U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
                NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                         WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                                REPORT
                                                  ON
                                             LAKE ONTELAUNE
                                              BERKS COUNTY
                                              PENNSYLVANIA
                                             EPA REGION III
                                           WORKING PAPER No, 422
           PACIFIC NORTHWEST ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY
                          An Associate Laboratory of the
             NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                                   and
       NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
•f-TGPO	S97-O32

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                                        REPORT
                                          ON
                                    LAKE
                                     BERKS COUNTY
                                     PENNSYLVANIA
                                    EPA REGION III
                                 WORKING PAPER No,  422
            WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES
                     AND THE
            PENNSYLVANIA NATIONAL GUARD
                    JUNE, 1975
                                                        bob

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                              CONTENTS
                                                          Page
  Foreword                                                 i i
  List of Pennsylvania Study Lakes                          iv
  Lake and Drainage  Area Maps                              v, vi

  Sections
  I.   Conclusions                                            1
 II.   Lake and Drainage Basin Characteristics                4
III.   Lake Water Quality Summary                             5
 IV.   Nutrient Loadings                                     10
  V.   Literature Reviewed                                   15
 VI.   Appendices                                           16

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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 Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources for professional  involvement and to the
Pennsylvania National Guard for conducting  the tributary sampling
phase of the Survey.

    Walter A. Lyon, Director of the Bureau  of Water Quality
Management, Richard M. Boardman, Chief of the Division of Water
Quality, and James T. Ulanoski, Aquatic Biologist of the Division
of Water Quality, provided invaluable lake  documentation and
counsel during the Survey, reviewed the preliminary reports, and
provided critiques most useful  1n the preparation of this Working
Paper series.

    Major General Harry J. Mier, Jr., the Adjutant General of
Pennsylvania, and Project Officer Major Ronald E.  Wickard, who
directed the volunteer efforts of the Pennsylvania National
Guardsmen, are also gratefully acknowledged  for their assistance
to the Survey.

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                                1v
                  NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION  SURVEY
                            STUDY LAKES
                       STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
LAKE NAME
Allegheny Reservoir

Beaver Run Reservoir
Beltzville
Blanchard Reservoir
Canadohta
Conneaut
Conewago (Pinchot)
Greenlane
Harveys
Indian
Naomi
Ontelaunee
Pocono
Pymatuning Reservoir

Shenango River Reservoir
Still water
Wallenpaupack
COUNTY
McKean, Warren,  PA;
 Cattarugus,  NY
Westmoreland
Carbon
Centre
Crawford
Crawford
York
Montgomery
Luzerne
Somerset
Monroe
Berks
Monroe
Crawford, PA;
 Ashtabula, OH
Mercer
Monroe
Pike, Wayne

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           Sacony
        Vfrginville
               Moselem
               Dev. Corp.
           Map Location
LAKE  ONTELAUNEE
    Tributary  Sampling Site
  x Lake Sampling Site
    Sewage  Treatment Plant
                 ?

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                                vi
                                                                     40'40—
                                                                     40" 35—
    Map Location
                       •&/* ^^       "**\
                       J7 Virginville    X
^^ Shoemaker vi lie
                  Laureldale
                                           LAKE  ONTELAUNEE
                                              Tributary Sampling  Site
                                           X  Lake  Sampling Site
                                           ^  Sewage Treatment Facility
                                          f  Drainage Area Boundary
                                                .   .   1	
                                                    Scale
                                                             4M1.
40 25-

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                         LAKE ONTELAUNEE*
                          STORE! NO.  4225

I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate that Lake Ontelaunee  is eutrophic.
        It ranked fifteenth in overall  trophic  quality when the 17
        Pennsylvania lakes sampled in 1973 were compared using a
        combination of six lake parameters**.   Only four of the
        lakes had higher median total phosphorus levels, two  had
        higher median dissolved phosphorus, none had higher median
        inorganic nitrogen, all lakes had greater mean Secchi disc
        transparency, and nine had less mean chlorophyll a_.   Depression
        of dissolved oxygen with depth occurred at both sampling sta-
        tions in July and October, 1973.
            Survey limnologists noted that the  water was turbid on
        all sampling occasions.  Algal  blooms were observed on the
        second and third visits at station two  and in  the Maiden Creek
        section of the lake during the third visit.  Floating and emer-
        gent aquatic weeds were observed near station  one on  the third
        visit.
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The algal assay results show that Lake Ontelaunee was
        phosphorus limited at the time the assay sample was collected
* Table of metric conversions—Appendix A.
** See Appendix B.

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    (04/13/73).  The lake data indicate  phosphorus limitation at
    all sampling times.
C.  Nutrient Controllability:
        1.  Point sources—During the  sampling year, Lake Ontelaunee
    received a total phosphorus load at  a  rate nearly three times
    that proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and Dillon, 1974)
    as  a eutrophic rate (see  page 14).  However, Vollenweider's
    model probably does  not apply to water bodies with short hydraulic
    retention times, and the mean hydraulic retention time of Lake
    Ontelaunee is only 14 days.
        It is calculated that  the waste  treatment plants included
    in the Survey contributed  nearly 75% of the total phosphorus
    load to the lake during the sampling year.  Removal of 90% of
    the phosphorus at these point sources  would reduce the loading
    rate to 1.56 g/m2/yr.  This rate is  less  than Vollenweider's
    eutrophic rate but more than his oligotrophic rate (i.e., a
    mesotrophic rate); and, regardless of  applicability of the
    model, the reduced rate should result  in  a significant improve-
    ment in the trophic  condition of Lake  Ontelaunee once a new
    phosphorus equilibrium becomes established.
        2.  Non-point sources—It is estimated that non-point sources
    contributed about 25% of the total phosphorus load to Lake Onte-
    launee during the sampling year.  Maiden  Creek, the only major

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tributary, had a relatively low phosphorus export  rate of  9
kg/km2/yr (see page 13).   The probable effectiveness  of
point-source phosphorus control  Is substantiated by this
rather low non-point export rate.

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II.   LAKE AND DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS
     A.   Lake Morphometry :
         1.  Surface area:  4.38 kilometers2.
         2.  Mean depth:   3.4 meters.
         3.  Maximum depth:   9.4 meters.
         4.  Volume:  14.892 x 106  m3.
         5.  Mean hydraulic retention  time:   14  days  (based on outlet flow)
     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         {See Appendix C for flow data)
         1.  Tributaries -
                                               Drainage       Mean flow
             Name                              area  (km2)*    (m3/sec)*
             Maiden Creek                        404.0           8.2
             Minor tributaries &
              immediate drainage -               151.0           3.6
                          Totals                 555.0          11.8
         2.  Outlet -
             Maiden Creek                        559.4**        12.0
     C.   Precipitation***:
         1.  Year of sampling:  121.5  centimeters.
         2.  Mean annual:  111.7 centimeters.
 t Ulanoski, 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
      Lake Ontelaunee 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 two stations on the lake and from a number of depths  at  each
  station (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 7.9 meters at station 1  and 3.0 meters at station 2.
      The lake  sampling results are presented  in full  in Appendix  D and
  are summarized in  the following  table.

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A. SUMMAKr OF PhfSICAL ANO CHEMICAL  CrtAKACTErtIbTICS FUK ONTELAUNEE LAKE
                             STuUtT CODE  422b

                                       2ND  SAMPLING <  7/24/731

                                             2 bITtS
IS!  SAMPLING <  4/13/731

      ? SITCi
3M SAMPLING  <10/ 3/731

      2 SITES
PARA'HETtrf
TLMP 1C!
Diss oxr IMG/LI
CMKTVY (MCHOMOl
PM (STAND UN1TSI
TOT ALK (MG/Ll
TOT f> (I1G/LI
MFHU P (Mu/Ll
N02»N03 
AMMONIA 
KJtX N (MG/L>
1NOHG N (MG/Ll
TOTAL M IMG/LI
ChLMPYL A [Ur,/L>
btCCHl (HETEKSt
HfANGE MEAfJ
B. 4
10.6
1*0.
7.3
37.
0.015
U.007
2.400
O.Olu
0.200
2.460
2.700
2.H
O.J
— Q H
- 11.4
- 200.
8.0
- 40.
- 0.039
- 0.01B
- 3.200
- 0.060
- 0.400
- 3.260
- 3.500
- 2.9
0.5
9.1
11.0
1V6.
7.7
39.
0.02b
O.Oib
2.963
a.i.50
0.317
3.033
3.300
2.4
0.4
MEUlAN
9.1
11.0
W7.
7.6
39.
0.029
O.Olb
3.050
0.060
0.300
3.08b
3.400
2.b
0.4
KANGL M£AN
18.1
0.2
170.
7.0
59.
0.033
0.007
1.4JO
J.090
0.600
2.090
2.800
9.6
O.M
- 26.6
- 11.9
- 23b.
9.1
- ai.
- O.US7
- tl.020
- 2.400
- 0.750
- 1.100
- 2.590
- 3.000
- 12.9
1.0
23. a
5.9
204.
8.4
«,*.
0.044
0.012
2.000
0.267
0.757
2.267
2.757
11.2
0.9
MEDIAN
25.4
0.7
207.
ta.B
70.
0.046
O.UOV
2.000
U.15U
0.700
2.150
2.700
11.2
0.9
hANCL
18. 6
4.Z
244.
7.4
71.
0.030
0.008
1.350
0.050
0.500
1.410
2.290
16.2
1.0
- £u.a
- 12.4
- 260.
9.2
90.
- 0.07 J
- 0.019
- 2.040
- 0.270
- 1.10U
. - 2.150
- 2.540
- 26.3
1.1
MtAN
19.7
a. a
252.
H.Ci
78.
0.043
0.011
1.677
0.100
0.750
1.777
2.427
21.2
1.0
MEDIAN
19.7
9.J
252.
ri.fj
78.
0.043
0.011
1.655
O.ObO
0.700
1.710
2.433
21.2
1.0

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B.  Biological  characteristics:
    1.  Phytoplankton -

        Sampling
        Date

        04/13/73
        07/24/73
        10/03/73
Dominant
Genera

1.  Stephanodiscus
2.  Asterionella
3.  Cryptomonas
4.  Melosira
5.  Flagellates
    Other genera

             Total

1.  Scenedesmus
2.  Coelastrum
3.  Gloeocystis
4.  Oocystis
5.  Merlsmopedia
    Other genera

             Total

1.  Melosira
2.  Fragilaria
3.  Pediastrum
4.  Chlorophyta filament
5.  Oocystis
    Other genera
Algal units
per ml	

    680
    107
     67
     67
     67
     89
  1,077

    181
    140
    131
     74
     49
    Hi

    689
  4,698
                                         Total
                            8,160

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    2.  Chlorophyll a_ -
                                                     Chlorophyll a_
Sampling
Date
04/13/73
07/24/73
10/03/73
Station
Number
01
02
01
02
01 .
02
0.024
0.074
0.074
0.024
2.976
2.976
3.976
3.976
4.7
25.9
24.5
4.6
                                                          2.8
                                                          2.9
                                                         12.9
                                                          9.6
                                                         26.3
                                                         16.2
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)    (mg/l-dry wt.)
        Control
         0.050 P
         0.050 P + 1.0 N
         1.0 N
    2.  Discussion -
            The  control yield of the  assay alga, Selenastrum capri-
        cornutum, indicates that the  potential primary  productivity
        of Lake  Ontelaunee was high at  the time  the assay sample was
        collected.  Only four of the  17 Pennsylvania lakes studied
        had a greater assay control yield.
            The  N/P ratio of the control  sample, the response to
        the orthophosphorus spike, and  the lack  of response when
        only nitrogen was added, show that the control  sample was
        phosphorus limited.

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    The lake data indicate phosphorus  limitation at all
samplTng times; i.e.,  the mean N/P  ratios were 162/1 or
greater, and phosphorus limitation  would be expected.

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IV.   NUTRIENT LOADINGS
     (See Appendix E for data)
     For the determination of nutrient loadings, the Pennsylvania
 National Guard collected monthly near-surface grab samples from each
 of  the tributary sites indicated on the map (page vi), except for the
 high runoff month of April when two samples were collected.  Sampling
 was begun in May, 1973, and  was completed in April, 1974.
     Through an interagency agreement, stream flow estimates for the
 year of sampling and a "normalized" or average year were provided by
 the Pennsylvania 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 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 adjusted nutrient
 loads at station A-2, in kg/km2/year, and multiplying by the ZZ area in
 km2.
     The operators of the Kutztown and Blue Rock Mountain Spring Water
 Company wastewater treatment plants provided monthly effluent samples
 and corresponding flow data.  The Moselem Development Corporation did
 *  See Working  Paper  No.  175.

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not participate in the Survey, and nutrient loads were estimated at

1.134 kg P and 3.401 kg N/capita/year.  The community of Virginville

was assumed to be served by septic tanks, and nutrient loads attribu-

ted to that source are included in the septic tank loads.

    A.  Waste Sources:

        1.  Known muncipal* -


        Name

        Kutztown
        Moselem
         Development
         Corp.
        Blue Rock
         Mtn. Spring
         Water Co.
Pop.
Served
10,000
150
Treatment
trickling
filter
act. sludge
Mean Flow
(mVd)
7,344,0
56.8**
Receiving
Water
Sacony Creek
Moselem Creek
30
sand filter
3.6
Ontelaunee Creek
        2.  Known industrial - None
* Treatment plant questionnaires.
** Estimated at 0.3785 m3/capita/day.

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    B.  Annual Total Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
                                              kg  P/           % of
            Source                            j^r	          total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load)  -
                Maiden Creek                   3,775          18.0
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -    1,360           6.5
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Kutztown                      15,540          74.2
                Moselem Development Corp.        170           0.8
                Blue Rock Mtn. Spring Water       5          <0.1
            d.  Septic tanks* -                   30           0.1
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -          75           0.4
                         Total                20,955          100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Maiden Creek        18,255
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 2,700 kg.
* Estimate based on 96 shoreline dwellings  along  Maiden Creek and 14 dwellings
  along Sacony Creek; 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) -
                Maiden Creek                  738,550         68.8
            b:  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -  276,030         25.7
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Kutztown                       52,120          4.9
                Moselem Development Corp.         510         <0.1
                Blue Rock Mtn. Spring Water        15         <0.1
            d.  Septic tanks* -                 1,170          0.1
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -        4.730          0.4
                         Total              1,073,125        100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Maiden Creek      1,254,715
        3.  Net annual N loss - 181,590 kg.
    D.  Mean Annual Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tributary                             kg P/km2/yr    kg N/km2/yr
        Maiden Creek                                9            1,828
* Estimate based on 96 shoreline dwellings along Maiden Creek and 14 dwellings
  along Sacony Creek; see Working Paper No. 175.
** 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 Vollenweider1s model may not be applicable to
        water bodies with short hydraulic retention times.
                                   Total Phosphorus      Total  Nitrogen
        	Total   Accumulated    Total   Accumulated
        grams/m2/yr              4.78      0.62         245.0     loss*

        Vollenweider loading rates for phosphorus
         (g/m2/yr) based on mean depth and mean
         hydraulic retention time of Lake Ontelaunee:
            "Dangerous"  {eutrophic rate)       1.76
            "Permissible"  (oligotrophic rate)  0.88
* There was an apparent loss of nitrogen during the sampling  year.  This may
  have been due to nitrogen fixation in the lake,  solubilization of previously
  sedimented nitrogen, recharge with nitrogen-rich ground water, unknown and
  unsampled point sources discharging directly to  the lake, or  underestimation
  of the nitrogen loads from the upper Maiden Creek drainage  area.  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.

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V.  LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Anonymous, 1971.   Inventory of municipal waste facilities.  EPA Publ,
        No.  OWP-1,  vol.  3,  Washington,  D.C.

    Ulanoski, James,  1975.   Personal  communication (lake morphometry).
        PA Dept.  of Env.  Resources, Harrisburg.

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

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VI    APPENDICES
                                APPENDIX A
                            CONVERSION FACTORS

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                CONVERSION FACTORS

Hectares x 2.471 = acres
Kilometers x 0.6214 = miles
Meters x 3.281 = feet
Cubic meters x 8.107 x 10   = acre/feet
Square kilometers x 0.3861 = square miles
Cubic meters/sec x 35.315 = cubic feet/sec
Centimeters x 0.3937 = inches
Kilograms x 2.205 = pounds
Kilograms/square kilometer x 5.711 = Ibs/square mile

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 APPENDIX B
LAKE RANKINGS

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LAKES RANKED BY INDEX NOS.




RANK  LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME
   1  4224




   2  4220




   3  4222




   4  4228




   5  4227




   6  4223



   7  3641




   8  4229




   9  4221




  10  4219



  11  4204




  12  4226




  13  4213




  14  4216




  15  4225




  16  4201




  17  4207
LAKE NAOMI




8ELTZVILLE DAM




HARVEY'S LAKE




STILLWATER LAKE




POCONO LAKE




INDIAN LAKE




ALLEGHENY RESERVOIR




LAKE WALLENPAUPACK




CANADOHTA LAKE




BEAVER RUN RESERVOIR




CONNEAUT LAKE




PINCHOT LAKE




PYMATUNING RESERVOIR




SHENANGO RIVER RESERVOIR




ONTELAUNEE DAM




BLANCHARD RESERVOIR




GREENLANE DAM
INDEX NO






   445




   423




   413




   401




   389




   383




   385




   371




   369




   360




   307




   256




   206




   157




   101




    85




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P£KCENT OF LAKES WITH rllGHEK VALUES (NUMBER OF LAKES wlTH HIGHER VALUES) '

LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME

3b41  ALLEGHENY HESERVOIR

4201  BLANCHARO RESERVOIR

4204  CONNEAUT LAKE

4207  GREENLANE DAM

4213  PYMATUNING RESEHVOIR

4216  5HENANGO RIVER RESERVOIR

4219  BEAVER RUN RESERVOIR

4220  BELTZVILLE 0AM

4221  CANAOOHTA LAKE

4232  HARVEYiS LAKE

4223  INDIAN LAKE

4224  LAKE NAOMI

4225  ONTELAUNEE 0AM

4226  PINCHOT LAKE

4227  POCONO LAKE

4228  STILLWATE* LAKE

4229  LAKE WALLENPAUPACK
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
56 <
13 <
44 (
6 (
0 (
19 (
94 (
aa t
50 (
63 t
100 (
81 <
25 (
31 <
38 (
72 <
72 <
9)
2)
7)
1)
0)
3)
15)
14)
8)
10)
16)
13)
4)
5)
6)
11)
11)
MEDIAN
tNORG N
38 (
13 (
63 (
6 (
72 <
44 (
19 (
25 (
97 (
81 <
31 (
88 (
0 (
56 (
97 t
72 t
50 (
6)
2)
10)
1)
11)
7>
3)
4)
15)
13)
5)
141
0)
9)
15)
11)
8)
500-
MEAN SEC
63 {
25 t
69 (
19 <
6 (
13 (
86 (
94 (
56 (
100 (
75 (
44 {
0 (
31 (
50 (
38 <
81 {
10)
4)
11)
3)
1)
2)
14)
15)
9) '
16)
12)
7)
0)
5)
B)
6)
13)
MEAN
CHLORA
100 <
31 (
56 (
13 (
0 (
6 (
81 (
94 (
19 (
63 (
75 (
69 (
44 (
38 <
88 (
25 <
50 <
16)
5)
9)
2>
0)
1)
13>
15)
3)
10)
12)
11)
7)
6)
14)
4)
8)
15-
MIN DO
69 f
3 <
34 (
3 <
100 (
47 (
19 <
34 <
59 (
47 (
19. (
88 (
19 (
81 <
75 <
94 (
59 (
11)
0)
5)
0)
16)
7)
2)
5)
9)
7)
2)
14)
2)
13)
12)
15)
9)
MEDIAN
01SS P
59 (
0 (
41 (
6 (
23 (
28 (
59 (
88 (
88 (
59 t
88 (
75 (
13 (
19 (
41 (
100 <
59 (
8)
0)
6)
1)
4)
4)
8)
13)
13)
8)
13)
12)
2)
3)
6)
16)
8)
INDEX,
NO
385
85
307
53
206
Ib7
360
423
369
413
388
445
• 101
2S6
389
401
371

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LAKE DATA TO BE USED IN RANKINGS
CODE  LAKE .NAME
3641  ALLEGHENY RESERVOIR
4201  BLANCHARD RESERVOIR
42U4  CUNNEAUT LAKE
4207  GKEENLANE DAM
4213  PYMATUNING RESERVOIR
4216  SHENANGO RIVER RESERVOIR
4219  BEAVER RUN RESERVOIR
4220  8ELTZVILLE DAK
4221  CANADOHTA LAKE
4222  HARVEY'S LAKE
4223  INDIAN LAKE
4224  LAKE NAOMI
4225  ONTELAUNEE 0AM
4226  PINCrlOT LAKE
4227  POCONO LAKE
4228  STILLWATER LAKE
4229  LAKE WALLENPAUPACK
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
0.016
0.064
0.023
0,066
0.070
Q.OS8
0.009
0.010
0.020
0.015
0.008
0.014
0.040
0.027
0.024
0.015
0.015
MEDIAN
INQn-G N
0.380
1.300
0.185
1.475
0.180
0.340
0.835
0.815
0,130
0,160
0,520
0.135
a. iso
0.245
0.130
0.180
0.250
500-
MEAIM 5EC
414,250
453.143
402.000
460.222
467.750
'463. bS5
384. S33
362.444
436.000
338.000
400.222
443.333
470.667
453.000
438.800
449.000
394.563
MEAN
CHLORA
3.700
15.187
7.567
24.011
56.333
26.800
5.183
4.856
19.167
5.967
5.211
5.533
11.783
13.950
4.960
18.233
9.617
15-
MIN DO
13.800
14.900
14.600
14.900
7.700
14,500
14.MOO
14.600
14.100
14,500
14.800
8.000
14,800
11.500
13.200
7.900
14.100
MEDIAN
DISS P
0.006
0.046
0.007
0.020
0.006
0.008
0.006
0.005
0.005
0.006
O.OOb
0.005
0.011
O.OOB
0.007
0.004
0.006

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    APPENDIX C
TRIBUTARY FLOW DATA

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                                                     fLO*
                                                                    lUl-J f(jr> r1,-.
                                                                                     V J-, Ifl
LA«E  COUL  <

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                      LAKti
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r^tAlSU l\Mt
5bV.4
4U4.0
lSb.4







JU M F^H
12.40 1 7.f4
M.7H 11. rt^
3.71 b.21
TOTAL 0«AINA(jt
SLf.^ UK bUh'-lJKA.
•In!*
? ? . H 7
1^.4^
/.-(t
A«tA Ul
iNAt,L Ai
iNfttLr FLOmS awj uAiLf FLOWS 
C.f-'l
1 . J'y
1 . -:1
1. . -1
f.l )
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4. 1 1
3.''^
uwr
H
V
7
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)
1
7
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7
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II. UH
                                                                                                                   142.l
                                                                    bS'J.'t
                                                                                                        UUl  =
                                                           H..JH  IMi
                                                           H .-?n
                                                             . n
                                                            b.13
                                                           0. it

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        APPENDIX D
PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORET HEfKIEVAL UATE 75/01/27
                                                                  422501
                                                                 tQ 26 45.0 075 56 05.0
                                                                 ONTELAUNEE DAM
                                                                 42011   PENNSYLVANIA

DATE
FROM
TO
73/04/13


73/07/24



73/10/03



TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
16 15 0000
16 15 0005
16 IS 0015
11 35 0000
11 35 0005
11 35 0015
11 35 0026
UO 00 0000
00 00 U005
UO 00 0015
0001U
WATER
TEMP
CENT
9.8
9.8
9.8
26.6
25.8
20.7
18.1
20.6
19.7
18.6
                                00300     OC077     00094
                                 DO      TKANSP   CNDUCTVY
                                         SECCHI   F1ELO
                                MG/L     INCHES   MICHOMHO
                                  10.6
                                  11.0

                                  11.9
                                   0.2
                                   9.6
                                   4.2
                       30
                                              42
                         198
                         190
                         200
                         196
                         195
                         210
                         170
                         244
                         246
                         253
HEPALES
J
00400
PH

su
8.00
7.60
7.30
9.10
y.oo
7.30
7.00
9.2(j
8.50
7.40

0041U
T ALK
CAC03
H6/L
tO
40
J9
b9
60
as
70
71
72
78
211
0020
00610
NHJ-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.060
0.060
0.060
0.120
0.120
0.45U
0.750
0.06U
0.060
0.270
1202


FEET DEPTH
00625
TOT KJEL
M
MG/L
0.400
0.300
0.400
0.700
0.700
0.700
1.100
1.100
0.900
0.600
00630
NU2&N03
N-fOTAL
MG/L
3.000
2.400
J.OOO
2.000
2.000
2.000
1.400
1.3SO
1.480
1.680
00671
PM05-DI5
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.016
0.01B
0.017
0.007
0.009
0.017
0.020
0.008
0.011
0.011
                      00665
  DATE    TIME  DEPTH PHOS-TOT
  FKOM     OF
   TO    OAY  FEET   MG/L P
73/04/13 16 15 0000
         16 15 000^
         16 15 0015
73/07/24 11 35 0000
         11 35 0005
         11 35 0015
         11 3b 0026
73/10/03 00 00 0000
         00 00 0005
         00 00 OOlb
0.1)34
C.020
U.039
0.0 JJ
0.040
0.0b7
O.u3b
0.0*3
u.OJi)
  32217
CHLRPHYL
   A
  UG/L

     2.8


     12. v



     26.3

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STOHET RETRIEVAL DATE 75/01/27
                                                                  422502
                                                                 40  28  16.0  075  55  07.0
                                                                 ONfELAUNEE  LAKE
                                                                 42011    PENNSYLVANIA

DATE
FrtOM
TO
73/04/13


73/07/24


73/10/03



DATE
FROM
TO
73/U-+/13


73/07/24


73/10/03



TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
16 45 0000
16 45 0004
16 45 0010
12 05 UOOO
12 05 0005
12 05 0009
00 00 0000
00 00 0005
00 00 0010

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
Ib 45 0000
16 45 0004
16 45 0010
12 05 OOOU
12 05 0005
12 05 0009
00 00 0000
00 00 OOOb
00 00 0010
U0010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
8.4
8.4
8.4
26.3
25.4
23.9
20.6
19.7
18.7
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.024
0.034
0.015
0.040
0.046
0.048
0.04<*
0.073
0.064
00300
DO

MG/L

11.4
11.0

10.3
6.7

12.4
9.0
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
2.9


9.6


16.2


00077 00094
TRANSP CNDUCTVY
SECCH1 FIELD
INCHES MICHOMHO
18 190
200
195
38 207
214
235
38 250
257
260
-












11EPALES
3
00400 00410
PH

su
7.80
7.60
7.70
9.10
8.80
8.30
9.10
8.80
8.40













T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
38
37
39
63
70
79
90
77
ao













2111202
0014 FEET DEPTH
00610 00625 00630
NH3-N TOT KJEL
TOTAL
MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0













.050
.060
.010K
.090
.150
.190
.060
.050
.100













N
MG/L
0.300
0.300
0.200
0.800
0.700
0.600
0.800
0.600
0.500













N02&N01
N-TOTAL
MG/L
3.200
3.200
3.100
2.000
2.200
2.400
1.620
1.690
2.040













00671
PHOS-DIS
OHTHO
MG/L P
0.017
0.016
0.007
0.007
0.009
0.013
0.008
0.011
0.019













                    K VALUE  KNOWN  TO BE
                    LESS THAN INDICATED

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       APPENDIX E
TRIBUTARY and WASTEWATER
  TREATMENT PLANT DATA

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STUREf RETRIEVAL OATt 75/02/03
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N024.N03
  FROM    OF
   TO •   UAY  FEET
73/U5/19
73/06/16
73/07/07
73/08/04
73/0^/08
73/10/06
73/11/03
73/ld/01
74/01/05
74/u2/02
74/03/02
74/04/06
74/1)4/13
13 40
12 30
12 10
13 05
13 15
13 45
13 14
13 00
13 25
13 10
13 20
13 02
12 15
                                                                  4225A1
                                                                 40 2b 48.0  075  56  00.0
                                                                 MAIDEN CR
                                                                 42089    f.b TEMPLE
                                                                 0/LAf\E ONTELAUNEE
                                                                 20 FT riELO  BASE OF  DAM
                                                                 11LPALES              2111204
                                                                 4                    0000  FEET
0630
4.N03
OTAL
G/L
1.830
2.000
2.200
1.300
U.350
1.460
1.400
2.100
1.840
3.700
3.080
2.600
3.080
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.700
0.885
3.^00
0.690
2.900
1.050
0.750
1.500
0.200
0.400
0.600
0.600
0.200
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.065
0.037
0.099
0.026
1.000
0.025
O.OB4
0.168
0.044
0.027
0.020
0.020
0.025
00671
PnOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.005K
0.008
0.012
0.006
0.023
0.012
0.020
0.012
0.016
0.020
0.015
0.025
U.016
00665
PHOi-TOT

MG/L H
U.04Y
0.040
G.U60
0.023


U.ObO
0.060
0.045
t.04b
O.u7b
O.ODO
0.045
DEPTH
                    K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
                    LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 7*5/02/03
                                                                   4225A2
                                                                  40 30 05.0 075 53 14.0
                                                                  MAIUEN CR
                                                                  t*2      7.5 HAMBURG
                                                                  1/LAKL ONTELAUNEE
                                                                  rMY 66? BKCJG AT MOSELEM
                                                                  11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  4                   UOOO FEET
DEPTH
DATE
FROM
TO
73/05/19
73/06/16
73/07/07
73/08/04
73/09/06
73/10/06
73/11/03
73/12/01
74/01/05
7^/02/02
74/U3/02
7t/0<*/06
7^/0^/13
U0630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
14
12
12
13
13
12
13
13
13
13
13
12
12
10
35
41
30
32
S5
25
12
ISO
tl
35
41
30
MG/L
2.
2.
2.

1.
1.
2.
2.
1.
3.
3.
2.
2.
020
300
800

880
860
700
100
800
700
200
500
760
MG/L
0.
1.
0.
0.
0.
1.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
100K
200
710
260
480
150
300
200
200
500
soo
900
200
00610 00671 00665
NM3-N PHOS-OIS PHOb-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0
0
0

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.027
.073
.033

.040
.050
.032
.022
.020
.045
.030
.045
.020
MG/L
0.
0.
0.

0.
o.
0*
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
p
025
039
032

115
061
040
054
020
020
025
025
019
MG/L P
0.045
0.075
o.o ro
0.095
0.145
0.115
0.065
O.OH5
0.040
0.030
0.070
0.10S
0.050
                    K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
                    LESS THAN INDICATED

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STOKET KETR1EVAL DATE 7b/02/03
                                                                                  TF4225XA     P010000
                                                                 40 31 40.0 075 47 00.0
                                                                 BOROUGH OF KUFZMAN
                                                                 42089   7.b KUmOHN
                                                                 T/LAKE ONTELAUNEE
                                                                 SACOUwY CKEEK/MAlDtN CHEEK
                                                                 11EPALES             2141204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  OEPtH
DATE
FHOM
ro
73/06/28
cpm-
73/06/28
73/07/27
CPU)-
73/07/27
73/08/28
CP(T)-
73/08/28
73/OV/27
CP < r ) -
7J/09/27
73/10/26
cpm-
73/10/26
7J/11/27
CPUI-
73/11/27
73/12/27
CP < H -
73/ 12/27
74/U 1/28
CP(T>-
74/01/2H
74/02/2B
CP -
J0630
TIME DEPTH N02&N03
OF N-IOTAL
UAY FEET MG/L
07

15
07

14
08

IS
08

IS
08

15
08

15
OB

IS
oa

15
U7

14
07

14
07

14
08

00

00
30

30
00

00
00

00
00

00
00

00
00

00
00

00
00

00
00

00
00

00
00


8.500


9.500


5.7&0


4.800


4.900


8.100


6,700


7.200


6.900


S.700


5.700


14.300
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L

3


14


3


13


15


15


3


10


8


4


7


8

.700


.700


,700


.200


.500


.000


.000


.000


.600


.700


.500


.300
00610 00671 00665 50051 50053
NH3-N PriOS-OIS PHOb-TOT FLOW CONDUIT
TOTAL OP.THO RATE FLO«-HGD
Mti/L MG/L P MG/L P INST rtGO MONTHLY

0.


3.


0.


3.


2.


3.


0.


u.


0.


0.


0.


0.

070


780


630


360


310


000


041


48U


£•"0


OSOK


42u


050K

5.200


S.100


5.900


6.000


6.300


5.600


1.380


3.300


3.750


3.150


4.20U


4.000

6.000


6.100


7.100


6.000


7.000


7.UOO


2.U50


7.200


4.700


3.900


b.300


5.200

0.700


0.730


U.620


0.850


8.500


o.eoo


2.000


1.300


1.000


1.20U


0.900


0.620

0.778


0.827


0.690


0.800


8.000


0.810


1.300


1.170


1.200


1.100


1.100


0.846
                   K VflLUE KNOrfN TO BE
                   LE5S THAN INDICATED

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5TGHET RETRIEVAL DATE  75/02/03
                      00630
  DATE   TIME DEPTH Hu2iN03
  FkOM    OF        N-TOTAL
   TO    DAY  FEET    Mb/L
74/06/28 12 30
                      10.050
                                                                   4225AA          TF4225XA     P010000
                                                                  40 31  40.U U75 47 00.0
                                                                  BOKOUGhl UF KUTZMAN
                                                                  42089    7.5 KUTZTO^N
                                                                  T/LAKE OiMTELAUNEE
                                                                  bACOUWY Cr(EEK/MAIDEN CWEEK
                                                                  11EPALES             2141204
                                                                  4                   UOOO FEET  DEPTH
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
15.000
00610
NHJ-N
TOTAL
MG/L
3.000
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
4.400
00665
PHOb-TOT

MG/L P
b.400
50051
FLOW
KATE
INST MGD
6.SOO
50053
CONOUIT
FLO*-MGO
MONTHLr
6.600

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 75/02/03
                                                                                   SF<+225ZA      P000007
                                                                 40  3*  00.0  075  46 00.0
                                                                 BLUE KOCK MOUNTAIN SPKING  WATER
                                                                 <«2       7.b N£w fRIPULI
                                                                 T/LAKE ONTELAUNEE
                                                                 UNTELAUNEt  CHEEK/MA IDEM  Crtt£K
                                                                 11EPALES             2141204
                                                                 <*                    0000 FLET  DEPTH
DATE
KROM
TO
73/0«/OH
73/10/10
74/01/23
74/04/11
74/06/12
74/07/12
74/09/13
7t/09/2U
74/10/17
74/11/14
74/11/21
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&.N03 TOT KJEL
OK N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
14
11
08

12
14
13
14
15
U8
09
50
00
00

00
00
Ib
00
00
00
00
MG/L
5.
13.
1.
0.
18.
13.
b.
15.
B.
b.

900
400
660
920
420
400
900
OUO
9 7b
BOO

MG/L

0.
5.
5.
2.
6.
0.
1.
I .
1.


500K
200
000
bOO
000
710
9bU
JOOft
UOOK

00610 00671 00665
NH3-N HMOS-DIS PHOS-10T
TOTAL OkTHO
MG/L
O.bOO
0.010K
0.890
1.700
0.1B2
0.32U
0.07b"
1.900
•J.490
0.110

MG/L P
1.200
4.750
0 .4^0
0.820
4.625
3.600
4.000
4.300
3.900


50051 b0053
FLOw CONUUIT
rtATE FLOiV-MGO
MG/L P INST MoO MONTHLY
2.600
5.3UO
0.470
1.000
b.2bO
H.OOO
4.b5o
4.600
3.900
1.J50

0.001
0.001
0.001
o.ooi
o.oul
0.001
0.001
0.001
0.001
0*001
u.oOl
0.001

0.001
0.001

0.001
0.001
0.001

o.ooi
0.001
                       K  VALUE KNOirfN TO BE
                       LESS  THAN INDICATED

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