U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
             NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                      WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                              REPORT
                                               ON
                                      HARRY D, STRUNK RESERVOIR
                                          FRONTIER COUNTY
                                             NEBRASKA
                                           EPA REGION VII
                                        WORKING PAPER No, 556
   CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                               and
  ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
.P.O. 699-440

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                                    REPORT
                                      ON
                          HARRY D, STRUNK RESERVOIR
                               FRONTIER COUNTY
                                   NEBRASKA
                                EPA REGION VII
                            WORKING PAPER No, 556
        WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
                  AND THE
          NEBRASKA IknoNAL GUARD
                AUGUST, 1976

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

  Sections
  I.   Conclusions                                                1
 II.   Lake and Drainage Basin Characteristics                    3
III.   Lake Water Quality Summary                                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 freshwater lakes and
reservoirs.

OBJECTIVES

    The Survey was designed to develop, in conjunction with state
environmental agencies, information on nutrient sources, concentrations,
and impact on selected freshwater lakes as a basis for formulating
comprehensive and coordinated national, regional, and state management
practices relating to point-source discharge reduction and non-point
source pollution abatement in lake watersheds.

ANALYTIC APPROACH

    The mathematical and statistical procedures selected for the
Survey's eutrophication analysis are based on related concepts that:

        a.   A generalized representation or model relating
    sources, concentrations, and impacts can be constructed.

        b.   By applying measurements of relevant parameters
    associated with lake degradation, the generalized model
    can be transformed into an operational representation of
    a lake, its drainage basin, and related nutrients.

        c.   With such a transformation, an assessment of the
    potential for eutrophication control can be made.

LAKE ANALYSIS

    In this report, the first stage of evaluation of lake and water-
shed data collected from the study lake and its drainage basin is
documented.  The report is formatted to provide state environmental
agencies with specific information for basin planning [§303(e)], 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
freshwater 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 Nebraska Department of
Environmental Control for professional involvement, to the
Nebraska National Guard for conducting the tributary sampling
phase of the Survey, and to those wastewater treatment plant
operators who voluntarily provided effluent samples and flow
data.

    The staff of the Water Pollution Control Division, Department
of Environmental Control, 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 Francis L. Winner, the Adjutant General of Nebraska,
and Project Officer Colonel Burl M. Johnson, who directed the volun-
teer efforts of the Nebraska National Guardsmen, are also gratefully
acknowledged for their assistance to the Survey.

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                                    iv

                      NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY

                            STATE OF NEBRASKA

RESERVOIR NAME                                    COUNTY

Branched Oak                                      Lancaster
Harlan County                                     Harlan
Harry D. Strunk                                   Frontier
Hugh Butler                                       Frontier, Red  Willow
Johnson                                           Dawson,  Gosper
McConaughy                                        Keith
Pawnee                                            Lancaster
Sherman                                           Sherman
Swanson                                           Hitchcock

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HARRY STRUNK

   RESERVOIR

 Tributary Sampling Site

 Lake Sampling Site

 Land Subject to  Inundation
  2468 Km.
                i   i    I
                 4     5 Mi.
                                               2     3
                                                Scale
                                                  /Neb.   \
                                                    I  •    \
                                                  Map Location
                                                                     4035 —
                                                                     4030 —
                                                                    40 25'—
                                                              outlet
 100 25
	I
                         100 20
        10015

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                        HARRY D. STRUNK RESERVOIR
                             STORET NO. 3103

I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition
            Survey data indicate Harry D.  Strunk Reservoir is eutrophic.
        It ranked seventh in overall  trophic quality when the nine
        Nebraska reservoirs sampled in 1974 were compared using a  combina-
        tion of six lake parameters*.   Four of the reservoirs had  less
        median total phosphorus, one had less and one had the same
        median dissolved phosphorus,  seven had less median inorganic
        nitrogen, two had less mean chlorophyll  a_, and six had greater
        mean Secchi disc transparency.  Depression of dissolved
        oxygen with depth occurred at both stations in July.
            Survey limnologists noted an algal bloom along the north
        shore near sampling station 2 in September, and the phytoplankton
        data indicate bloom conditions in April  (see page 6).
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The algal assay results indicate the reservoir was limited  by
        phosphorus at the time the sample was collected (04/16/74).   The
        reservoir data indicate phosphorus limitation in April and Septem-
        ber.
    C.  Nutrient Controllability:
            1.  Point sources—It is  calculated  that known point
        sources contributed about 3% of the total phosphorus  load  to
* See Appendix A.

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                                     2
        Strunk Reservoir during the sampling year.  The Curtis muni-
        cipal wastewater treatment plant was the major contributor.
            During the sampling year, the reservoir received a total phos-
        phorus loading over eleven times that proposed by Vollenweider
        (Vollenweider and Dillon, 1974) as a eutrophic loading (see  page
        11).  Therefore, it is unlikely that removal of phosphorus at
        the Curtis wastewater treatment plant would result in signifi-
        cant improvement in the trophic condition of the reservoir.
            2.  Non-point sources—It is estimated that non-point sources
        contributed about 97% of the total phosphorus load to the reser-
        voir during the sampling year.  Medicine Creek  contributed  80.5%
        of the total load.  Apparently, a significant reduction in the
        phosphorus loading to the reservoir can be achieved only through
        non-point-source control in the Medicine Creek drainage.
            The phosphorus export rate of Medicine Creek was 27 kg/km2
        during the sampling year (see page 10).  This rate is about  twice
        that of Red Willow Creek, a tributary of nearby Hugh Butler  Reser-
        voir*, and about 13 times that of the Republican River at the inlet
        of Swanson Reservoir**.
* Working Paper No. 557.
** Working Paper No. 562.

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II.   LAKE AND DRAINAGE BASIN  CHARACTERISTICS1"
     A.   Lake Morphometry  (at normal  pool  level)   :
         1.   Surface  area:  7.49  kilometers2.
         2.   Mean  depth:   5.8 meters.
         3.   Maximum  depth:   20.1 meters.
         4.   Volume:   43.442  x 106 m3.
         5.   Mean  hydraulic retention  time:  280 days (based on outflow).
     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C for  flow data)
         1.   Tributaries -
                                              Drainage       Mean flow
             Name                              area (km2)*    (m3/sec)*
             Medicine Creek                      1,372.7          1.99
             Minor tributaries  &
              immediate drainage  -                 277.4          O.H
                        Totals                 1,650.1          2.13
         2.   Outlet -
             Medicine Creek                      1,657.6**        1.96
     C.   Precipitation***:
         1.   Year  of  sampling:  57.6  centimeters.
         2.   Mean  annual:  56.8 centimeters.
 t Table of metric  conversions—Appendix B.
 tt Anonymous,  1975;  Hartung, 1974.
 * For limits of accuracy,  see Working Paper No. 175, "...Survey Methods,
   1973-1976".
 ** Includes area of  reservoir.
 *** See Working Paper  No.  175.

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III.   LAKE WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Harry D.  Strunk Reservoir was  sampled three  times during
  the open-water season of 1974 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 reservoir (see map, page v).   During  each visit, a single
  depth-integrated (4.6 m to surface) sample was composited from
  the stations  for phytoplankton identification and enumeration;
  and during the first visit, a single  18.9-liter  depth-integrated
  sample was composited for algal assays.   Also each time, a depth-
  integrated sample was collected from  each of the stations for
  chlorophyll a_ analysis.  The  maximum  depths  sampled were 9.1 meters
  at  station 1  and 10.7 meters  at station 2.
      The sampling results are  presented in full in Appendix D and
  are summarized in the following table (the July  nutrient samples
  were not properly preserved and were  not analyzed).

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                             A. SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS  FOR  HARRY  D.  STRUNK (MEDICIN
                                                         STORET CODE  3103
PARAMETER

TEMP (C)

OISS OXY (MG/L)

CNOCTVY (MCROMO)

PH (STAND UNITSI

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/L)

SECCHI  (METERS)
                             1ST SAMPLING  ( 4/16/74)

                                   2 SITES
2ND SAMPLING ( 7/ 1/74)

      2 SITES
3RD SAMPLING ( 9/27/74)

      2 SITES
RANGE
8.3 - 8.6
10.4 - 10.8
43. - 215.
8.1 - 8.5
173.
0.005



0.940
13.0
0.3
1 fO.
- 0.010



- 1.210
- 17.2
0.7
MEAN
8.4
10.6
133.
8.4
174.
0.007



1.045
15.1
0.5
MEDIAN RANGE MEAN MEDIAN
d.4 18.8 - 23.7 22.0 22.6
10.6 0.8 - 9.4 6.5 7.4
132. 379. - 400. 393. 396.
8.4 7.9 - 8.8 8.3 8.4





1.035 ««o««« .o»»aa««»«»*ea««»«»
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B.  Biological characteristics:
    1.  Phytoplankton -

        Sampling
        Date

        04/16/74
        07/01/74
        09/27/74
    2.   Chlorophyll a_ -

        Sampling
        Date

        04/16/74
        07/01/74


        09/27/74
   Dominant
   Genera
Algal Units
per ml	

 62,062
  4,124
  3,921
  2,434
    270
    271

 73,082
   1.   Asterionella sp.
   2.   Centric diatoms
   3.   Dactylococcopsis sp.
   4.   Flagellates
   5.   Cryptomonas sp.
       Other genera

            Total

   1.   Aphanizomenon sp.     1
   2.   Melosira sp.
   3.   Cryptomonas sp.
   4.   Fragilaria sp.
   5.   Schroederia sp.
       Other genera          	

            Total            3,628

   1.   Stephanodiscus sp.    3,654
   2.   Kirchneriella sp.       775
   3.   Crucigenia sp.          664
   4.   Cryptomonas sp.         277
   5.   Synedra sp.             277
       Other genera            775

            Total            6,422
    ,596
    726
    522
    319
    203
    262
Station
Number

  1
  2

  1
  2

  1
  2
Chlorophyll a_
(yg/D

    17.2
    13.0

     5.7
    13.4

    17.7
    19.2

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0.005
0.055
0.055
0.005
0.397
0.397
1.397
1.397
0.1
13.1
18.9
0.1
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C.  Limiting Nutrient Study:
    1.  Autoclaved, filtered,  and nutrient spiked  -
                         Ortho P          Inorganic  N     Maximum yield
        Spike (mg/1)      Cone, (mg/1)      Cone,  (mg/1)    (mg/1-dry wt.)
        Control
        0.050 P
        0.050 P  + 1.0
        1.0 N
    2.  Discussion -
            The  control  yield  of the assay alga, Selenastrum  ca pr i-
        cornutum, indicates that the potential  primary  productivity
        of Harry D. Strunk Reservoir was  low at the  time  the  assay
        sample was collected (04/16/74).   Also  a significant  increase
        in yield with the addition of  phosphorus alone  indicates
        that the reservoir was limited by phosphorus at that  time.
        Note that the addition of nitrogen alone resulted in  a
        yield no greater than  that of  the control.
            The  reservoir data further indicate phosphorus  limitation;
        i. e., the mean  inorganic nitrogen/orthophosphorus  ratios at
        both stations were 15/1  or greater in April  and September.

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IV.   NUTRIENT LOADINGS
     See Appendix E for data)
     For the determination  of  nutrient loadings, the Nebraska National
 Guard attempted to collect monthly near-surface grab samples from
 each of the tributary sites indicated on  the map  (page vi), except
 for the high runoff month  of  May,  when the  sites  were visited twice.
 Sampling was begun in August,  1974,  and was completed in June, 1975.
 Because of insufficient flows,  no  samples were collected at the sam-
 pling sites on  Mitchell  and Spring creeks during  the sampling year.
     Through an  interagency agreement,  stream flow estimates for the
 year of sampling and a "normalized"  or average year were provided by
 the Nebraska District Office  of the  U.S.  Geological Survey for the
 tributary sites nearest the reservoir.
     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 station A-2 and multiplying the
 means by the ZZ area in km2.
     The operator of the Curtis  wastewater treatment plant provided
 an  insufficient number of  monthly  effluent  samples and corresponding
 flow data; nutrient loads  were  estimated  at 1.134 kg P and 3.401 N/
 capita/year, and flows were estimated at  0.3785 m3/capita/day.
     Results of analyses of the  Curtis samples are included in Appendix E.
 * See Working Paper No.  175.

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    A.  Waste Sources:
        1.  Known municipal* -

        Name
        Curtis

        2.  Known industrial - None
    B.  Annual Total Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
Pop.
Served
1,166
Treatment
trickling
f i 1 ter
Mean Flow
(m»/d)
441.3
Receiving
Water
Medicine Creek
            Source
kg P/
yr
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Medicine Creek                36,935
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -   7,490
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Curtis                         1,320
            d.  Septic tanks** -                   5
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation*** -        130
                        Total                  45,880
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Medicine Creek       2,725
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 43,155 kg.
% of
total
                80.5

                16.3

                 2.9
                 0.3
               100.0
* Treatment plant questionnaire.
** Estimate based on nine lakeshore dwellings; see Working Paper No.  175.
*** See Working Paper No. 175.

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    C.  Annual Total Nitrogen Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
                                              kg N/          % of
            Source                            yr             total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Medicine Creek                208,170         79.3
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -   42,165         16.1
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Curtis                          3,965          1.5
            d.  Septic tanks* -                    95         <0.1
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -        8,085          3.1
                        Total                 262,480        100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Medicine Creek      112,530
        3.  Net annual N accumulation - 149,950 kg.
    D.  Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tributary                             kg P/km2/yr    kg N/km2/yr
        Medicine Creek                            27             152
    E.  Mean Nutrient Concentrations in Ungaged Streams:
                                              Mean Total  P   Mean Total N
        Tributary                             Cone,  (mg/1)   Cone,  (mg/1)
        Lime Creek                                0.106          3.207
        Cedar Creek                               0.132          2.367
        Fox Creek                                 0.137          2.738
        Walnut Creek***                           2.100          3.710
* Estimate based on nine lakeshore dwellings; see Working Paper No.  175.
** See Working Paper No. 175.
*** Based on one sample; no flow on any other sampling occasion.

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F.   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              6.13      5.76        35.0       20.0
    Vollenweider phosphorus  loadings
     (g/m2/yr)  based on  mean depth and mean
     hydraulic  retention time of Harry D.  Strunk  Reservoir:
        "Dangerous"   (eutrophic  loading)           0.54
        "Permissible"  (oligotrophic  loading)      0.27

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V.  LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Anonymous, 1975.  Water resources data for Nebraska:   Part  1  -
        Surface water records.   U.S.  Geol. Surv.,  Lincoln.

    Hartung, Ray, 1974.  Personal  communication (lake morphometry).
        NE Dept. of Env. Contr., Lincoln.

    Vollenweider, R. A., and P. 0. 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.

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VI.   APPENDICES
                                    APPENDIX A
                                   LAKE RANKINGS

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LAKE DATA TO BE USED IN RANKINGS
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME
3101  BRANCHED OAK
3102  HARLAN COUNTY RESERVOIR
3103  HARRY 0. STRUNK (MEDICIN
3104  HUGH BUTLER (RED UlLLO*)
3105  JOHNSON RESERVOIR
3106  LAKE MCCONAUGHY
3107  PArfNEE LAKE
3108  SHERMAN COUNTY RESERVOIR
3110  SwANSON RESERVOIR
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
0.044
0.112
0.064
0.061
0.075
0.027
0.060
0.067
0.067
MEDIAN
INORG N
0.070
0.365
0.460
0.090
0.340
0.585
0.175
0.090
0.090
500-
MEAN SEC
45b.444
476.111
470.500
46U.U75
477.667
40*. 555
453.000
451.167
466. J33
MEAN
CHLORA
17.033
27.822
14.367
16.612
26.133
8.644
15.367
6.717
14.450
15-
MIN DO
9.400
12.200
14.200
14.400
8.600
11.400
8.800
11.800
11.000
MEDIAN
DISS ORTHO P
0.013
0.061
0.009
0.014
0.00V
0.004
0.020
0.050
0.016

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PERCENT OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES  (NUMBER OP LAKES *1TH HIGHEK VALUES)
COOt  LAKE NAME
3101  BRANCHED OAK
3102  HARLAN COUNTY RESERVOIK
3103  HARRY D. STRUNK (ME01CIN
3104  HUGrl BUTLER (RED WILLO*)
3105  JOHNSON RESERVOIR
3106  LAKE MCCONAUGHY
3107  PAWNEE LAKE
3108  SHERMAN COUNTY RESERVOIR
3110  SWANSON RESERVOIR
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
88 (
0 (
50 (
63 (
13 (
100 (
75 (
38 (
25 (
7)
0)
4)
5)
1)
8)
6)
3)
2)
MEDIAN
INOKG N
100 (
25 (
13 <
75 (
38 (
0 (
50 (
75 (
75 (
8)
2)
1)
5)
3)
0)
4)
5)
5)
500-
MEAN SEC
63 (
13 (
25 (
38 (
0 (
100 (
75 (
68 (
50 <
5)
1)
2)
3)
0)
8)
6)
7)
4)
MEAN
CHLORA
25 (
0 <
75 (
38 (
13 (
86 (
50 (
100 (
63 (
2)
0)
6)
3)
1)
7)
4)
6)
5)
15-
MIN DO
75 (
25 (
13 (
0 (
100 (
50 (
88 (
38 (
63 (
6)
2)
1)
0)
8)
4)
7)
3>
5)
MEUlAN
DISS OrfTriO P
63 <
0 (
61 (
50 (
81 (
100 (
25 (
13 (
38 (
5)
0)
6)
4)
6)
8)
2)
1)
3)
1NOEX
NO
"+14
63
257
264
245
4J8
363
352
314

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LAKES RANKED BY INDEX NOS.
RANK  LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME
                                      INDEX NO
1  3106
,?  3101
3  3107
4  3108
5  3110
6  3104
7  3103
8  3105
9  3102
                 LAKE MCCONAUGHY            438
                 BRANCHED OAK               414
                 PAWNEE LAKE                363
                 SHERMAN COUNTY RESERVOIR   352
                 SWANSON RESERVOIR          314
                 HUGH BUTLER (RED WILLOW)   264
                 HARRY D. STRUNK (MEDICIN   257
                 JOHNSON RESERVOIR          245
                 HARLAN COUNTY RESERVOIR     63

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    APPENDIX B
CONVERSION FACTORS

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                CONVERSION FACTORS

Hectares x 2.471 = acres
Kilometers x 0.6214 = miles
Meters x 3.281 = feet
                         -4
Cubic meters x 8.107 x 10   = acre/feet
Square kilometers x 0.3861 = square miles
Cubic meters/sec x 35.315 = cubic feet/sec
Centimeters x 0.3937 = inches
Kilograms x 2.205 = pounds
Kilograms/square kilometer x 5.711 = Ibs/square mile

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    APPENDIX C
TRIBUTARY FLOW DATA

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                                   TRIBUTARY FLOW INFORMATION FOR NEBRASKA

LAKE CODE 3103     HARRY STRUNK RES.

     TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKE(SO KM)    1657.6
                                                                                          12/23/75
          SUB-DRAINAGE
TRIBUTARY  AR£A(SQ KM)
                          JAN
                                  FEB
                                          MAR
                                                  APR
                                                          MAY
                                                    NORMALIZED FLOWS(CMS)
                                                      JUN     JUL     AUG
                                                                                          SEP
                                                                                                  OCT
                                                                                                          NOV
                                                                                                                  DEC
                                                                                                                         MEAN
3103A1
3103A2
3103ZZ
1657.6
1372.7
 284.9
0.79 1.16 1.76 1.61
1.59 2.10 2.35 1.98
0.01 0.08 0.14 0.03
2.24
2.72
0.31



3.91
3.54
0.57
5.38
2.27
0.34
3.85
1.39
0.15
1.08
1.39
0.07
0
1
0
.51
.44
.01
0.57
1.61
0.0
0.62
1.59
0.0
1.96
1.99
0.14
SUMMARY
OTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKE *
,UM OF SUB-DRAINAGE AREAS =•
1657.
1657.
6
6




TOTAL FLOW
TOTAL FLOW
IN *
OUT =


25.66
23.47






NOTE ««« TOTAL 4 ZZ OR. AREAS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING. 880 SO. MI. TOTAL AREA.
     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CMS)
TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR
3103A1
3103A2
3103ZZ
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
74
74
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
74
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
74
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
                            MEAN FLOW  DAY
2.19
0.04
0.06
0.03
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.02
0.02
0.30
3.79
0.74
0.89
.27
.48
.37
.64
.53
.60
.79
.54
4.81
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.57
25
8
6
16
7
5
9
22
19
4
7
25
14
15
27
26

21
15
13
4
18
25
14
15
27
26

21
15
13
4
18
                                       FLOW  DAY

                                       2.27
                                       0.07
                                       0.06
                                       0.03
                                       0.05
                                       0.05
                                       O.OS
                                       0.03
                                       0.02
                                       0.02
                                       0.68
                                       0.74
                                       0.93
                                        .33
                                        .47
                                        .16
                                        .93
                                        .73
                                        .76
                                        .56
                                       3.28
                                       0.0
                                       0.0
                                       0.0
                                       0.0
                                       0.0

                                       0.0
                                       0.0
                                       0.0
                                       0.0
                                       0.71
                                                                     FLOW  DAY
                                                                                       FLOW
                                                          17
                                                                     1.73
                                                          17
                                                                     0.0

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        APPENDIX D
PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 75/12/23
                                                                  310301
                                                                 40 22 48.0 100 13 00.0
                                                                 HARRY D. STRUNK (MEDICINE CHEEK)
                                                                 31063   NEBRASKA
  DATE   TIME DEPTH
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET

74/04/16 09 55 0000
         09 55 0005
         09 55 0015
         09 55 0030
74/07/01 10 15 0000
         10 15 0005
         10 15 0011
         10 15 0020
         10 15 0030
74/09/27 15 45 0000
         15 45 0005
         15 45 0015
         15 45 0028
 00010
WATER
 TEMP
 CENT

    8.5
    8.4
    8.3
    6.3
   22.8
   22.7
   22.6
   21.1
   19.3
   16.6
   16.6
   16.6
   16.6
11EPALES

00300
DO

MG/L

10.8
10.6
10.6
7.4
7.4
7.0
0.8
2.4
8.0
8.4
7.8
7.6

00077
TRANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
28



60




14




00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
43
90
165
190
400
397
393
390
379
338
335
204
185
3
00400
PH

SU
8.50
8.40
8.40
8.15
8.50
8.50
8.40
8.00
8.10
8.09
8.16
8.16
8.14

00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
173
173
174
173





202
201
200
201
2111202
0038
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.030
0.040
0.030
0.040





0.060
0.080
0.060
0.060
FEET DEPTH
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.700
0.500
0.600
0.600





1.000
0.600
0.600
0.600
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.430
0.440
0.430
0.430





0.360
0.380
0.380
0.370
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.010
0.006
0.005
0.010





0.032
0.032
0.033
0.019

DATE
FROM
TO
74/04/16



74/07/01


74/09/27





TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
09 55 0000
09 55 0005
09 55 0015
09 55 0030
10 15 0000
10 15 0005
10 15 0011
15 45 0000
15 45 0002
15 45 0005
15 45 0015
15 45 0028
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.040
0.037
0.038
0.043



0.090

0.090
0.092
0.104
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
17.2



5.7


17.7




00031
INCOT LT
REMNING
PERCENT





50.0
1.0

1.0




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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 75/13/23
                                                                  310302
                                                                 40 24 51.0 100 13 38.0
                                                                 HARRY 0. STRUNK (MEDICINE CREEK)
                                                                 31063   NEBRASKA

DATE
FROM
TO
74/04/16



74/07/01




74/09/27




TIME DEPTH
OF

DAY FEET
10 20
10 20
10 20
10 20
10 45
10 45
10 45
10 45
10 45
16 15
16 15
16 15
0000
0005
0015
0035
0000
0005
0010
0020
0030
0000
0005
0018
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
8.6
8.4
8.4
8.3
23.7
23.7
23.3
22.0
18.8
17.3
17.3
17.3
11EPALES

00300
DO

MG/L

10.6
10.4
10.4
9.0
9.2
7.8
9.4
4.2
10.8
9.4
10.4

00077
TRANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
12



50




13



00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
97
99
165
215
399
398
396
395
381
346
333
204
3
00400
PH

SU
8.40
8.40
8.40
8.40
8.80
8.60
8.50
8.10
7.90
8.38
8.40
8.40

00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
176
175
175
174





268
284
264
2111202
0040
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.030
0.040
0.040
0.050





0.050
0.040
0.020
FEET DEPTH
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.800
0.500
0.600
0.600





0.700
0.800
1.400
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.410
0.440
0.440
0.440





0.250
0.250
0.240
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.006
0.007
0.007
0.008





0.008
0.009
0.026
                      00665     32217
  DATE   TIME DEPTH PHOS-TOT  CHLRPHYL
  FROM    OF                     A
   TO    DAY  FEET   MG/L P     UG/L

74/04/16 10 20 0000    0.052      13.0
         10 20 0005    0.053
         10 20 0015    0.047
         10 20 0035    0.064
74/07/01 10 45 0000               13.4
74/09/27 16 15 0000    0.103      19.2
         16 15 0003
         16 15 0005    0.086
         16 15 0018    0.093
  00031
INCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT
     1.0

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       APPENDIX E
TRIBUTARY and WASTEWATER
  TREATMENT PLANT DATA

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                                                                  3103A1
                                                                 40 22 20.0 100 13 20.0
                                                                 MEDICINE CREEK
                                                                 31083   7.5 CAMBRIDGE
                                                                 0/HARHY STRUNK RESERVOIR
                                                                 BANK SAMP OFF END OF RD .5 M S MED CR DM
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH
DATE
FROM
TO
7<»/08/25
74/09/OB
74/10/15
74/11/16
74/12/07
75/01/05
75/02/09
75/03/22
75/04/19
75/05/04
75/06/07
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
14
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
?0
MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
*
•
*
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
*
352
400
432
576
440
640
640
660
480
320
105
MG/L
0.500
0.400
0.800
0.900
0.800
3.200
0.900
0.900
1.300
0.900
0.887
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0.030
0.020
0.040
0.032
0.020
0.208
0.048
0.025
0.045
0.100
0.280
MG/L
0.
P
025
0.040
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
035
035
010
015
016
040
010
010
025
MG/L P
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.075
.065
.090
.070
.060
.040
.030
.040
.060
.040
.042

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                                                                   3103A2
                                                                  40  30 10.0 100 19 20.0
                                                                  MEDICINE CREEK
                                                                  31       7.5 STCKVILLE SE
                                                                  T/HARRY STRUNK RESERVOIR
                                                                  BANK  SAMP OFF END OF RD 4 M SE STOCKVILE
                                                                  11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH
DATE
FROM
TO
74/08/25
74/09/14
74/10/06
74/11/27
74/12/26
75/02/21
75/03/15
75/04/13
75/05/04
75/05/17
75/06/18
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET MG/L MG/L
14
13
13
10
11
10
12
11
10
15
14
50 0.830
50
05
55
35
00 <
05
00
30
45
.440
.200
.100L
'.240
'.090
.820
.600
.200
.450
20 1.450
1.500
1.200
1.150
0.700
0.600
1.300
1.100
1.330
1.880
0.600
3.900
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N PHOS-DIS PMOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L MG/L P MG/L P
0.045
0.055
0.090
0.024
0.050
0.128
0.134
0.260
0.190
0.025
0.045
0.030
0.060
0.040
0.064
0.065
0.072
0*082
0.085
0.075
0.115
0.220
0.240
0.190
0.210
0.180
0.090
0.370
0.380
0.370
0.440
0.437
1.550
  L  ACTUAL  VALUE  IS  KNO*N TO dc.
        trt THAN  VAi_ut r,ivtN

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/37
                                                                  3103B1
                                                                 40 24 00.0 100 23 26.0
                                                                 LIME CREEK
                                                                 31      7.5 FREEDOM
                                                                 T/HARRY STRUNK RESERVOIR
                                                                 SEC RD BROG 3.8 M NW OF MEDICINE CR DAM
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH

DATE
FROM
TO
74/08/25
74/09/14
74/10/06
74/11/16
74/12/07
75/01/05
75/03/21
75/04/19
75/05/04
75/06/18

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
13 50
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 55
13 55
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
2.300
2.400
1.920
2.730
2.460
2.760
1.530
1.570
1.150
1.450
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.700
0.900
1.100
0.600
0.500
2.100
1.550
1.400
0.950
2.000
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.080
0.075
0.030
0.025
0.020
0.040
0.030
0.085
0.160
0.450
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.071
0.060
0.055
0*045
0.030
0.030
0.051
0.060
0.035
0.095
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.125
0.090
0.090
0.070
0.050
0.040
0.230
0.110
0.090
0.170

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                                                                  310301
                                                                 40 29 53.0 100 20 25.0
                                                                 WALNUT CREEK
                                                                 31      7.5 FREEDOM
                                                                 T/HARRY STRUNK RESERVOIR
                                                                 SEC HD XING 3.5 MI SE OF STOCKVILLE
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH
                      00630
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF        N-TOTAL
   TO    DAT  FEET    MG/L
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
00671
PHOS-D1S
ORTHO
MG/L P
00665
PHOS-TOT
MG/L P
75/06/18 10 55
0.410
3.300
0.175
0.450
2.100

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                                                                  3103E1
                                                                 40 41  43.0 100 22 35*0
                                                                 CEDAR  CREEK
                                                                 31      7.5 STOCKVILLE
                                                                 T/HARRY STRUNK RESERVOIR
                                                                 SEC RD 8RDG 1.2 MI S OF STOCKVILLE
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH

DATE
FROM
TO
74/08/24
74/09/14
74/10/15
74/11/17
75/02/21
75/03/15
75/04/13
75/05/06
75/05/17
75/06/18

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
14 20
13 30
12 35
10 30
09 50
11 55
10 50
10 10
15 25
10 45
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.520
1.240
1.320
1.920
1.860
1.400
1.500
0.510
0.400
1.650
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.700
0.500
1.000
0.500
1.400
2.700
1.350
1.450
0.400
1.350
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.030
0.020
0.040
0.035
0.040
0.138
0.340
0.155
0.032
0.050
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.025
0.010
0.015
0.010
0.024
0.024
0.035
0.025
0.015
0.105
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
Oo075
0.035
0.050
0.020
0.050
0.350
0.100
0.160
0.108
0.370

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                                                                   3103G1
                                                                 40 42  10.0  100  31  15.0
                                                                 FOX CREEK
                                                                 31      FRONTIER CO  HWY
                                                                 T/HARRY STRUNK  RESERVOIR
                                                                 SEC RO BRUG  6.5 MI W OF MOOREFIELD
                                                                 11EPALES              2111204
                                                                 4                    0000  FEET   DEPTH
DATE
FROM
TO
74/08/24
74/09/14
74/10/15
74/11/27
74/12/26
75/02/21
75/03/15
75/04/13
75/05/06
75/05/17
75/06/18
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
13
12
11
09
09
09
11
10
09
14
10
30
50
10
10
40
00
20
15
30
30
00
MG/L
1
2
1
1
2
2
2
1
1
1
2
.900
.080
.680
.100L
.640
.255
.090
.720
.100
.300
.100
MG/L
0.500
1.000
0.600
0.400
0.800
0.600
0.750
1.550
1.300
0.450
2.200
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
035
095
025
032
020
040
038
145
210
040
310
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
P
110
070
075
0.048
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.

0.
035
050
049
095
115

240
MG/L P
0.160
0.140
0.090
0.075
0.050
0.060
0.080
0.130
0.150
0.030
0.540
 L ACTUAL VALUE IS KNGWiM TO Be
         THAN VALUE (?IVtN

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                                                                  3103AA          TF3103AA     P001166
                                                                 40 30 00.0 100 30 30.0
                                                                 CURTIS
                                                                 31      7.5 CURTIS NE
                                                                 T/HARRY STRUNK RESERVOIR
                                                                 MEDICINE CREEK
                                                                 11EPALES             2141204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH

DATE
FROM
TO
75/06/09
75/07/09
75/07/23
75/08/06
75/08/15
75/08/29
75/09/03
75/09/17
75/10/01
75/10/15
75/11/12
75/11/26

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
10 00
15 00
08 30
08 30
11 50
08 30
08 30
08 00
08 30
08 30
08 30
08 30
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
13.000
11.500
10.000
11.000
11.500
13.200
11.500
7.800
9.20C
12.600
10.000
7.500
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
9.200
15.500
6.600
9.800
3.500
19.500
13.500
15.000
8.200
17.500
21.000
21.000
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.100
2.700
0.250
0.084
0.180
3.850
0.280
0.300
0.320
2.200
7.200
7.600
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
9.300
9.600
10.500
9.700
10.500
11.500
10.000
11.000
11.000
12.000
11.500
11.500
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
11.000
10.500
11.450
9.900
12.200
13.000
11.000
12.500
12.500
14.500
11.500
18.500
50051
FLOW
RATE
INST MGO
0.050



0.060







50053
CONDUIT
FLOW-MGD
MONTHLY
0.050



0.074








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