U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
               NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                        WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                              REPORT
                                               ON
                                          WHITEWATER LAKE
                                           UNION COUNTY
                                             INDIANA
                                           EPA REGION V
                                        WORKING PAPER No, 347
     CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                                  and
    ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
•&G.P.O. 699-440

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                             REPORT
                               ON
                        WHITEWATER LAKE
                         UNION OMY
                            INDIANA
                         EPA REGION V
                     WORKING PAPER No,  347
 WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
INDIANA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
          AND THE
   INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD
        APRIL, 1976

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                                   CONTENTS
                                                               Page
  Foreword                                                      i i
  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 Sunmary                                 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(c)>, 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
Hamilton
Hovey
James
James
Long
Marsh
Mississinewa
Maxinkuckee
Monroe
Morse
01 in
Oliver
Pigeon
Sylvan
Tippecanoe
Versailles
Wawassee
Webster
Westler
Whitewater
Winona
Wi truer
COUNTY

Starke
Owen, Putnam
Steuben
LaGrange
Hamilton, Marion
Steuben
Posey
Kosciusko
Steuben
Steuben
Steuben
Grant, Miami, Wabash
Marshall
Brown, Monroe
Ha mi 1 ton
LaGrange
LaGrange
Steuben
Noble
Kosciusko
Ripley
Kosciusko
Kosciusko
LaGrange
Union
Kosciusko
LaGrange

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                                                                 39° 44 —
 WHITEWATER  LAKE
  Tributary Sampling Site
X  Lake Sampling  Site
   Sewage Treatment Facility
   Drainage Area  Boundary
          Scale
                                               Ind.
                                                                 39°40'—
                                           Map Location
                                                                 39'

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                             WHITEWATER LAKE
                             STORET NO. 1839

I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate that Whitewater Lake is eutrophic.   Of
        the 27 Indiana lakes sampled in 1973, it ranked twenty-fourth in
        overall trophic quality when compared using a combination of six
        parameters*.  Twenty of the lakes had less and one had the same
        median total phosphorus, 14 had less and one had the same median
        dissolved phosphorus, 21 had less mean chlorophyll a_, and 20 had
        greater mean Secchi disc transparency.  Hypolimnetic depletion of
        dissolved oxygen occurred at station 1 in August and October.
            Survey limnologists noted aquatic macrophytes near station 1
        in October.
            A September, 1975 study by the Indiana Division of Water Pol-
        lution Control indicates the trophic condition of Whitewater Lake
        may have improved since Survey sampling was completed; additional
        sampling will be done in the summer of 1976 to verify the apparent
        improvement (BonHomme, 1976).
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The algal assay results are not representative of lake condi-
        tions at the time of sampling because of nutrient losses in the
        sample during shipment from the field to the laboratory.  However,
        the lake data indicate that Whitewater Lake was phosphorus limited
        at all sampling times.
* See Appendix A.

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    C.  Nutrient Controllability:
            1.  Point sources—Point source phosphorus  contributions
        amounted to 23.7% of the total load reaching Whitewater Lake
        during the sampling year.  The Liberty wastewater treatment
        plant contributed 23.5% of the total.
            The present phosphorus loading of 3.28 g/m2/yr is  four times
        that proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and Dillon, 1974)  as
        a eutrophic loading (see page 11).  Whitewater  Lake is phosphorus
        limited, and point-source phosphorus loads should be minimized to
        the greatest practicable extent.   Complete removal  of  phosphorus
        at the Liberty wastewater treatment plant would reduce the loading
        rate to 2.5 g/m2/yr and should at least slow the eutrophication
        occurring in the lake.
            2.  Non-point sources—The phosphorus contribution of non-point
        sources accounted for 76.3% of the total  load to the lake.  Silver
        Creek contributed 70.4%, and the ungaged tributaries were estimated
        to have contributed 5.3%.
            The phosphorus export rate of Silver Creek  was high (45 kg/km2/
        yr) as compared to the rates of two of the tributaries of Versailles
        Lake*; i.e., Falling Timber Creek (9 kg/km2/yr) and Cedar Creek
        (25 kg/km2/yr).  This probably was due to the proximity of the
        stream sampling station to the Liberty treatment plant outfall (see
        map, page v).  Note that phosphorus concentrations in  the stream
        varied directly with concentrations in the plant effluent (Appen-
        dix E).
* Working Paper No. 343.

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II.   LAKE AND DRAINAGE  BASIN  CHARACTERISTICS1"
     A.   Lake Morphometry  :
         1.   Surface area:  0.81  kilometers2.
         2.   Mean depth:  4.6 meters.
         3.   Maximum depth:   14.9 meters.
         4.   Volume:  3.726 x 10s  m3.
         5.   Mean hydraulic retention  time:  94  days.
     B.   Tributary and  Outlet:
         (See Appendix  C  for  flow data)
         1.   Tributaries  -
                                              Drainage       Mean flow
             Name                             area  (km2)*    (m3/sec)*
             Silver Creek                         41.7           0.39
             Minor tributaries &
              immediate drainage  -                  7.3           0.07
                         Totals                   49.0           0.46
         2.   Outlet -
             Silver Creek                         49.8**         0.46**
     C.   Precipitation***:
         1.   Year of sampling:  106.6  centimeters.
         2.   Mean annual:  102.2  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;  outflow adjusted to equal sum of inflows.
 *** See Working Paper  No.  175.

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III.  LAKE WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Whitewater 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 two stations on the lake (see map, page  v).  During
  each visit, a single depth-integrated (4.6 m or 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 ^analysis.  The maximum depths sampled were 9.4
  meters at station 1 and 2.4 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)




DISS OXY (MG/L)



CNOCTVY (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 (UG/D




SECCHI  (METERS)
A. SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND
1ST SAMPLING ( 4/29/73)
2 SITES
RANGE
10.6
7. a
550.
8.2
204.
0.059
0.006
4.200
0.050
0.700
4.250
5.200
18.8
0.5
- 14.9
- 12.1
- 570.
8.5
- 270.
- 0.112
- 0.016
- 4.800
- 0.290
- 1.000
- 4.890
- 5.800
- 43.1
0.9
MEAN
13.7
9.6
557.
8.3
229.
0.087
0.011
4.617
0.110
0.883
4.727
5.500
30.9
0.7
MEDIAN
14.2
9.6
555.
8.3
217.
0.087
0.010
4.700
0.070
0.900
4.805
5.500
30.9
0.7
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR WHITEWATER LAKE
STORET CODE 1839
2ND SAMPLING < 8/ 2/73)
2 SITES
MANGE
12.0
0.0
351.
7.4
122.
0.056
0.010
0.150
0.070
1.600
1.300
2.430
14.1
0.7
- 24.9
- 10.0
- 422.
8.9
- 256.
- 0.101
- 0.036
- 1.410
- 2.880
- 4.100
- 3.030
- 4.250
- 61.8
0.8
MEAN
21.7
4.9
385.
8.2
155.
0.077
0.016
1.023
0.702
2.050
1.725
3.073
37.9
0.7
MEDIAN
24.6
4.8
378.
8.5
131.
0.077
0.011
1.235
0.150
1.600
1.485
2.945
37.9
0.7
3RD SAMPLING (10/10/73)
2 SITES.
RANGE
13.7
0.0
355.
7.2
135.
0.056
0.006
0.030
0.100
0.800
0.130
0.870
14.0
0.8
- 23.5
- 12.8
- 452.
9.0
- 230.
- 0.428
- 0.085
- 0.070
- 4.900
- 7.000
- 4.940
- 7.040
- 46.7
0.9
MEAN
20.5
5.3
377.
8.1
154.
0.135
0.026
0.045
0.987
2.100
1.032
2.145
30.3
0.8
MEDIAN
21.2
4.8
365.
8.1
141.
0.080
0.013
0.045
0.165
1.200
0.210
1.240
30.3
0.8

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B.   Biological characteristics:

    1.   Phytoplankton -
        Sampling
        Date

        04/29/73
        08/02/73
        10/10/73
    2.   Chlorophyll  a_ -

        Sampling
        Date

        04/29/73
        08/02/73
        10/10/73
Dominant
Genera

1.  Flagellates
2.  Melosira sp.
3.  Centric diatoms
4.  Cryptomonas sp.
5.  Euglena SJD.
    Other genera

                Total

1.  Oscillatoria SJD .
2.  Synedra sp.
3.  Dactylococcopsis sp.
4.  Microcystis sp.
5.  Stephanodiscus sp.
    Other genera

                Total

1.  Coccoid Chrysophyta
2.  Oscillatoria sp.
3.  Dactylococcopsis sp.
4.  Flagellates
5.  Microcystis sp.
    Other genera

                Total
Station
Number

   1
   2

   1
   2

   1
   2
Algal Units
per ml	

 14,936
 13,553
    691
    507
    138
    140

 29,965

 14,849
  2,787
  2,110
    876
    557
    915

 22,094

 24,194
 13,483
 11,341
  8,947
  6,930
 21,807

 86,702
Chlorophyll a_
(yg/D

    43.1
    18.8

    14.1
    61.8

    14.0
    46.7

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C.  Limiting Nutrient Study:
        The algal assay results are not considered indicative of
    conditions in the lake at the time the sample was taken  because
    of a 45% loss of orthophosphorus in the sample during  shipment
    from the field to the laboratory.   However,  the lake data indi-
    cate that Whitewater Lake was limited by phosphorus; i.e., the
    mean inorganic nitrogen/orthophosphorus ratios were 40/1  or greater
    at all  sampling times.

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IV.  NUTRIENT LOADINGS
     (See Appendix E for data)
     For the determination of nutrient loadingss  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 March and April 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*.  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 means of the
 nutrient loads, in kg/km2/year,  at stations B-l, C-l, and D-l of
 nearby Versailles Lake and multiplying the means by  the ZZ area
 in km2.
     The operator of the Liberty  wastewater treatment plant provided
 monthly effluent samples and corresponding flow  data.
     The estimated phosphorus load from septic  tanks  was reduced by
 * See Working Paper No.  175.

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50% to adjust for a phosphate detergent ban which has been 1n effect
in Indiana since January, 1972.
    A.  Waste Sources:
        1.  Known municipal* -
        Name
        Liberty
Pop.
Served
1,702**
Treatment
act. sludge
 + pond
Mean Flow
(mVd)
   595.6
        2.  Known industrial - None
    B.  Annual Total Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
            Source
                      kg P/
                      yr
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Silver Creek                  1,870
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Liberty
            d.  Septic tanks*** -
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation**** -
                        Total
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Silver Creek
                        140

                        625
                          5
                      2,655
                        960
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 1,695 kg.
Receiving
Water
Silver Creek
                           % of
                           total
                            70.4

                             5.3

                            23.5
                             0.2

                             0.6
                           100.0
* Swafford, 1973.
** 1970 Census
*** Estimate based on one shoreline park; 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                            yr             total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Silver Creek                  64,345          89.2
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -   3,425           4.7
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Liberty                        3,465           4.8
            d.  Septic tanks* -                   35          <0.1
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -         875           1.2
                        Total                 72,145         100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Silver Creek        54,900
        3.  Net annual N accumulation - 17,245 kg.
    D.  Mean Annual Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tributary                             kg P/km2/yr    kg N/km2/yr
        Silver Creek                              45            1,543
* Estimate based on one shoreline park; see Working Paper No.  175.
** See Working Paper No. 175.

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                                n
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             3.28       2.09        89.1        21.3
    Vollenweider phosphorus loadings
     (g/m2/yr)  based on mean depth and mean
     hydraulic  retention time of Whitewater Lake:
        "Dangerous"  (eutrophic loading)               0.82
        "Permissible"  (oligotrophic loading)          0.41

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LITERATURE REVIEWED

BonHomme, Harold L., 1976.  Personal communication (review of pre-
    liminary report).  IN Div. Water Poll.  Contr., Indianapolis.

Swafford, J. R., 1973.  Treatment plant questionnaire (Liberty
    STP).  Liberty.

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.

Winters, John, 1975.  Personal communication  (lake morphometry).
    IN Div. of 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
1811
1817
1827
1828
1829
1836
1837
183
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PERCENT OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES INUMBEK OF LAKES WITH HIGHE* VALUES)
LAKE
CODE
IB05
181 1
1817
1837
1828
1829
1836
1837
1839
18<>0
1841
1842
1843
1844
1845
18<>6
1847
1848
1849
1850
1851
1852
1853
IBS'.
1855
1856
1857
LAKE NAME
CATARACT LAKE
GEIST RESERVOIX
JAMES LAKE
MISSISSINEWA RESERVOIR
MONROE RESERVOIR
MORSE RESERVOIR
WAWASEE LAKE
WEBSTER LAKE
WHITEWATER LAKE
WINONA LAKE
WESTLER LAKE
HITHER LAKE
LAKE MAXINKUCKEE
TIPPECANOE LAKE
DALLAS LAKE
OLIN LAKE
OLIVER LAKE
STLVAN LAKE
HOVEr LAKE
VERSAILLES LAKE
BASS LAKE
CROOKED LAKE
LAKE JAMES
LONG LAKE
PIGEON LAKE
MARSH LAKE
HAMILTON LAKE
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
37 (
27 (
73 (
12 (
67 (
23 (
94 <
67 (
19 (
50 (
50 (
50 <
77 (
85 (
62 (
94 <
100 (
4 (
31 I
8 (
42 (
81 (
88 (
0 I
37 (
15 (
58 (
9)
7)
19)
31
17)
6)
24)
17)
5)
12)
12)
12)
20)
22)
16)
24)
26)
1)
8)
2)
11)
21)
23)
0)
9)
4)
15)
MEDIAN
INORG N
15 (
35 <
42 <
4 I
69 I
0 (
85 (
62 1
19 I
27 <
54 (
50 (
81 (
88 <
58 (
23 (
46 (
96 (
38 (
31 (
77 (
100 (
92 <
12 (
8 (
73 (
65 <
4)
9)
11)
1)
18)
0)
22)
16)
5)
7)
14)
13)
21)
23)
15)
6)
12)
25)
10)
8)
20)
261
24)
3)
2)
19)
17)
SOO-
MEAN SEC
31 (
15 (
58 (
8 (
54 (
12 (
96 (
62 (
23 (
38 (
65 <
50 (
65 (
92 (
69 (
81 (
88 (
27 (
0 (
4 <
19 (
77 (
100 (
44 (
44 (
35 (
73 (
8)
4)
15)
2)
14)
3)
25)
16)
6)
10)
17)
13)
22)
24)
18)
2H
23)
7)
0)
1)
5)
20)
26)
11)
11)
9)
19)
MEAN
CHLORA
62 (
12 <
50 1
38 (
73 <
4 (
88 I
54 (
19 I
58 (
65 <
42 (
85 I
77 (
69 (
92 (
100 I
6 I
0 (
27 (
23 (
81 I
96 (
35 (
46 (
IS (
31 (
16)
3)
13)
10)
19)
1)
23)
14)
5)
15)
17)
11)
22)
20)
18)
24)
26)
2)
0)
7)
6)
21)
25)
9)
12)
4)
a)
1S-
MIN DO
35
92
35
35
35
35
dS
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
35
73
79
79
96
88
100
35
35
35
35
35
35
( 0>
( 24)
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
< 22)
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
< 0)
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
( 19)
( 20)
( 20)
< 25)
( 23)
( 26)
( 0>
( 0)
( 0)
( 0)
I 0>
I 0)
MEDIAN
DISS ORTHO P
37
62
65
8
69
58
98
81
42
52
37
52
98
85
31
92
88
23
12
15
46
75
75
0
27
<»
19
I 9)
( 16)
< 17)
( 2)
( 18)
I 15)
( 251
( 21)
( ID
( 13)
( 9)
( 13)
( 25)
( 22>
( 8)
( 24)
I 23)
( 6)
( 31
( 4)
I 12)
( 19)
( 19)
( 0)
( 71
I D
( 5)
INJEX
NU
217
243
323
105
367
132
5*6
361
157
260
306
279
461
462
324
455
50 1
237
177
173
307
449
4B6
126
HI
177
281

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LAKES RANKED BY INDEX NOS.




RANK  LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME               INDEX NO






   1  1836       wAWASEE LAKE               546




   2  1847       OLIVER LAKE                501




   3  1853       LAKE JAMES                 486




   4  184*       TIPPECANOE LAKE            462




   5  1843       LAKE MAXINKUCKEE           461




   6  1846       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       WITMER 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 8
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
LAKE CODE 1839
                   WHITEWATER LAKE
          SUB-DRAINAGE
TRIBUTARY  AREA(SO KM)
1839A1
1839A2
1839ZZ
51.8
41.7
 7.3
i OF LAKE (SO KM) 49.
JAN
0.623
0.498
0.079
FEB
0.745
0.597
0.102
MAR
1.056
0.852
0.150
.7

0
0
0

APR
.988
.796
.139

MAY
0.637
0.513
0.088



NORMALIZED FLOWS (CMS)
JUN JUL AUG
0.487
0.391
0.068
0.292
0.235
0.040
0.102
0.079
0.011

SEP
0.096
0.076
0.012

OCT NOV
0.102 0.255
0.082 0.204
0.012 0.034

DEC MEAN
0.467 0.486
0.379 0.391
0.068 0.067
SUMMARY
TOTAL
SUM OF
DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKE =
SUB-DRAINAGE AREAS
49.7
49.0


TOTAL FLOW
TOTAL FLOW
IN =
OUT =
5.51
5.85

     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CMS)

TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR    MEAN FLOW  DAY

1839A1
1839A2
1839ZZ
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
0.878
0.963
0.340
0.105
0.105
0.311
0.566
1.586
0.793
0.765
1.416
0.680
0.538
0.595
0.227
0.079
0.079
0.198
0.340
0.991
0.510
0.510
0.878
0.425
0.093
0.105
0.040
0.014
0.014
0.034
0.059
0.173
0.091
0.091
0.153
0.074
9
16
22
21
11
6
5
17
13
4
3
13
9
16
22
21
11
6
5
17
13
4
3
13
9
16
22
21
11
6
5
17
13
4
3
13
                                     FLOW  DAY
                                                       FLOW  DAY
                                                                         FLOW
0.736
0.190
0.340
0.096
0.088
0.102
0.272
3.398
0.595
0.850
1.444
0.481
0.453
0.198
0.232
0.074
0.680
0.765
0.181
2.095
0.368
0.510
0.906
0.311
0.079
0.034
0.040
0.014
0.119
0.133
0.031
0.368
0.065
0.091
0.159
0.054









14
22










14
22










14
22

                                                                    0.453
                                                                    7.334
                                                                    0.283
                                                                    0.453
                                                                    0.051
                                                                    0.079

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        APPENDIX D
PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/30
                                                                  183901
                                                                 39 36 19.0 084 58 17.0 3
                                                                 WHITEWATER LAKE
                                                                 18161   INDIANA
                                                                                          051091
DATE
FROM
TO
73/04/29



73/08/02



73/10/10




DATE
FROM
TO
73/04/29



73/08/02



73/10/10



TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
14 50 0000
14 50 0004
14 50 0015
14 50 0031
09 40 0000
09 40 0005
09 40 0015
09 40 0030
18 10 0000
18 10 0005
18 10 0015
18 10 0031

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
14 50 0000
14 50 0004
14 50 0015
14 50 0031
09 40 0000
09 40 0005
09 40 0015
09 40 0030
18 10 0000
18 10 0005
18 10 0015
18 10 0031
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
14.4
14.1
13.4
10.6
24.9
24.8
19.5
12.0
22.4
31.2
20.7
13.7
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.088
0.087
0.076
0.059
0.071
0.068
0.056
0.101
0.068
0.056
0.070
0.428
00300
DO

MG/L

10.8
8.5
7.2

10.0
0.0
0.5

4.8
3.0
0.0
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
43.1



14.1



14.0



00077 00094
TRANSP CNDUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
INCHES MICROMHO
36 560
560
550
550
33 351
366
416
422
36 355
357
367
452
















11EPALES 2111202
0035 FEET DEPTH CLASS 00
00400 00410 00610 00625
PH T ALK NH3-N TOT KJEL

SU
8
8
8
8
8
8
7
7
8
8
7
7


















.30
.40
.20
.20
.90
.50
.50
.40
.90
.10
.60
.20
















CAC03
MG/L
204
204
260
270
125
122
168
256
135
142
143
230
















TOTAL
MG/L
0.080
0.060
0.130
0.290
0.070
0.120
0.840
2.880
0.100
0.190
0.480
4.900
















N
MG/L
0.900
0.900
0*700
0.800
1.600
1.600
1.600
4.100
1.400
0.900
1.000
7.000
















00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
4.700
4.700
4.700
4.600
L.230
1.280
0.830
0.150
0.030
0.050
0.050
Oo040
















00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.008
0.010
0.013
0.016
0.010
0.016
0.011
0.036
0.006
0.014
0.027
0.085

















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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/30
                                                                  163902
                                                                 39 39 00.0 084 57 59.0 3
                                                                 WHITEWATER LAKE
                                                                 18161   INDIANA
                                                                                          051391
DATE
FROM
TO
73/04/29

73/08/02

73/10/10


DATE
FROM
TO
73/04/29

73/08/02

73/10/10

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
15 30 0000
15 30 0008
10 10 0000
10 10 0008
18 25 0000
18 25 0008

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
15 30 0000
15 30 0008
10 10 0000
10 10 0008
18 25 0000
18 25 0008
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
14.9
14.8
24.8
24.4
23.5
21.3
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.102
0.112
0.086
0.083
0.090
0.100
00300 00077 00094
00 TRANSP CNDUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
MG/L INCHES MICROMHO

12.1

9.1
12.8
6.0
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
18.8

61.8

46.7

18 550
570
26 371
384
30 363
368










11EPALES 2111202
0011 FEET DEPTH CLASS 00
00400 00410 00610 00625 00630 00671
PH T ALK NH3-N TOT KJEL N02&N03 PHOS-DIS
CAC03 TOTAL N N-TOTAL ORTHO
SU
8.50
8.50
8.70
8.50
9.00
8.10










MG/L
230
204
126
135
135
140










MG/L
0.050
0.050
0.140
0.160
0.140
0.110










MG/L
1
1
1
1
1
0










.000
.000
.800
.600
.500
.800










MG/L
4.200
4,800
1.240
1.410
0.030
0.070










MG/L P
0.009
0.011
0.012
0.011
0.013
0.013











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       APPENDIX E
TRIBUTARY and WASTEWATER
  TREATMENT PLANT DATA

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5TORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/30
                                                                  1839A1
                                                                 39  36 03.0  084 58 15.0  4
                                                                 SILVER CREEK
                                                                 18       7.5 FAIR FIELD
                                                                 0/WHITEWATER  LAKE        051091
                                                                 AT  BASE  OF  DAM SPILLWAY
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00

DATE
FROM
TO
73/06/09
73/07/16
73/08/22
73/09/21
73/10/11
73/11/06
73/12/05
74/01/17
74/02/13
74/03/04
74/03/14
74/04/03
74/04/22
74/05/13

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
16 30
14 15
15 00
10 20
13 30
11 10
14 00
10 30
13 05
10 00
10 00
09 30
12 45
13 40
00630
00625
N02&N03 TOT KJEL
N-TOTAL
MG/L
2.400
1.700
0.072
0.010K
0.010K
0.528
1.340
2.800
4.300
4.500
3.700
3.800
3.520
2.700
N
MG/L
1.980
1.200
1.610
1.150
1.100
1.200
2.200
1.300
0.900
1.000
0.900
1.000
1.100
0.900
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.028
0.160
0.012
0.068
0.024
0.352
0.320
0.132
0.085
0.020
0.010
0.015
0.007
0.020
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.012
0.015
0.018
0.005K
0.010
0.020
0.044
0.012
0.050
0.020
0.010
0.010
0.010
0.020
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.095
0.055
0.090
0.060
0.065
0.025
0.055
0.065
0.095
0.09S
0.050
0.030
0.020
0.070
 K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
 LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/30
                                                                  1839A2
                                                                 39 37  38.0  084 57  20.0  4
                                                                 SILVER CREEK
                                                                 18      7.5 LIBERTY
                                                                 I/WHITEWATER  LAKE         051391
                                                                 SEC RD BRDG 1 MI Srt  OF  LIBERTY
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000  FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
TO
73/06/09
73/07/16
73/08/22
73/09/21
73/10/11
73/11/06
73/12/05
74/01/17
74/02/13
74/03/04
74/03/14
74/04/03
74/04/22
74/05/13
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
17
14
15
10
13
11
14
10
13
10
10
09
13
14
10
50
?0
45
50
30
20
45
20
20
30
45
00
00
MG/L
6
2
2
.700
.700
.800
3.500
2
2
4
8
4
5
5
5
4
2
.500
.300
.900
.500
.850
.700
.100
.460
.100
.600
MG/L
1.
0.
0.
680
800
390
0.540
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
1.
0.
720
350
100K
900
500
700
300
500
400
900
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N PHOS-OIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0.098
0.056
0.026
0.078
0.030
0.036
0.044
0.096
0.030
0.010
0.020
0.015
0.060
0.030
MG/L P
0.089
0.250
0.183
0.470
0.460
0.252
0.120
0.120
0.045
0.050
0.060
0.035
0.070
0.095
MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
P
115
270
210
520
510
295
140
270
065
075
0.075
0
0
0
•
•
•
035
100
130
  K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
  LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/30
                                                                  1839AA          AS1839AA     P001702
                                                                 39 38 05.0  084 56 45.0  4
                                                                 LIBERTY
                                                                 18      7.5 LIBERTY
                                                                 T/WHITEWATER LAKE        051391
                                                                 SILVER CREEK
                                                                 11EPALES             2141204
                                                                  0000 FEET   DEPTH  CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
TO
73/06/07
73/07/10
73/08/10
73/09/09
73/10/11
73/11/06
73/12/07
74/01/10
74/03/11
74/04/19
74/05/08
74/06/10
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02t>N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
09
12
08
15
14
12
13
14
10
10
10
13
30
00
30
15
00
45
30
00
00
30
30
00
MG/L
8
15
17
29
22
21
17
16
2
13
19
21
.900
.000
.000
.000
.000
.200
.800
.000
.000
.600
.000
.000
MG/L
0.480
0.550
1.380
0.750-
0.500K
0.500K
l.OOOK
l.OOOK
l.OOOK
l.OOOK
l.OOOK
l.OOOK
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0.015
0.110
0.075
0.260
0.012
0.076
0.020
0.310
0.050K
0.061
0.150
0.200
MG/L P
0.880
4.800
5.400
4.901
5.550
2.000
1.900
2.320

1.600
2.200
2.750
50051 50053
FLOW CONDUIT
RATE FLOW-MOD
MG/L P INST
0.960
5.000
5.900
5.021
5,700
2.400
2.200
2.500
1.900
1.700
2.400
3.300
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
MGD MONTHLY
.310
.119
.124
.091
.077
.067
.073
.024
.148
.176
.146
.154
0.150
0.168
0.107
0.142
0.094
0.100
0.131
0.128
Ool86
0.196
0.272
0.214
 K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
 LESS THAN INDICATED

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