (10/12/73)
3 SITES
RANGE
10.2
0.0
400.
7.1
181.
0.018
0.009
0.020
0.060
0.900
0.080
0.920
7.4
1.9
- 19.5
8.6
- 439.
8.5
- 310.
- 0.634
- 0.606
- 0.060
- 6.490
- 9.000
- 6.530
- 9.040
8.7
2.0
MEAN
15.3
2.8
415.
7.7
221.
0.209
0.181
0.034
1.868
3.517
1.902
3.551
8.0
1.9
MEDIAN
16.5
0.9
410.
7.6
193.
0.048
0.033
0.03S
0.565
1.800
0.605
1.845
8.0
2.0

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B.  Biological characteristics:

    1.  Phytoplankton -
        Sampling
        Date

        05/03/73
        08/03/73
        10/12/73
    2.   Chlorophyll  a_ -

        Sampling
        Date

        05/03/73
        08/03/73
        10/12/73
Dominant
Genera

1.  Fragilaria sp.
2.  Asterionella sp.
3.  Flagellates
4.  Aphanizomenon sp.
5.  Oscillator!a sp.
    Other genera

            Total

1.  Oscillator!a sp.
2.  Gomphosphaeria sp.
3.  Aphanizomenon sp.
4.  Flagellates
5.  Microcystis sp.
    Other genera

            Total

1.  Aphanizomenon sp.
2.  Oscillatoria sp.
3.  Flagellates
4.  Fragilaria sp.
5.  Anabaena sjp_.
    Other genera

            Total
Station
Number

   1
   2
   3

   1
   2
   3

   1
   2
   3
Algal Units
per ml	

  2,069
    943
    318
    196
    147
    233
  3,906

    663
    186
    176
    133
     53
  	35

  1,246

    715
    345
    222
     99
     74
    247

  1,702
Chlorophyll
(yg/D

    11.9
    12.7
    13.3

    10.1
    13.6
     8.7
     8.0
     7.4

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C.  Limiting Nutrient Study:
    1.  Autoclaved, filtered,  and nutrient  spiked  -
                         Ortho P         Inorganic  N    Maximum yield
        Spike (mg/1)     Cone, (mg/1)     Cone,  (mg/1)   (mq/l-dry wt.)
        Control              0.010             0.960           0.8
        0.050 P             0.060             0.960          14.6
        0.050P+1.0N     0.060             1.960          14.5
        1.0 N               0.010             1.960           2.5
    2.  Discussion -
            The control  yield  of the assay  alga, Selenastrum capri-
        cornutum, indicates  that the potential  primary productivity
        of Westler Lake was  moderate at the time the assay  sample
        was collected.   The  results  also indicate  phosphorus limita-
        tion at that time.   Note that  when  only nitrogen was added,
        the yield was not significantly increased  over the  control
        yield;  but, with the addition  of orthophosphorus alone, the
        yield increased 18-fold.
            The lake data also indicate phosphorus limitation in
        August (the mean inorganic nitrogen/orthophosphorus ratio
        was 14/1) but nitrogen limitation in October (the mean N/P
        ratio was 11/1).

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IV.   NUTRIENT LOADINGS
     (See Appendix E for data)
     For the determination of nutrient loadings,  the  Indiana National
 Guard collected monthly near-surface grab samples  from each of the
 tributary sites indicated on the map (page v), except for the high
 runoff months of February and  March when  two  samples were collected.
 Sampling was begun in June,  1973, and was completed  in May, 1974.
       »
     Through an interagency agreement, stream  flow  estimates for the
 year of sampling and a "normalized" or average year  were provided by
 the Indiana 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*.
     The inlet station of Westler Lake is  the  outlet  station of Witmer
 Lake** (1842A-1), and the outlet station  of Westler  Lake is the inlet
 station of Dallas Lake*** (1845B-1).
     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 C-l  of nearby  Witmer  Lake and multiplying
 by  the ZZ area in km2.
     Note that the estimated septic tank phosphorus loading was reduced
 by  50% to adjust for the Indiana phosphate detergent ban instituted in
 January, 1972.
 * See Working Paper No.  175.
 ** Working Paper No.  349.
 *** Working Paper No.  326.

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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)  -
                Witmer Lake  outlet            1,530            96.8
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load)       25             1.6
            c.  Known municipal STP's - None
            d.  Septic tanks* -                  20             1.3
            e.  Known industrial  - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -      	5             0.3
                        Total                 1,580           100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Dallas Lake inlet                 1,400
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 180 kg.
* Estimate based on 140 lakeshore dwellings;  see Working Paper No.  175.
** See Working Paper No. 175.

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    C.  Annual Total Nitrogen Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
                                              kg N/          % of
            Source                            yj;	          total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Witruer Lake outlet            53,730          94.0
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -   1,525           2.7
            c.  Known municipal STP's - None
            d.  Septic tanks* -                1,490           2.6
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -         390           0.7
                        Total                 57,135         100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Dallas Lake inlet                 66,625
        3.  Net annual N loss - 9,490 kg.
    D.  Mean Annual Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tributary                             kg P/kma/yr    kg N/km2/yr
        Witmer Lake outlet                        16             575
* Estimate based on 140 lakeshore dwellings; see Working Paper No.  175.
** See Working Paper No. 175.

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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).  Essentially, his "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 meso-
        trophic loading would be considered one between "dangerous"
        and "permissible".
            Note that Vollenweider's model  may not be applicable to
        water bodies with short hydraulic retention times.
                                  Total Phosphorus       Total  Nitrogen
        	Total   Accumulated    Total    Accumulated
        grams/m2/yr             4.39       0.50        158.7      loss*

        Vollenweider phosphorus loadings
         (g/m2/yr) based on mean depth and mean
         hydraulic retention time of Westler Lake:
            "Dangerous"  (eutrophic loading)             1.68
            "Permissible"  (oligotrophic loading)        0.84
* 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, underestimation of the nitrogen loads from the ungaged drainage
  and/or septic tanks, or (probably) insufficient outlet sampling in
  relation to the short hydraulic retention time of the lake.  Whatever
  the cause, a similar nitrogen loss has occurred at Shagawa Lake,  Minne-
  sota, which has been intensively studied by EPA's former National  Eutro-
  phication and Lake Restoration Branch (Malueg et al., 1975).

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V.  LITERATURE REVIEWED
    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.  Environ.
        Qual., vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 236-242.

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

    Winters, John, 1975.  Personal communication (lake morphometry).
        IN Div. Water Poll. Contr., Indianapolis.

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VI.  APPENDICES
                                  APPENDIX A
                                  LAKE  RANKINGS

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LAKE DATA TO BE USED IN RANKINGS
LAKE
CODE
1805
181)
1817
1837
182H
1829
1836
1837
1839
18*0
18<>1
1842
18*3
18**
18*5
18*6
18*7
18*8
18*9
1850
1851
1852
1853
185*
1855
1856
1857
LAKE NAME
CATARACT LAKE
GEIST RESERVOIR
JAMES LAKE
M1SS1SSINEKA RESERVOIR
MONROE RESERVOIR
MORSE RESERVOIR
KAWASFE LAKE
WEBSTER LAKE
WHITEWATER LAKE
WINONA LAKE
WESTLER LAKE
WITMER LAKE
LAKE MAXINKUCKEE
TIPPECANOE LAKE
DALLAS LAKE
OLIN LAKE
OLIVER LAKE
SrLVAN LAKE
HOVEY LAKE
VERSAILLES LAKE
8ASS LAKE
CROOKED LAKE
LAKE JAMES
LONG LAKE
PIGEON LAKE
MARSH LAKE
HAMILTON LAKE
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.058
.07*
.024
.107
.025
.08*
.012
.025
.08*
.035
.035
.035
.020
.019
.029
.012
.009
.170
.002
.139
.0*0
.019
.016
.20*
.058
.093
.033
MEDIAN
INORG N
1.660
1.080
1.030
2.*00
0.325
3.325
0.210
0.790
1.620
1.250
0.860
0.900
0.220
0.195
0.830
1.460
0.920
0.130
1.050
1.090
0.250
0.120
0.190
1.920
1.9*5
0.270
0.720
500-
MEAN SEC
*66.
*72.
*3*.
*73.
*38.
*73.
36*.
*31.
*70.
***.
*27.
**0.
*00.
391.
*13.
*03.
392.
*69.
*89.
*82.
*71.
*10.
352.
**2.
**2.
*51.
*13.
667
500
000
***
b23
222
500
000
167
667
125
333
*00
500
333
333
000
833
333
000
375
111
***
667
067
333
167
MEAN
CHLOHA
10.
*5.
11.
15.
6.
56.
5.
11.
33.
11.
10.
11.
5.
6.
10.
*.
3.
*7.
8*.
25.
29.
5.
*.
16.
11.
3*.
17.
7**
950
533
778
9*7
167
000
500
083
211
712
917
*83
050
067
867
767
*80
267
078
367
578
856
100
900
*67
*50
15-
MIN uo
15
11
15
15
15
15
1*
15
15
15
15
15
IS
15
15
1*
1*
1*
7
1*
7
15
15
15
15
15
15
.000
.600
.000
.000
.000
.000
.600
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.900
.800
.800
.600
.500
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
MEDIAN
OISS ORThO P
0.013
0.009
0.008
0.029
0.007
0.009
0.003
0.005
0.012
0.011
0.013
0.011
0.003
0.005
0.01*
0.003
0.00*
0.017
0.02*
0.019
0.012
0.005
0.005
0.150
0.015
0.055
0.018

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PERCENT OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES (NUMBER OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES)
LAKE
CODE
1805
1811
1817
1837
1838
1839
1836
1837
1B39
1840
1841
1843
1843
1844
1845
1846
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1853
1853
1854
1855
1856
1857
LAKE NAME
CATARACT LAKE
GEIST RESERVOIR
JAMES LAKE
MISSISSINEWA RESERVOIR
MONROE RESERVOIR
MORSE RESERVOIR
WAWASEE LAKE
WEBSTER LAKE
MHITEKATER LAKE
WINONA LAKE
WESTLER LAKE
WITHER LAKE
LAKE MAXINKUCKEE
TIPPECANOE LAKE
DALLAS LAKE
OLIN LAKE
OLIVER LAKE
SYLVAN LAKE
HOVEY LAKE
VERSAILLES LAKE
BASS LAKE
CROOKED LAKE
LAKE JAMES
LONG LAKE
PIGEON LAKE
MARSH LAKE
HAMILTON LAKE
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
37
27
73
13
67
33
94
67
19
50
50
50
77
85
63
94
100
4
31
B
43
81
88
0
37
15
58
I 9)
1 7)
( 19)
( 3)
( 17)
< 6)
< 34)
( 17)
( 5)
( 13)
( 13)
( 121
( 30)
< 33)
( 16)
I 34)
( 36)
I D
( 8)
( 3)
( 11)
( 3D
1 33)
( 0)
( 9)
( 4)
( 15)
MEDIAN
INORG N
15
35
43
4
69
0
85
63
19
37
54
50
81
88
58
33
46
96
38
31
77
100
93
13
8
73
65
1 4)
( 9)
< 11)
( 1)
( 18)
( 0)
( 33)
I 16)
( 51
( 7)
( 14)
( 13)
( 31)
( 33)
( 15)
( 6)
< 13)
( 35)
( 10)
I 8)
( 30)
( 36)
I 34)
( 3)
( 3)
( 19)
1 17)
500-
MEAN SEC
31 (
15 (
58 (
a (
54 (
13 <
96 <
63 (
33 (
38 (
65 (
50 (
85 <
93 (
69 (
81 (
88 (
37 (
0 (
4 (
19 (
77 (
100 (
44 (
44 (
35 (
73 (
8)
4)
15)
3)
14)
3)
35)
16)
6)
10)
17)
13)
33)
34)
18)
31)
33)
7)
0)
1)
5)
30)
36)
11)
11)
9)
19)
MEAN
CHLORA
63
13
50
38
73
4
88
54
19
58
65
43
85
77
69
93
100
8
0
37
33
81
96
35
46
IS
31
I 16)
( 3)
( 13)
( 10)
( 19)
I 1)
( 33)
( 14)
I 5)
( 15)
( 17)
I 11)
( 33)
< 30)
I 18)
I 34)
I 36)
1 3)
( 0)
( 7)
I 6)
I 31)
( 35)
( 9)
I 13)
( 4)
( 8)
15-
MIN DO
35
93
35
35
35
35
85
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
73
79
79
96
88
100
35
35
35
35
35
35
( 0)
( 34)
I 0)
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
( 33)
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
I 0)
( 0)
( 19)
I 30)
( 30)
( 35)
( 33)
( 36)
( 0)
( 0)
I 0)
( 0)
I 0)
( 0)
MEDIAN
DISS ORTHO P
37 (
63 (
65 (
8 (
69 (
58 (
98 (
81 (
43 <
53 (
37 (
53 (
98 (
85 (
31 (
93 I
88 (
33 (
13 (
15 (
46 I
75 (
75 (
0 (
37 (
4 (
19 (
9)
16)
17)
2)
18)
15)
25)
31)
11)
13)
9)
13)
35)
33)
8)
34)
33)
6)
3)
4)
13)
19)
19)
0)
7)
1)
5)
INUEX
NO
317
343
333
105
367
133
546
361
157
260
306
279
461
463
334
455
501
337
177
173
307
449
486
136
197
177
381

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LAKES RANKED BY INDEX NOS.
RANK  LAKE CODE  LAKE NAHE               INDEX NO

   1  1836       WAWASEE LAKE               546
   2  18*7       OLIVER LAKE                501
   3  1853       LAKE JAMES                 486
   4  1844       TIPPECANOE LAKE            462
   5  1B43       LAKE MAXINKUCKEE           461
   6  18*6       OLIN LAKE                  455
   7  1852       CROOKED LAKE               449
   8  1828       MONROE RESERVOIR           367
   9  1837       WEBSTER LAKE               361
  10  1845       DALLAS LAKE                324
  11  1817       JAMES LAKE                 323
  12  1851       BASS LAKE            '      307
  13  1841       WESTLER LAKE               306
  14  1857       HAMILTON LAKE              281
  15  1842       WITHER LAKE                279
  16  1840       WINONA LAKE                260
  17  1811       GEIST RESERVOIR            243
  18  1848       SYLVAN LAKE                237
  19  1805       CATARACT LAKE              217
  20  1855       PIGEON LAKE                197
  21  1856       MARSH LAKE                 177
  22  1849       HOVEY LAKE                 177
  23  1850       VERSAILLES LAKE            173
  24  1839       WHITEWATER LAKE            157
  25  1829       MORSE RESERVOIR            132
  26  1854       LONG LAKE                  126
  27  1827       MISSISSINEWA RESERVOIR     105

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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
                         -4
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 INDIANA
                                                                                          03/29/76
          SUB-DRAINAGE
TRIBUTARY  AREAfSQ KM)
184IA1
1841B1
1841ZZ
97.9
93.5
 4.1
i OF LAKE(SQ KM)
JAN
1.21
1.15
0.045

TOTAL
SUM OF
FEB
1.41
1.35
0.059

97,
MAR
1.99
1.89
0.088

DRAINAGE AREA
SUB-DRAINAGE

.9
APR
1.87
1.78
0.079

OF LAKE =
AREAS =

MAY
1.21
1.16
0.051

97.9
97.6



NORMALIZED FLOWS (CMS)
JUN JUL AUG
0.91 0.56
0.87 0.53
0.040 0.023
SUMMARY

0.21
0.20
0.006

TOTAL
TOTAL

FLOW
FLOW

SEP
0.19
0.18
0.007

IN =
OUT =

OCT NOV
0.21 0.48
0.20 0.46
0.007 0.020

11.07
11.12

DEC MEAN
0.87 0.92
0.84 0.88
0.040 0.039


     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CMS)

TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR    MEAN FLOW  DAY

1841A1
1841B1
1841ZZ
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74
74
74
74
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74
74
74
74
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74
74
74
74
                                     FLOW  DAY
                                                       FLOW  DAY
                                                                         FLOW
1.529
1.048
0.765
0.538
0.481
0.481
0.906
.529
.897
2.322
.671
.501
.472
0.991
0.736
0.510
0.453
0.453
0.878
1.472
1.812
2.209
1.586
1.444
0.065
0.045
0.034
0.022
0.020
0.020
0.040
0.065
0.079
0.099
0.071
0.065
9
14
12
8
6
9
8
9
9
9
13
11
9
14
12
8
6
9
8
9
9
9
13
11
9
14
12
8
6
9
8
9
9
9
13
11
2.265
1.076
0.736
0.566
0.481
0.425
0.680
0.906
2.124 23
2.945 23
1.897
1.274
2.152
1.019
0.708
0.538
0.453
0.396
0.651
0.878
2.039 23
2.832 23
1.812
1.218
0.096
0.045
0.031
0.024
0.020
0.013
0.028
0.040
0.091 23
0.125 23
0.079
0.054








2.265
2.067










2.152
1.982










0.096
0.088



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        APPENDIX D
PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/30
                                                                  184101
                                                                 41  32  20.0  085 23  48.0  3
                                                                 WESTLER  LAKE
                                                                 18087    INDIANA
DATE
FROM
TO
73/05/03




73/08/03







73/10/12





DATE
FROM
TO
73/05/03




73/08/03





73/10/12




TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
15 35 0000
15 35 0006
15 35 0015
15 35 0022
IS 35 0028
14 30 0000
14 30 0005
14 30 0010
14 30 0012
14 30 0015
14 30 0020
14 30 0025
14 30 0028
11 15 0000
11 15 0015
11 15 0020
11 15 0025
11 15 0028

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
15 35 0000
15 35 0006
15 35 0015
15 35 0022
15 35 0028
14 30 0000
14 30 0005
14 30 0012
14 30 0015
14 30 0020
14 30 0028
11 15 0000
11 15 0015
11 15 0020
11 15 0025
11 15 0028
00010
HATER
TEMP
CENT
13.3
13.3
13.3
13.3
10.0
25.2
24.9
24.4
23.5
17.6
13.8
12.6
11.6
18.8
17.8
15.5
11.3
10.6
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.029
0.041
0.039
0.037
0.035
0.029
0.025
0.027
0.052
0.090
0.630
0.018
0.031
0.058
0.319
0.634
00300
DO

MG/L

10.0
9.9
10.9
5.8
8.2
8.5

5.8
0.0
0.0

0.0
8.6
3.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
11.9




10.1





8.7




00077 00094
TRANSP CNDUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
INCHES MICROMHO
72 520
510
530
520
520
57 461
457
450
460
430
398
402
430
78 400
402
416
418
438




















11EPALES 2111202
0033 FEET DEPTH CLASS 00
00400 00410 00610 00625
PH T ALK NH3-N TOT KJEL

SU
8.30
8.40
8.40
8.30
8.00
8.40
8.40

8.40
7.60
7.50

7.20
8.40
7.90
7.50
7.20
7.10




















CAC03
MG/L
200
212
208
206
210
190
188

197
208
220

300
183
187
198
280
310




















TOTAL
MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

0
0
0

5
0
0
0
4
6




















.060
.060
.060
.060
.280
.090
.080

.080
.380
.680

.450
.060
.170
.860
.180
.320




















N
MG/L
1.100
0.900
0.900
0.900
1.000
2.200
1.300

1.400
1.600
2.200

7.400
1.200
1.100
2.100
S.400
7.900




















00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.810
0.800
0.810
0.790
0.790
0.080
0.090

0.090
0.060
0.100

0.070
0.020
0.020
0.060
0.020
0.040




















00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.003
0.004
0.003
0.005
0.010
0.013
0.009

0.008
0.021
0.055

0.503
0.010
0.025
0.044
0.243
0.556





















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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/30
                                                                  184103
                                                                 41 32 39.0 085 24 11.0 3
                                                                 MESTLER LAKE
                                                                 18087   INDIANA

DATE
FROM
TO
73/05/03




73/08/03







73/^0/13





TIME DEPTH
or

DAY FEET
16 50
16 50
16 50
16 50
16 50
15 15
15 15
15 15
15 15
15 15
15 15
15 15
15 15
13 50
13 50
13 50
13 50
0000
0006
0015
0033
0039
0000
0005
0010
0013
0015
0030
0035
0038
0000
0015
0030
0038
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
13.3
13.3
13.3
13.0
9.7
35.1
34.3
34.3
33.8
18.5
13.6
13.7
13.0
19.1
17.8
15.0
10.7
00300
DO

MG/L

lOoO
9.9
9.5
4.9
B.I
8.0

6.6
0.3
0.0

0.0
8.6
3.6
0.0
0*0
00077 00094
TRANSP CNDUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
INCHES MICROMHO
84 510
510
510
510
510
57 456
457
455
455
430
405
405
430
73 401
403
416
439
11EPALES 3111303
0033 FEET DEPTH CLASS 00
00400 00410 00610 00625
PH

SO
8.30
8.30
8.30
8.30
8.20
8.40
8o30

8.30
7.50
7.50

7.30
8.40
7.80
7.50
7.10
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
308
306
304
308
300
193
190

198
334
240

310
182
187
203
380
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.080
0.080
0.060
0.100
0.360
0.120
0.080

0.090
0.340
1.230

3o650
OoOBO
Oo300
U480
6.490
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.900
o.eoo
0.800
0.800
1.000
1.000
0.900

0.900
1.200
3.000

4.100
1.400
0.900
2o800
7o700
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.810
0.800
0.800
0.810
0.710
0.080
0.070

0.100
0.060
0.090

0.080
0.040
0.020
0.060
0.040
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
O.OOS
0.003
0.003
0.004
0.016
0.003
0.013

0.010
0.014
0.036

0.240
0.037
0.026
0.029
0.606
                      00665     33217
  DATE   TIME DEPTH PHOS-TOT  CHLRPHYL
  FROM    OF                     A
   TO    DAY  FEET   MG/L P     UG/L
                                  12.7
                                  13.6
                                   8.0
73/05/03




73/08/03





73/10/12



16
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
15
13
13
13
13
50
50
SO
50
50
15
15
15
15
15
15
SO
50
50
50
0000
0006
0015
0033
0039
0000
0005
0013
0015
0030
0038
0000
0015
0020
0028
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.038
.030
.026
.029
.043
.026
.025
.026
.046
.081
.313
.038
.037
.058
.630

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/30
                                                                  184103
                                                                 41 32 41.0 085 24 35.0 3
                                                                 WESTLER LAKE
                                                                 18087   INDIANA
DATE
FROM
TO
73/05/03




73/10/12



DATE
FROM
TO
73/05/03




73/10/12


TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
17 15 0000
17 15 0006
17 15 0015
17 15 0022
17 15 0029
14 15 0000
14 15 0015
14 15 0027

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
17 15 0000
17 15 0006
17 15 0015
17 15 0022
17 15 0029
14 15 0000
14 15 0015
14 15 0027
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
13.1
13.1
12.9
11.6
8.7
19.5
17.6
10.2
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.018
0.030
0.035
0.033
0.054
0.033
0.030
0.620
00300
DO

MG/L

9.8
8.4
6.0
2.3
8.6
1.8
0.0
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
13.3




7.4


00077 00094
TRANSP CNDUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
INCHES MICROMHO
84 520
520
520
530
535
78 403
402
437












11EPALES 2111202
0033 FEET DEPTH CLASS 00
00400 00410 00610 00625
PH T ALK NH3-N TOT KJEL

SU
8
8
8
7
7
8
7
7














.30
.30
.20
.80
.70
.50
.70
.10












CAC03
MG/L
200
206
208
206
214
181
188
272












TOTAL
MG/L
0.070
0.060
0.080
0.180
0.620
0.080
0.270
2.230












N
MG/L
1.100
0.800
0.900
0.900
1.400
1.500
1.200
9.000












00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.790
0.800
0.800
0.800
0.530
0.030
0.020
0.040












00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.005
0.003
0.005
0.009
0.018
0.009
0.026
0.566













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  APPENDIX E
TRIBUTARY DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/o4/oa
                                                                  184581 and 1841A1
                                                                 41 32 45.0 085 24 44.0 4
                                                                 DALLAS LK-WRESTLER LK CONNECTION
                                                                 18      7.5 OLIVER LAKE
                                                                 I/DALLAS LAKE
                                                                 BANK SAMPLE TAKE FROM E BANK
                                                                 11EPALES             3111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
TO
73/06/09
73/07/14
73/08/12
73/09/08
73/10/06
73/11/09
73/12/08
74/01/22
74/02/09
74/02/23
74/03/09
74/03/23
74/04/13
74/05/11
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
13
10
13
09

12
09

11
10
12
11
09
15
05
15
25
30

00
00

00
00
45
00
30
10
MG/L MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
.390
.014
.010K
.010K
.010K
.040
.076
.600
.760
.000
.690
.260
.950
.300
.300 1.200
.200 1.000
.600 3.400
.520 2.150
.340 2.000
.120 2.900
.880 1.000
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0.016
0.065
0.026
0.013
0.020
0.520
0.276
0.240
0.185
0.240
0.150
0.075
0.115
0.200
MG/L P
0.005K
0.005
0.010
0.005K
0.005K
0.036
0*008
0.010
0.010
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.015
0.055
MG/L P
0.030
0.015
0.015
0.010
0.020
0.045
0.075
0.055
0.050
0.050
0.090
0.070
0.030
0.115
  K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
  LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/04/08
                                                                  1842A1 and 1841B1
                                                                 41 32 12.0 085 23 50.0 4
                                                                 WESTLER-WITMER LAKE CONNECTION
                                                                 18      7.5 OLIVER LAKE
                                                                 O/WHITMER LAKE
                                                                 700 S RO 8ROG SW OF MEBERS LANDING
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00

DATE
FROM
TO
73/06/09
73/07/14
73/08/12
73/09/08
73/10/06
73/11/09
73/12/08
74/01/09
74/02/09
74/02/23
74/03/09
74/03/23
74/04/13
74/05/11

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
13 40
12 10
12 10
09 35

12 15
09 00

11 00
10 10
13 00
11 20
09 30
15 00
00630
00625
N02&N03 TOT KJEL
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.330
0.017
0.010K
0.010K
0.010K
0.028
0.088
0.630
1.760
1.180
1.280
1.340
1.200
0.830
N
MG/L
1.900
1.260
1.050
0.940
2.100
1.250
1.600
1.200
1.100
0.900
1.200
1.100
1.550
0.950
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.056
0.024
0.016
0.022
0.032
0.310
0.288
0.232
0.110
0.090
0.185
0.085
0.027
0.155
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.007
0.006
0.011
0.005K
0.005K
0.048
0.016
0.016
0.020
0.010
0.040
0.025
0.012
0.035
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.040
0.015
0.020
0.020
0.030
0.090
0.080
0.075
0.075
0.045
0.100
0.055
0.012
0.110
K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
LESS THAN  INDICATED

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