U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
               NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                        WORKING PAPER SERIES
          PACIFIC NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
                        An Associate Laboratory of the
             NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                                 and
       NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
•&GPO	697-O32

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                                            REPORT
                                              ON
                                     MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE
                                GASTDN AND rcCKLENBURG COUNTIES
                                        NORTH CAROLINA
                                         EPA REGION IV
                                     WORKING PAPER No, 386
                WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL AND ECONOMIC RESOURCES
                         AND THE
               NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD
                       JUNE, 1975
                                                                   799

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                               CONTENTS
                                                           Page
  Foreword                                                  i i
  List of North Carolina Study Lakes                        iv
  Lake and Drainage Area Map                                 v

  Sections
  I.   Conclusions                                            1
 II.   Lake and Drainage Basin Characteristics                 4
III,   Lake Water Quality Summary                             5
 IV.   Nutrient Loadings                                     10
  V.   Literature Reviewed                                   14
 VI.   Appendices                                            15

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                         FOREWORD
    The National Eutrophication Survey was initiated in  1972  in
response to an Administration commitment to investigate  the nation-
wide threat of accelerated eutrophication to 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 Eutrophlcation Survey (Office of
Research & Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
expresses sincere appreciation to the North Carolina Department
of Natural and Economic Resources for professional Involvement
and to the North Carolina National Guard for conducting the
tributary sampling phase of the Survey.

    Lewis R. Martin, Director of the Division of Environmental
Management; Darwin L. Coburn, Chief of the Water Quality Section;
and Julian R. Taylor, Supervisor of the Monitoring Program Unit;
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 William M. Buck, formerly Adjutant General of
North Carolina, and Project Officer Colonel Arthur J.  Bouchard,
who directed the volunteer efforts of the North Carolina National
Guardsmen, are also gratefully acknowledged for their  assistance
to the Survey.

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                                iv
                  NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY

                            STUDY LAKES

                      STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
LAKE NAME

Badin
Blewett Falls
Chatuge
Fontana
Hickory

High Rock
Hiwassee
James
John H. Kerr (Nut Bush Creek)
Junaluska
Lookout Shoals
Mountain Island
Norman

Rhodhiss
Santeetlah
Tillery
Waccamaw
Waterville
Wylie
COUNTY

Montgomery, Stanly
Anson, Richmond
Clay, NC; Towns, GA
Graham, Swain
Alexander, Caldwell,
  Catawba
Davidson, Rowan
Cherokee
Burke, McDowell
Granville, Vance, Warren,
  NC; Halifax,  Mecklenburg,
  VA
Haywood
Alexander, Catawba, Iredell
Gaston, Mecklenburg
Catawba, Iredell, Lincoln,
  Mecklenburg
Burke, Caldwell
Graham
Montgomery, Stanly
Columbus
Haywood
Gaston, Mecklenburg,  NC;
  York, SC

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Map Location
                                                     ,-^Huntersville
                                   MOUNTAIN
                                    ISLAND
                                     LAKE
                                  MOUNTAIN   ISLAND  LAKE
                                           Tributary Sampling Site
                                     X     Lake Sampling Site
                                                    CHARLOTTE

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                       MOUNTAIN  ISLAND LAKE
                          STORET NO.  3711

I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data show that Mountain Island Lake  1s mesotrophlc.
        However, because this water body has  a mean  hydraulic retention
        time of only 12 days, it more closely resembles a slow-moving
        river; and the term "moderately-enriched" may be a more appro-
        priate description of the condition of the lake.
            Mountain Island Lake ranked third in overall trophic quality
        when the 16 North Carolina lakes sampled 1n  1973 were compared
        using a combination of six parameters*.  Three  of the lakes had
        less and one had the same median total phosphorus, one had less
        and one had the same median dissolved phosphorus, four had less
        median inorganic nitrogen, seven had  less mean  chlorophyll a_,
        and eight had greater and one had the same mean Secchi disc
        transparency.
            Survey limnologists  reported sparse emergent vegetation
        along much of the shoreline but no concentrations of algae.
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The algal assay results indicate  that Mountain Island Lake
        was phosphorus limited at the time the assay sample was col-
        lected (04/02/73).  These results are substantiated by the
* See Appendix A.

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      lake data during April and July; i.e.,  the  mean  N/P  ratios
      were 39/1 or greater at all sampling stations.   During
      September, the lake probably was nitrogen limited; the mean
      N/P ratios were 13/1 or less at all  stations,  and nitrogen
      limitation would be expected.
  C.  Nutrient Controllability:
          1.  Point sources—There were no known  point sources
      directly impacting Mountain Island Lake during the sampling
      year.  However, point sources upstream  in the  Catawba River
      drainage contribute phosphorus indirectly (e.g., 9%  of the
      total phosphorus load to Lake Norman* was contributed by
      point sources).  Any reduction of the upstream point-source
      phosphorus inputs would be expected to  benefit Mountain Island
      Lake since the lake is phosphorus limited much of the time.
          The present Mountain Island Lake phosphorus  loading rate of
      4.31 g/m2/yr is 1.8 times the rate proposed by Vollenweider
      (Vollenweider and Dillon,  1974) as a eutrophic rate  (see  page
      13).  However, the mean hydraulic retention time of  the lake
      is a short 12 days, and Vollenweider's  model probably does not
      apply.
          2.  Non-point sources--The phosphorus contribution of the
      Catawba River accounted for nearly 87%  of the  total  reaching
Working Paper No. 387.

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Mountain Island Lake.  McDowell Creek contributed 11% of the
total, and the unsampled minor tributaries were estimated to
have contributed 1.435 of the total load.
    The phosphorus export rate of McDowell Creek was a very
high 91 kg/km2 during the sampling year (see page 12).  Since
no point sources are known to impact the creek, the high rate
may be due to urban drainage from Huntersvllle.

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II.   LAKE AND DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS1"

     A.   Lake Morphometry  :

         1.   Surface area:   13.09  kilometers2.

         2.   Mean depth:   5.4 meters.

         3.   Maximum depth:   17.8  meters.

         4.   Volume:  70.7 x 106 m3.

         5.   Mean hydraulic retention  time:  12 days.

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

         1.   Tributaries  -

                                              Drainage       Mean flow
             Name                             area km2!*     (m3/secl*

             Catawba River                     4,693.1         65.4
             McDowell Creek                       69.9          1.0
             Minor tributaries  &
              immediate drainage -                46.5          0.8

                          Totals                4,809.5         67.2

         2.   Outlet -

             Catawba River                     4,822.6**       67.2**

     C.   Precipitation***:

         1.   Year of sampling:  124.6  centimeters.

         2.   Mean annual:  112.9 centimeters.
 t Table of metric conversions—Appendix  B.
 tt Park, 1974.
 * For limits of accuracy, see Working  Paper  No.  175,  "...Survey Methods,
   1973-1976".
 ** Includes area of lake; outflow adjusted to  equal  inflow.
 *** See Working Paper No. 175.

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III.   LAKE WATER QUALITY  SUMMARY
      Mountain Island 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 three stations on  the  lake and from a  number of depths at each
  station (two samples were taken at station  1 1n July; see map, page v).
  During each visit,  a single depth-integrated (4.6 m to surface) sample
  was  composited from the three 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 16.8 meters
  at station 1,  9.1 meters  at station 2, and  4.9 meters at station 3.
      The lake sampling results are presented in full 1n Appendix D and
  are  summarized in the following table.

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                              A. SUMMARY OF  PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS  row MOUNTAIN ISLAND  LAKE
                                                           STOrtET CODE 3711
PARAMtTti*
DISS OXY  (WG/LJ


CNDCTVY  HCkOMO)


PH  fSTANU UNITS!


TOT ALK  <*G/L)


TOT ft  (MG/L)


UHTHO P  


NU2»N03  (MG/L)


AMMONIA  (MG/L)


KJEL N  (Mb/LI


INWIi N  (MG/L,)


TOTAL N  (Mli/L)


CHL-O^YL  A 


SE.CCH1
1ST SAMPLING < 4/


10.7
*.*
55.
6.d
10.
U.G20
0.004
0.140
0.060
0.20U
'J.?JJ
J.35U
i.*
;j.4
3
P.ANGE
- 14.6
- 10.2
70.
7.3
13.
- 0.068
- U.011
- u.320
- u.100
- 0.^00
- J.400
- 0.690
- ft.0
0. >
SITES
MEAN
13.1
9.8
61.
7.1
11.
O.U4J
0.007
o.23r
U.07-*
0.^
0.332
O.blO
b.l
O.b
2/73)

MEUlAN
13. e
9.8
60.
7.0
11.
0.032
0.006
0.285
0.070
0.250
0.370
O.aOb
5.5
O.b
2NU SAMPLING < Ti


24.6
4.3
40.
6.4
13.
0.012
0.002
0.140
0.070
0.200
0.210
0.360
4.1
0.9
3
KANtiE
- 29.3
7.J
60,
7.4
20.
- 0.027
- 0.006
- 0,190
- 0.170
- 0.600
- 0.360
- 0.750
b. 7
1.5
SITES
MEAN
26.6
5.9
51.
6.6
17.
0.017
0.003
O.lc-b
0.112
0.341
0.2i>0
O.S09
4.7
U2
' 7/73)

MEDIAN
26.4
5.8
54.
6.6
17.
0.016
0.003
0.170
0.100
0.400
0.280
0.540
4.b
1.1
3KLJ

hiANGt
25.6 -
2.2 -
S9. -
6.3 -
12. -
0.00V - 0
0.004 - 0
0.020 - 0
0.020 - u
0.200 - 0
0.050 - 0
0.230 - 0
S.-J -
0.9 -
SAMPLING <
3

26.0
7.4
65.
6.9
18.
.020
.013
.060
.160
.600
.220
.640
8.3
1.4
SITES
MEAN
Zb.d
5.9
62.
6.6
IS.
0.013
0.008
0.035
0.047
0.364
O.OS3
0.399
1,'d
1.1
9/19/73)

MEDIAN
26.8
6.8
62.
6.6
IS.
0.013
0.007
O.OJO
0.030
0.300
0.060
0.330
7.3
0.9

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B.  Biological characteristics:

    1.  Phytoplankton -
        Sampling
        Date

        04/02/73
        07/10/73
        (station 01)
        07/12/73
        (stations  01  &  02)
       09/19/73
Dominant
Genera
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Meloslra
Flagellates
Asterionella
Dactyl ococcopsis
Oscillatoria
Other genera
Total
Meloslra
Flagellates
Pennate diatoms
Peridinium
Cosmarlum
Other genera
Total
Meloslra
Flagellates
Peridinium
Synedra
Tetraedon
Other genera
Total
Lyngbya
Meloslra
Raphidiopsis
Chi orel la
Cryptomonas
Other genera
Algal units
per ml	

   1,178
     626
      61
      25
      12
   	25_

   1,927
   2,460

     335
     112
      56
      56
      37
      73

     669

     525
     358
     267
     235
     201
     785
                                         Total
   2,371

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    2.  Chlorophyll a. -
Sampling
Date
04/02/73
07/07, 10, 12/73
09/19/73
Station
Number
01
02
03
01
02
03
01
02
03
Chlorophyll a
(ug/1)
6.6
5.5
3.2
4.1-5.7
4.2
5.0
5.9
8.3
7.3
C.  Limiting Nutrient Study:
    1.  Autoclaved, filtered, and nutrient spiked -
                          Ortho P         Inorganic  N     Maximum yield
        Spike (mg/1)      Cone, (mg/1)     Cone,  (rng/1)    (mg/l-dry wt.)
        Control
         0.050
         0.050 + 1.0 N
         1.0 N
    2.  Discussion -
        cornutum, indicates that the potential  primary  productivity
        of Mountain Island Lake was moderate  at the  time  the  sample
        was collected.  The addition of orthophosphorus alone
        produced a 78-fold increase in yield  over that  of the control
        which indicates phosphorus limitation.   Note that addition of
0.020
0.070
0.070
0.020
eld of the
0.
0.
1.
1.
assay alga
312
312
312
312
, Selenastrum
0.2
15.6
16.9
0.3
capri-

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nitrogen alone resulted 1n a yield not significantly
greater than the control  yield.
    The lake data Indicate phosphorus  limitation  1n
April and July; I.e., the mean Inorganic nitrogen to
orthophosphorus ratios were 39 to 1  or greater at all
stations.  The September data Indicate probable nitrogen
limitation; the mean Inorganic nitrogen to  orthophosphorus
ratios were 13 to 1  or less at all  stations,  and  nitrogen
limitation would be  expected.

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IV.   NUTRIENT LOADINGS
     {See Appendix E for data)
     For the determination  of nutrient loadings, the North Carolina
 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 January  and February when two samples were col-
 lected.   Sampling was begun in March, 1973, and was completed in
 March, 1974.
     Through an interagency agreement, stream flow estimates for the
 year of sampling and a  "normalized" or average year were provided by
 the North Carolina 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 esti-
 mated using means of the nutrient loads, in kg/km2/year, at stations B-l
 and D-l  of nearby Lake  Norman  and multiplying the means by the ZZ area
 in  km2.
 * See Working Paper No.  175.

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                                n
   A.  Waste Sources:
       1.  Known municipal - None
       2.  Known Industrial - None
   B.  Annual Total Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
       1.  Inputs -
                                             kg P/          % of
           Source                            ^r	          total
           a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
               Catawba River                 49,010          86.9
               McDowell Creek                 6,390          11.3
           b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                drainage  (non-point load) -     765           1.4
           c.  Known municipal STP's - None
           d.  Septic tanks - Unknown
           e.  Known industrial - None
           f.  Direct precipitation* -          230           0.4
                        Total                56,395         100.0
        2.  Outputs  -
           Lake outlet  -  Catawba River       42,815
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 13,580 kg.
* See Working Paper No.  175.

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  C.  Annual Total Nitrogen Loading - Average Year:
      1.  Inputs -
                                            kg N/          %  of
          Source                            y_r	          total
          a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
              Catawba River               1,599,080         94.9
              McDowell Creek                 48,085           2.9
          b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
               drainage (non-point load) -   23,880           1.4
          c.  Known municipal STP's - None
          d.  Septic tanks - Unknown
          e.  Known industrial - None
          f.  Direct precipitation* -        14.130           0.8
                       Total              1,685,175         100.0
      2.  Outputs -
          Lake outlet - Catawba River     1,810,470
      3.  Net annual N loss - 125,295 kg.
  D.  Mean Annual Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage  Area:
      Tributary                             kg P/km2/yr     kg N/km2/yr
      Catawba River                              10             341
      McDowell  Creek                             91             688
See Working Paper No. 175.

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    E.  Yearly Loading Rates:
            In the following table, the existing phosphorus loading
        rates are compared to those proposed by Vollenweider (Vollen-
        weider and Dillon, 1974).  Essentially, his "dangerous"  rate
        is the rate at which the receiving water would become eutrophic
        or remain eutrophic; his "permissible" rate is that which would
        result in the receiving water remaining oligotrophic or  becoming
        oligotrophic if morphometry permitted.  A mesotrophic rate 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              4.31        1.04        128.7       loss*

        Vollenweider loading rates for phosphorus
         (g/m2/yr) based on mean depth and mean
         hydraulic retention time of Mountain Island Lake:
            "Dangerous"  (eutrophic rate)       2.40
            "Permissible"  (oligotrophic rate)  1.20
* 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  insufficient
  outlet sampling in relation to the very short  hydraulic retention time of
  the lake.  Whatever the cause, a similar nitrogen loss has occurred at
  Shagawa Lake, Minnesota, which has been Intensively  studied by  EPA's
  National Eutrophication and Lake Restoration Branch  (Malueg et  al., 1975).

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V.  LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Park, David, 1974.  Personal  communication  (lake morphometry).  NC
        Dept. of Nat. & Econ.  Resources,  Raleigh.

    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.
        Natl. Res. Council  of Canada Publ. No.  13690, Canada Centre
        for Inland Waters,  Burlington, Ontario.

    Weiss, Charles M., 1972.  A proposal  to  the Water Resources
        Research Institute  of the University of North Carolina.  The
        trophic state of North Carolina lakes,  covering the period
        from July 1, 1972,  to June 30, 1973.  U. of North Carolina,
        Chapel Hill.

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VI.   APPENDICES
                            APPENDIX A
                           LAKE RANKINGS

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LAKES RANKED BY INDEX NOS.




      LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME






   1  3719




   2  3716




   3  3711




   4  3707




   5  3704




   6  3713




   7  3708




   3  3710




   9  3715




  10  3705




  11  3717




  12  3709




  13  3702




  14  3713




  15  3701




  16  3706
LAKE




SANTEELAH LAKE




MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE




HIWASSEE LAKE




FONTANA LAKE




LAKE NORMAN




LAKE JAMES




LOOKOUT SHOALS




RHODHISS LAKE




LAKE HICKORY




LAKE TILLERY




LAKE JU.NALUSKA




BLUETT FALLS LAKE




WATERVILLE RESERVOIR




BADIN LAKE




HIGH ROCK LAKE
INDEX .NO






   534




   446




   419




   414




   392




   346




   334




   327




   296




   283




   246




   220




   200




   140




   124




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LAKE DATA TO BE USED IN RANKINGS
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME

3701  BADIN LAKE

3702  BLEWETT FALLS LAKE

3704  FONTANA LAKE

3705  LAKE HICKORY

3706  HIGH ROCK LAKE

3707  HIWASSEE LAKE

3708  LAKE JAMES

3709  LAKE JUNALUSKA

3710  LOOKOUT SHOALS

3711  MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE

3713  LAKE NORMAN

3715  RHOOHISS LAKE

3716  SANTEELAH LAKE

3717  LAKE TILLERY

3718  WATERVILLE RESERVOIR

3719  LAKE WACCAMAW
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
0.042
0.090
0.011
0.047
0.090
0.015
0.020
0.031
0.026
0.018
0.019
0.061
0.011
0.040
0.103
0*018
MEDIAN
INORG N
0.680
0.655
0.550
0.320
0.580
0.240
0.160
0.560
0.370
0.270
0.330
0.305
0.160
0.470
0.860
0.120
500-
MEAN SEC
466.750
476.889
392.650
461.000
477.454
420.555
428.866
462.000
459.167
462.000
446.667
462.111
366.400
468.600
468.333
455.667
MEAN
CHLORA
7.190
4.167
3.438
7.275
14.283
5.678
7.660
7.233
4.200
5.580
5.807
3.578
5.360
6.827
3.817
3.583
15-
MIN DO
14.900
10.800
14.900
13.400
14.800
14.200
14.800
14.200
13.800
12.600
14.800
13.600
14.800
13.600
14.400
9.800
MEDI/
DISS ORTh
0.012
0.034
0.007
0.008
0.017
0.007
0.006
0.009
0.008
0.005
0.005
0.019
0.006
0.008
0.041
0.004

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PERCENT OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES (NUMBER OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES)
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME

370 I  BAOIN LAKE

3702  BLEWETT FALLS LAKE

3704  FONTANA LAKE

3705  LAKE HICKORY

3706  HIGH ROCK LAKE

3707  HIWASSEE LAKE

3708  LAKE JAMES

3709  LAKE JUWALUSKA

3710  LOOKOUT SHOALS

3711  MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE

3713  LAKE NORMAN

3715  RHCDHISS LAKE

3716  SANTEELAH LAKE

3717  LAKE TILLERY

3718  WATERVILLE RESERVOIR

3719  LAKE riACCAMA*
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
33 t
7 (
100 (
27 (
13 (
87 (
60 <
47 (
53 <
73 (
67 (
20 (
93 (
40 (
0 (
80 (
5)
1)
15)
4)
2)
13)
9)
7)
a>
in
10)
3)
14)
6)
0)
12)
MEDIAN
INOKG N
7
13
33
60
20
80
87
27
47
73
53
67
93
40
0
100
I 1)
< 2)
t 5)
( 9)
( 3)
< 12)
( 13)
( 4)
( 7)
{ 11)
( 8)
( 10)
( 14)
< 6)
( 0)
( 15)
500-
MEAM SEC
27 (
7 (
93 C
53 (
0 (
87 (
80 (
43 (
60 (
43 t
73 <
33 (
100 (
13 (
20 t
67 (
4)
1)
14)
8)
0)
13)
12)
6)
9)
6)
11>
5>
15)
2)
3)
10)
MEAN
CHLORA
27
73
100
13
0
47
7
20
67
53
40
93
60
33
80
87
( 4)
< 11)
< 15)
( 2)
( 0)
( 7)
( 1)
( 3)
( 10)
( 8)
< 6)
( 14)
( 9)
( 5)
< 12)
< 13)
15-
MIN DO
3
93
3
80
23
50
23
50
60
87
23
70
23
70
40
100
( 0)
( 14)
( 0)
( 12)
( 2)
( 7)
< 2)
{ 7)
( 9>
I 13)
( 2)
( 10)
{ 2)
( 10)
( 6)
( 15)
MEDIAN
DISS OKTHO P
27 (
7 (
63 (
50 (
20 (
63 t
77 (
33 (
40 (
90 (
90 (
13 (
77 (
50 (
0 (
100 (
4)
1)
9)
7>
3>
9)
11)
5)
6)
13)
13)
2>
11)
7)
0)
IS)
INDEX
NO
124
200
392
283
76
414
334
220
327
419
346
296
446
246
140
534

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   APPENDIX B
CONVERSIONS 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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LAKE CODE 3711
                       TRIBUTARY FLOW INFORMATION FOR NORTH CAROLINA



       MOUNTAIN ISLAND RESERVOIR
                                                                                          10/21/75
     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CFS)
TRIBUTARY



3711B1
3711ZZ
MONTH   YEAR
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74
74
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
73
74
74
74
MEAN FLOy  DAY
100.00
75.00
6S.OO
35.00
20.00
18.00
19.00
19.00
18.00
36.00
75.00
55.00
48.00
90.00
65.00
55.00
30.00
17.00
15.00
16.00
16.00
15.00
31.00
68*00
45.00
40.00
24
29

3
1
4
9
14
4
a
6
3
3













FLO*  DAY
FLOW  DAY
FLOW
54.00
44.00
34.00
23.00
41.00
15.00
16.00
25.00
28.00
50.00 21
115.00 15
34.00
470.00
38.00

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        APPENDIX D
PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 75/10/2U
                                                                  371101
                                                                 35 20  12.0  080  59  10.0
                                                                 MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE
                                                                 37071    NOHTH CAROLINA
DATE
FROM
TO
73/04/02




73/07/07



73/07/10





73/09/19




00010
TIME DEPTH WATER
UF TEMP
DAY FEET
08
OB
08
08
08
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
S5
S5
55
55
55
0000
0004
0015
0035
0055
0000
0010
0030
0051
0000
001*6
0015
002H
0043
0053
0000
0015
0030
0040
0053
CENT
14
14
13
13
12
29
?8
26
25
29
27
26
26
25
25
2B
?7
26
26
26

.t>
.5
.5
.0
.4
.0
.5
.4
.3
.3
.3
.9
.1
.7
.3
.0
.rt
.a
.4
.1
11EPALES

00300
DO

MG/L

10.2
9.8
10.1
9.8

7.3
5.7
4.3

6.3
6.1
5,8
5.4
5.3
s.2


3.6
2.2

00077 00094
TRAMSP CNOUCTVY
SECCHI FIELO
INCHES M1CROMHO
27 60
55
60
60
60
60 60
55
55
59
48 60
57
54
54
54
55
b7 62
63
63
62
65
3
00400
HH

su
7.20
7.30
7.00
7.00
7.00
7.40
6.80
6.60
6.60
6.70
6.60
6.50
6.50
6.60
6.40
6.70
6.60
6.60
6.30
6.40

00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
12
13
10K
10K
10K
13
13
13
15
16
17
20
IB
20
19
15
13
14
16
16
2111202
0059
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.070
0.060
0.060
0.060
0.060
0.080
0.070
0.090
0.140
0.130
0.130
0.120
0.150
U.140
0.170
0.040
0.030
0.040
0.070
0.160
FEET DEPTH
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.200
0.200K
0.300
0.200
0.300
0.600
0.400
0.400
0.500
0.300
0.200K
0.400
0.400
0.500
0.500
0.500
0.200
0.200K
0.200
0.400
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.280
0.260
0.140
0.1SO
0.150
0.150
0.140
0.150
0.160
0.170
O.lbO
0.180
0.170
0.170
0.190
0.040
0.030
0.040
0.040
0.060
00671
PHOS-DIS
OUT HO
MG/L P
0.006
0.006
0.005
O.OOS
0.004
0.006
0.003
0.003
0.004
0.005
0.003
0.005
0.003
0.002
0.003
0.012
0.007
0.007
0.004
0.011
                           X VALUE KNOWN TO BE
                           LESS THAN  INDICATED

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bTOKEl
DATE
F«GM
TO
73/04/02




73/07/U7



73/07/lu





73/0^/19




JU665 3?? 17
TIME DtPlH PHOb-TOT CMLKPHYL
OF A
DAY FEET
08
08
08
Ort
OS
16
16
16
16
lf>
lo
16
16
16
16
15
15
15
15
15
15
15
16
15
15
JO
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
30
^5
SS
ss
^i5
SS
0000
OOO't
U015
U03t3
UU5S
OOCU
OUlO
0030
0051
0000
OuOb
OOlb
002H
0040
0053
0000
0015
0030
00*»0
J053
MG/L P
0.031
O.u2^
0.032
0.026
0.052
C.0?3
U.01-3
0.017
f .018
w.OPl
i.012
0.012
0.020
O.OlD
O.OlH
O.OlH
c . o o *
J . 0 j ^
0.013
0.01^
UG/L
6.6




4.1



S.7





5.9




                                                                  371101
                                                                 35 Id 12.0 060 5^ 10.0
                                                                 MOUNTAIN ISLAND LAKE
                                                                 37C71   NOKTh CAKQLINA
                                                                 HEPALtS
                                                                 3
 2111202
0059 FtET
DEPTH

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STOHET rtETklEVAL DATE
                                                                   371102
                                                                 35  20 57.0  060  57  J3.0
                                                                 MOUNTAIN  ISLAND LAKE
                                                                 3711V   iMUrtTH CAKOLINA
  D4TE
  FROM
   TO
TIME DEPTH
 OH
DAY   FEET
73/04/02 08 50 0000
         US 50 0004
         08 50 0015
         08 50 0030
73/07/12 12 50
         12 50
         12 50
         12 50
73/09/1S* 15
         15
      0000
      0006
      0015
      0029
      0000
      0012
         IS 30
 DJClU
WAFER
 TtMP
 CENT

   14.2
   14.2

   14!l
   27.4
   26.9
   26. U
   25.6
   27.5

   26.H
lltPALES

00300
00

MG/L

9.6
9.4
9.6

7.2
5.9
5.3
7.4
7.2
6,ri

00077
THANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
14



40



37



00094
CNOUCTYY
FIELD
MICHOMHO
70
61
60
60
43
40
42
40
60
63
64
3
00400
PH

bU
7.00
6.80
6.90
7.00
6.70
6.80
6.50
6.50
6.90
6.60
6.50

00410
T ALK
CACU3
HG/L
11
12
12
11
19
18
16
16
13
13
12
2111202
0034
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.100
0.090
0.100
0.090
0.110
0.100
0.100
0.090
0.030
0.030
0.030
FEET DEPTH
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.300
0.400
0.300
0.300
0.400
0.200
0.200K
0.200
0.600
0.300
0.300
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.28U
0.290
0.300
0.290
0.1SO
0.160
0.160
0.160
0.030
O.OJO
0.020
00671
PHOS-OIS
OHTHO
HG/L P
0.010
0.011
0.010
0.009
0.003
0.003
0.002
0.003
0.013
0.007
0.005
JATt
FROM
TO
73/04/0<>



73/07/12



73/09/ 19


J0665 32217
TIME DEPTH PHUS-TOT CHLRPHYL
OF A
UAY FEET
OH
oa
oa
08
1 ?
12
12
1?
Ib
15
Ib
50
^0
so
50
50
50
50
SO
30
JO
10
0000
0004
0015
003U
0000
U006
OOlb
U029
0000
0012
002B
Mb/L P
•J
0
u
0
f
0
J
ti
to
0
(1
.066
.06d
• Ot>2
• Cb1)
.027
.0 IH
.015
.01^
.02'J
.QiH
.01 1
UG/L
5.5



4.2



fl.3


                              K VALUE KNOWN TO HE
                              LESS THAN INDICATED

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STOKET kETRIEVAL OAFE 7S/13/20
                                                                  371103
                                                                 35 21 47.0 080 56 12.0
                                                                 MOUNTAIN ISLAND LArtE
                                                                 37119   NORTH CAROLINA

DATE TIME DEPTH
FrtOM OF
TO DAY FEET
73/04/0? 09 30 0000
09 30 0004
09 30 0015
73/07/12 13 20 0000
13 20 0006
13 20 0016
73/09/19 14 40 0000
14 40 0008
14 40 0015
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
10.6
11. 0
10.7
26.4
25. fe
24.6
26.7
26.0
25.6
                                00300     00077     00094
                                 DO      TRANSH   CNDUCTVY
                                         SECCHI   FltLU
                                MG/L     INCHES   MlCKOMriO
                                   9.6
                                   9.8

                                   6.4
                                   5.7
                                   7.0
                                   7.0
                                   6.8
24


37


36
60
60
60
45
43
44
62
59
60
11EPALES
3
00400
PH

bU
7.10
7.10
7.30
6.50
6.60
6.50
6.70
6.60
6.60

00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
12
11
11
17
19
20
16
16
16
2111202
0020
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.070
0.070
0.060
0.090
0.090
0.100
0.040
0.030
0.020K
FEET DEPTH
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200
0.200K
0.200K
0.600
0.400
0.300
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.320
0.300
0.310
0.170
0.190
0.190
0.040
0.030
0.030
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.008
0.006
0.005
0.003
0.003
0.003
0.007
0.007
9.005
  DATE   TIME DEPTH
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET

73/04/02 09 30 0000
         09 30 0004
         09 30 0015
73/07/12 13 20 0000
         13 20 OU06
         13 20 OOlb
73/09/19 14 40 0000
         14 40 0008
         14 40 0015
0665
iS-TOT

i/L P
0.032
0.029
0.031
0.014
O.Olfa
0.016
0.013
0.013
C.014
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
3.2


S.O


7.3


                       K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
                       LESS THAN INDICATED

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  APPENDIX E
TRIBUTARY DATA

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HiETklEVAL LMTE 7b/10/2U
 37HA1          Lb3711Al
35 20 00.0 080 5>J 00.0
CATAriBA hUVtk
37u3b   7.b PAw
U/MT ISLAND
f-rfOM 0AM 0.6 Ml t
HEHALtS
4
                                                                             OF MOUNTAIN ISLAND
                                                                                2111204
                                                                               0000 FtLT  DEPTH
OATd
FROM
TO
73/03/24
73/04/29
73/06/03
73/07/01
73/Od/04
73/09/09
73/10/14
73/11/04
7 3/12/Ort
74/ul/Ob
74/01/21
74/02/03
7-+/J2/15
74/03/03
OC630 00625
1 IMF DEPTH N02MMOJ TOT KJfL
OF .M-TOTAL N
iJAi
10
07
09
08
10
09
10
10
10
09
14
11
13
09
r FEET
05
40
00
30
05
^0
35
05
10
so
00
30
40
20
M13/L
G
J
u
0
0
J
0
0
0
u
0
0
0
0
.2bO
.240
.180
.132
tQoH
.030
.Ob6
.Odb
. 1U4
. 2b?
.264
.2b4
.280
.2b2
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N HHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL UKTHO
MG/L Mb/L
0.
0.
0.
c.
3.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
1.
0.
0.
340
360
290
b60
200
220
600
sbO
200
100
500
300
200
500
0.
0.
0.
J.
0.
•J.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
u.
040
016
054
063
154
019
096
088
044
020
032
07j
020
025
MG/L
0.
0.
o.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
u.
0.
0.
H
OObK
006
012
005K
005K
005K
006
010
OOSK
008
005K
065
OObK
OOSK
MG/L P
0.020
0.022
0.015
0.010
0.020
0.015
0.010
O.Olu
0.060
O.CJO
O.Olb

0.025
O.Olb
                 K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
                 LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORE.! RETRIEVAL DATE  7'3/10/2U
                                                                   3711A2           LS3H1A2
                                                                  35 23  00.0  080  59 JO.O
                                                                  CATAWriA rtlVc.r«
                                                                  37      7.5 HICKS CrfOSSI
                                                                  I/MT ISLAND RtSVK
                                                                  LivlD UIRT tfu 1.6 MI  b OF LINCOLN CO LINE!
                                                                  11EHALES              211120H
                                                                  4                    0000 FE£T  DEPTH
DATE
FROM
TO
73/03/24
73/0^/24
73/06/03
73/07/01
73/08/04
73/09/09
73/10/1-4
73/11/04
73/12/08
74/01/06
74/01/21
74/02/03
74/02/15
74/OJ/03
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF H-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
10
08
fry
08
10
10
10
10
10
10
14
oy
14
10
40
05
30
35
35
10
15
?5
35
05
45
40
05
15
MG/L
0
a
0
0
0
0
u
0
u
0
0
0
0
0
.260
.250
.170
.13d
.OU6
.030
.06u
.063
.112
.252
.21o
.240
.252
.252
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
1.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
1.
1.
0.
400
340
160
440
600
220
2SO
550
300
600
300
600
(100
500
00610 00671 00665
NM3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL URTrlO
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
c.
0*
0.
c.
0.
u.
0.
0.
u.
0.
115
066
018
028
115
016
038
068
06B
032
032
105
OS5
045
MG/L
0*
Qo
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
p
005K
006
005K
005K
005K
007
005K
0.007
0.
0*
0.
0.
0.
0.
005K
005K
U12
020
005K
005K
MG/L P
0.035
0,020
0.010
U.G10
0.015
0.010
0.005K
0.015
0.010
O.G15
0.055
0.070
0.045
0.015
                        K  VALUE  KNOWN TO BE
                        LESS  THAN INDICATED

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STORE! rt
                 DA!£  75/10/20
  DATE
  FHOM
   TU

73/03/24
73/06/03
73/07/01
73/08/04
73/09/09
73/10/1"
73/12/Ort
74/01/21
74/02/03
         TIME DEPTH IM026.IM03
          OF
         DAr  FEET

         11 15
         08 30
         10 00

         10 05
         10 45
         11 30
         10 55
         11 05
         10 30
         15 30
         09 30
            30
                                                                   3Y11H1          LS371181
                                                                  35 22 JO.Q OHO 56 jO.O
                                                                  37      Y.b HICKS
                                                                  T/MT  IbLANu «£SVK
                                                                  bKOG  Oisl UNMMEJ HU
                                                                  HEPALtS
74/03/03 11
J
'6,
0
10
0
t,1
0
0
0
0
0
0
o
0
0
d
c
c
630
IM03
TAL
/L
.37d
.399
.630
.640
.420
,72b
.670
.bk>0
.616
.504
.3tS4
.264
.440
.440
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.4?0
0.500
0.360
0.270
3.100
1.800
0.900
O.HOO
0.800
0.500
1.150
0.600
1.100
2.15U
00610
Nh3-i\l
TOTAL
MG/L
0.070
O.llU
0.056
Ct.032
0.160
0.420
0.069
0.040
0.09H
u.032
••1.232
0.045
0.105
0.040
00671
PHOS-DIS
OtfTHO
MG/L P
0.034
0.058
0.092
0.132
0*044
0.176
0.168
0.200
0.132
0.060
0.064

0.045
O.OB5
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.095
0.105
0.175
0.1BO
0.380
0.260
0.270
0.270
o.ias
O.l4b
0.313

0.125
0.148
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