U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                    WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                          REPORT
                                            ON
                                      SWNSON RESERVOIR
                                       HITCHCOCK COUNIY
                                          NEBRASKA
                                       EPA REGION VII
                                    WORKING PAPER No, 562


CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                             and
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
 699-440

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                                    REPORT
                                      ON
                              SWNSON RESERVOIR
                               HITCHCXK COUNTY
                                   NEBRASM
                                EPA REGION VII
                            WORKING PAPER  No, 562
        WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
                 AND THE
          NEBRASKA NATIONAL GUARD
               AUGUST, 1976

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                                   CONTENTS
                                                               Page
  Foreword                                                      ii
  List of Nebraska Study Reservoirs                             iv
  Lake and Drainage Area Map                                     v

  Sections
  I.   Conclusions                                                1
 II.   Lake and Drainage Basin Characteristics                    3
III.   Lake Water Quality Summary                                 4
 IV.   Nutrient Loadings                                          8
  V.   Literature Reviewed                                       13
 VI.   Appendices                                                14

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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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                                                                                                                Map Location
                                                                                    SWANSON  RESERVOIR

                                                                                  ® Tributary Sampling  Site

                                                                                  X Lake Sampling Site

                                                                                  • Sewage Treatment Facility

                                                                                  "f Land Subject to Inundation
Bonny
'  '  S i   '  '   i
        Scale
                                                                                                           I Mi.

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                            SWANSON RESERVOIR
                             STORE! NO.  3110

I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate that Swanson Reservoir is eutrophic.   It
        ranked fifth in overall trophic  quality when the nine Nebraska
        reservoirs sampled in 1974 were  compared using a combination of
        six parameters*.   Five of the reservoirs had less and one had the
        same median total  phosphorus, five had less median dissolved ortho-
        phosphorus, one had less and two had the same median inorganic
        nitrogen, three had less mean chlorophyll a^ and four had greater
        mean Secchi disc transparency.  Depression of dissolved oxygen
        with depth occurred at both sampling stations in late June.
            Survey limnologists did not  observe any macrophytes or sur-
        face concentrations of algae during sampling visits.
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            Because of a significant loss of phosphorus in the samples
        between the time of collection and the beginning of the assays,
        the algal assay results are not  considered to be representative
        of conditions in the reservoir at the time the sample was taken
        (04/15/74).
            The reservoir data indicate  nitrogen limitation at both  sampling
        stations in April  and September.
    C.  Nutrient Controllability:
            1.  Point sources—The phosphorus contribution of known  point
* See Appendix A.

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        sources amounted to 9.0% of the total load reaching Swanson
        Reservoir during the sampling year.  Nearly all this load came
        from the wastewater treatment plants at Benkelman and Stratton
        (4.2% and 4.8%, respectively).  Septic tanks serving shoreline
        dwellings were estimated to have contributed less than 0.1%.
            The present phosphorus loading of 0.87 g/m2/yr is about two
        times that proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and Dillon,
        1974) as a eutrophic loading (see page 12); and, considering the
        relatively small phosphorus contribution of the point sources,
        it is not likely that point-source control would significantly
        improve the trophic condition of Swanson Reservoir.
            2.  Non-point sources—It is estimated that non-point sources
        contributed 91.0% of the total phosphorus load during the sampling
        year.  The Republican River contributed 86.3%, and the ungaged
        tributaries were estimated to have contributed 2.7% of the total
        load.
            The phosphorus export rate of the Republican River (2 kg P/km2/yr)
        was considerably less than the export rate of a tributary of nearby
        Hugh Butler Reservoir* (13 kg/km2/yr) and a tributary of Harry
        D. Strunk Reservoir** (27 kg/km2/yr).
* Working Paper No. 557.
** Working Paper No. 556.

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II.   LAKE AND DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS1"
     A.   Lake Morphometry  :
         1.   Surface area:   20.13 kilometers2.
         2.   Mean depth:   7.3 meters.
         3.   Maximum depth:   18.0 meters.
         4.   Volume:  146.949 x 106  m3.
         5.   Mean hydraulic  retention  time:  1.4 years  (based on outflow)
     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C  for flow data)
         1.   Tributaries  -
                                               Drainage      Mean  flow
             Name                              area  (km2)*   (m3/sec)*
             Republican River                   9,842.0          4.05
             Minor tributaries &
              immediate drainage -                342.5          0.12
                         Totals                10,184.5          4.17
         2.   Outlets -
             Republican River                  10,204.6          2.02
             Ungaged irrigation canal           	0.0          1.40**
                         Total                  10,204.6***       3.42
     C.   Precipitation****:
         1.   Year of sampling:   47.6 centimeters.
         2.   Mean annual:  52.8 centimeters.
 t Table of metric conversions—Appendix B.
 tt Hartung, 1974; Adamovictr,  1975.
 * For limits of accuracy,  see Working Paper No.  175,  "...Survey  Methods,
   1973-1976".
 ** Estimated flow; Alridge,  1976.
 *** Includes area of reservoir.
 **** see Working Paper No.  175.

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III.   LAKE WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Swanson 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 two stations on the reservoir 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 sam-
  ple was composited for algal assays.  Also each time, a depth-integra-
  ted sample was collected from each of the stations for chlorophyll
  a^ analysis.  The maximum depths sampled were 10.7 meters at station
  1  and 7.6 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 preserved properly and were not analyzed).

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PARAMETER

TEMP (C)

DISS OXY (MG/L)

CNDCTVY (MCROMOI

PH (STAND UNITS)

TOT ALK (MG/L)

TOT P (MG/L)

ORTHO P 

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)
                             A. SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND


                             1ST SAMPLING ( 4/15/74)

                                   2 SITES
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR StfANSON RESERVOIR
 STORET CODE 3110

           2ND SAMPLING ( 6/28/74)

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

      2 SITES
RANGE
7.9 - 8.?
10.0 - 11.2
366. - 370.
8.4 - 8.4
185.

0.006
0.040
0.500
0.080
0.540
4.6
0.5
!*•».

~ 0.021
- 0.100
- 1.400
• 0.180
- 1.480
- 24.3
0.5
MEAN
8.1
10.4
368.
8.4
190.

0.011
0.076
0.786

0.861
14.4
0.5
MEDIAN RANGE MEAN MEDIAN
8.0 19.2 - 23.9 21.8 21.5
10.2 4.0 - 8.6 7.0 7.4
367. 570. - 623. 597. 592.
8.4 8.1 - 8.6 8.4 8.4


0.009

g.700 ••»••• .**•»•<•»*•••**•*«•••••

14.4 13.0 - 13.0 13.0 13.0
0.5 1.5 - 1.9 1.7 1.7
RANGE
15.5 - 16.8
7.0 - 8.6
307. - 469.
8.4 - 8.4
288.

0.016
0.0
0.500
0.050
0.520
13.1
0.4
- JCH.



- 2.200
" 0*110
- 2.230
- 18.7
0.4
MEAN
16.2
8.0
396.
8.4




0*814

IS. 9
0.4
MEDIAN
16.5
8.0
437.
8.4
294.



0.600

0.620
15.9
0.4

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B.  Biological characteristics:

    1.  Phytoplankton -
        Sampling
        Date

        04/15/74
        06/28/74
        09/27/74
2.  Chlorophyll a^ -

    Sampling
    Date

    04/15/74


    06/28/74


    09/27/74
Dominant
Genera

1.  Asterionella sp.
2.  Cyclotella s>£.
3.  Flagellates sp.
4.  Glenodinium sp.

                Total

1.  Flagellates
2.  Schroederia sp.
3.  Cryptomonas sp.
4.  Fragilaria sp.
5.  Stephanodiscus sp.
    Other genera

                Total

1.  Stephanodiscus sp.
2.  Cryptomonas sp.
3.  Oocystis sp.
4.  Microcystis sp.
5.  Closterium sp.
    Other genera

                Total
                              Station
                              Number

                                1
                                2

                                1
                                2

                                1
                                2
                                                     Algal  Units
                                                     per ml	

                                                      15,214
                                                         709
                                                         125
                                                      	83

                                                      16,131

                                                         413
                                                         376
                                                         338
                                                         338
                                                         263
                                                         262
                                                       1,990

                                                         912
                                                         568
                                                         293
                                                         189
                                                         155
                                                         636

                                                       2,753
                           Chlorophyll  a
                           (ug/D

                                4.6
                               24.3

                               13.0
                               13.0

                               13.1
                               18.7

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C.  Limiting Nutrient Study:
        Because of an 82% loss of total  phosphorus in the sample
    between the time of collection and the beginning of the assay,
    the results of the algal  assay are not considered representative
    of conditions in the reservoir at the time the sample was taken.
        The reservoir data indicate that nitrogen was limiting primary
    productivity during the spring and fall sampling visits.   The mean
    inorganic nitrogen/orthophosphorus ratio was 13/1 in April and
    3/1 in September, 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 Nebraska  National
 Guard collected monthly near-surface grab samples  from each of the
 tributary sites indicated on the map (page v).   Sampling  was  begun  in
 August, 1974,  and was completed in July,  1975.
     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
 calculated using mean annual concentrations and  mean annual flows.
 Nutrient loads shown are those measured minus point-source loads,
 if  any.  Nutrient loads for the Republican River outlet and Upper
 Meeker Canal were calculated using the mean concentrations measured
 at  stations A-l and B-l and multiplying by the combined mean  outflow.
     Nutrient loads for unsampled "minor tributaries and immediate
 drainage" ("ZZ" of U.S.G.S.) were estimated using  the mean concentrations
 in  the Republican River at station A-2 and the mean ZZ flow.
     The operators of the Benkelman and Stratton  wastewater treatment
 plants provided monthly effluent samples  and corresponding flow data.

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    A.  Waste Sources:
        1.  Known municipal* -
Name
Benkelman
Stratton
Pop.
Served
1,349
481
Treatment
stab, pond
tr. filter
Mean Flow
(ms/d)
515.8
200.7
Receiving
Water
Republicai
Republicai
        2.  Known industrial - None
* Treatment plant questionnaires.

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    B.  Annual Total Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.   Inputs -
                                              kg P/          % of
            Source                            vr             total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Republican River              15,105          86.3
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -     470           2.7
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Benkelman        .                730           4.2
                Stratton                         830           4.8
            d.  Septic tanks* -                   10          <0.1
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -         350           2.0
                        Total                  17,495         100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Republican River  ,
                          Ungaged irri-     *
                           gation canal
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 11,565 kg.
* Estimate based on 20 shoreline dwellings and one campground; 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) -
                Republican River              242,700         87.8
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -    7,255          2.6
            c.  Known municipal STP's -
                Benkelman                       2,140          0.8
                Stratton                        2,400          0.9
            d.  Septic tanks* -                   285          0.1
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -       21,730          7.8
                        Total                 276,510        100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Republican River ,  , ~Q Qftc
                          Ungaged irri-    }  138'805
                           gation canal
        3.  Net annual N accumulation - 137,705 kg.
    D.  Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tributary                             kg P/km2/yr    kg N/km2/yr
        Republican River                          2              25
* Estimate based on 20 shoreline dwellings and one campground; see Working
  Paper No. 175.
** See Working Paper No. 175.

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E.  Yearly Loads:
        In the following table, the existing phosphorus loadings
    are compared to those proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider
    and Dillon, 1974).  Essentially, his "dangerous"  loading is
    one at which the receiving water would become eutrophic or
    remain eutrophic; his "permissible" loading is that which
    would result in the receiving water remaining oligotrophic
    or becoming oligotrophic if morphometry permitted.   A meso-
    trophic loading would be considered one between "dangerous"
    and "permissible".
        Note that Vollenweider's model  may not be applicable to
    water bodies with short hydraulic retention times.
                              Total  Phosphorus       Total  Nitrogen
    	Total    Accumulated    Total    Accumulated
    grams/m2/yr             0.87       0.57        13.7       6.8
    Vollenweider phosphorus  loadings
     (g/m2/yr)  based  on  mean depth  and  mean
     hydraulic  retention time of Swanson  Reservoir:
        "Dangerous"   (eutrophic loading)             0.44
        "Permissible"  (oligotrophic  loading)        0.22

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V.  LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Adamovich, Ted, 1975.  Personal communication (reservoir mor-
        phometry).  NE Dept. of Env. Contr.,  Lincoln.

    Alridge, Ray, 1976.  Personal communication (evaporation loss and
        irrigation withdrawal from Swanson Reservoir).   Bureau of Recla-
        mation, McCook.

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

    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.

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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
3103  HARLAN COUNTY RESERVOIR
3103  HARRY 0. STRUNK (MED1CIN
3104  HUGH BUTLER (RED WILLOW)
3105  JOHNSON RESERVOIR
3106  LAKE MCCONAUGHY
3107  PA*NEE LAKE
3108  SHERMAN COUNTY RESERVOIR
3110  SWANSON RESERVOIR
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
0.04<»
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
0.5B5
0.175
0.090
0.090
500-
MEAN SEC
456.444
476.111
470.500
46b.d75
477.667
40V. 555
453.000
451.167
466. J33
MEAN
CHLORA
17.033
27.822
U.367
16.61?
26.133
8.644
15.367
6.717
14.450
15-
MIN DO
9.000
12.200
14.200
14.400
8.600
11.400
8.800
11.800
11.000
MEDIAN
DISS ORTnO P
0.013
0.061
0.009
0.014
O.OOsi
0.004
0.020
0.050
0.016

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PERCENT OF LAKES WITH HIGHER VALUES  (NUMBER or LAKES *ITH HIGHEK VALUES)
LAKE
CODt  LAKE NAME
3101  BRANCHED OAK
3103  HARLAN COUNTY RESERVOIH
3103  HARRY 0. STRUNK (MEOICIN
3104  HUGH BUTLER (RED WILLO*)
3105  JOHNSON RESERVOIR
3106  LAKt MCCONAUGHY
3107  PAWNEE LAKE
3108  SHERMAN COUNTY RESERVOIR
3110  SWANSON RESERVOIR
MEDUN
TOTAL P
86 (
0 (
50 (
63 (
13 I
100 <
75 (
3S (
25 (
7)
0)
4)
5)
1)
8)
6)
3)
?)
MEDIAN
INOKG
100 (
25 (
13 (
75 <
38 (
0 (
50 (
75 (
75 (
N .
8)
2)
1)
5)
3)
0)
4)
5)
5)
500-
MEAN SEC
63 (
13 (
25 (
38 (
0 (
100 (
75 (
88 (
50 (
5)
1)
2)
3)
0)
8)
6)
7)
4)
MEAN
CHLORA
25 (
0 (
75 (
38 (
13 (
88 (
50 (
100 (
63 (
2)
0)
6)
3)
1)
7)
4)
8)
5)
15-
MIN DO
75 (
25 (
13 (
0 (
100 (
50 (
88 (
38 (
63 (
6)
2)
1)
0)
8)
4)
7)
3)
5)
MEUIAN
DISS OrfTrtO P
63 (
0 (
81 (
50 (
81 (
100 (
25 (
13 (
38 (
5)
0)
6)
4)
6)
8)
2)
1)
3)
1NOEX
NO
ti't
63
257
26o
245
4J8
363
362
314

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

   1  3106       LAKE MCCONAUGHY            438
   ^  3101       BRANCHED OAK               <»1<»
   3  3107       PAWNEE LAKE                363
   <•  3108       SHERMAN COUNTY RESERVOIR   352
   s  3110       SWANSON RESERVOIR          31^
   6  310<»       HUGH BUTLER  
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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
                                                                                          12/23/75
LAKE CODE 3110
                   SWANSON RESERVOIR
     TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKE(SQ KH)   10204.6
          SUB-DRAINAGE
TRIBUTARY  AREA(SO KM)
3110A1
3110A2
3110ZZ
10204.6
 9842.0
  362.6
     JAN

    0.82
    3.11
    0.02
 FEB

1.13
4.47
0.05
 MAR

1.53
6.14
0.11
 APR

2.55
5.44
0.03
                        TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKE
                        SUM OF SUB-DRAINAGE AREAS
 MAY

3.62
6.48
0.14
                                             10204.6
                                             10204.6
                                                     NORMALIZED FLOWS(CMS)
                                                       JUN     JUL      AUG
3.26
5.41
0.25
4.08
4.13
0.29
4.19
2.83
0.24
 SEP

1.22
2.63
0.19
 OCT

0.59
1.93
0.10
 NOV

0.51
3.20
0.02
 DEC

0.62
2.89
0.02
MEAN

2.02
4.05
0.12
                                                                   SUMMARY
                                                         TOTAL FLOW IN
                                                         TOTAL FLO* OUT
                                                                  50.13
                                                                  24.13
NOTE *** TOTAL & ZZ OR. AREAS DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTING. 8620 SQ. MI. TOTAL AREA.
     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CMS)
TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR
                            MEAN FLOW  DAY
3110A1
3110A2
   8
   9
  10
  11
  12
   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   6
   7
   8
   9
  10
  11
  12
   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   6
   7
74
74
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
74
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
5.15
0.43
0.06
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.03
0.05
3.79
0.0
0.0
0.30
2.41
1.86
2.92
3.40
4.36
4.64
3.54
14.33
2.43
24
7
5
16
7
5
9
23
12
4
7

24
7
5
16
7
5
9
22
12
4
7

                  FLOW  DAY

                  8.41
                  0.51
                  0.10
                  0.03
                  0.03
                  0.03
                  0.03
                  0.03
                  0.03
                  0.03
                  0.04

                  0.0
                  0.0
                  0.0
                  2.80
                  1.70
                  2.32
                  3.11
                  4.25
                  4.45
                  2.58
                  8.86
                                                                     FLOW  DAY
                                                                                       FLOW

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LAKE CODE 3110
                       TRIBUTARY FLOW INFORMATION FOR NEBRASKA

       SWANSON RESERVOIR
                                                                                          12/23/75
     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY FLOWS(CMS)
TRIBUTARY

3110ZZ
MONTH   YEAR
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
74
74
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
MEAN FLOW  DAY
0.25
0.11
0.07
0.07
0.08
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.07
0.38
0.16
24
7
5
16
7
5
9
22
12
4
7

FLOW  DAY

0.24
0.10
0.08
0.07
0.07
0.08
0.07
0.05
0.07
0.05
0.08
FLOW  OAY
FLOW

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        APPENDIX D
PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 75/12/23
                                                                  311001
                                                                 40 10 16.0 101 03 57.0
                                                                 SWANSON RESERVOIR
                                                                 31087   NEBRASKA
11EPALCS
3

DATE
FROM
TO
74/04/15



74/06/28




74/09/27




TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
IS 40 0000
IS 40 0005
15 40 0015
15 40 0035
14 00 0000
14 00 0005
14 00 0016
14 00 0025
14 00 0035
10 15 0000
10 15 0005
10 15 0015
10 15 0022
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
8.0
8.0
8.0
7.9
23.7
22.0
21.2
20.7
19.2
16.5
16.8
16.6
16.6
00300
DO

MG/L

10.2
10.4
11.2
7.7
7.4
6.6
7.8
4.0,
8.2
8.0
8.6
7.0
00077
TRANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
18



75




17



00094
CNOUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
369
367
366
367
623
601
589
589
570
469
323
437
469
00400
PH

SU
8.45
8.45
8.40
8.40
8.40
8.40
8.40
8.10
8.30
8.45
8.45
8.41
8.41
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
194
191
190
190





290
294
314
316
2111202
0040 FEET DEPTH
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.080
0.070
0.080
0.080





0.080
0.030
0.030
0.040
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.400
1.000
0.900
0.500





2.200
0.600
0.600
0.600
00630
N02&N03
N- TOTAL
MG/L
0.080
0.090
0.100
0.100





0.030
0.020K
O.OOOK
0.020K
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.021
0.013
0.011
0.009





0.049
0.019
0.017
0.018
DATE
FROM
TO
74/04/15



74/06/28


74/09/27




00665 32217 00031
TIME DEPTH PHOS-TOT CHLRPHYL INCDT LT
OF A REMNING
DAY FEET
15
15
15
15
14
14
14
10
10
10
10
10
40
40
40
40
00
00
00
15
15
15
15
15
0000
0005
0015
0035
0000
0002
0016
0000
0003
0005
0015
0022
MG/L P
0
0
0
0



0

0
0
0
.065
.053
.052
.052



.089

.070
.072
.229
UG/L PERCENT
4.6



13.0
50.0
1.0
13.1
1.0



         K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
         LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 75/12/23
                                                                  311002
                                                                 40 09 35.0 101 07
                                                                 SKANSON RESERVOIR
                                                                 31087   NEBRASKA
16.0
11EPALES


DATE
FROM
TO
74/04/15


74/06/28



74/09/27



DATE
FROM
TO
74/04/15


74/06/28


74/09/27





TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
16 15 0000
16 15 0005
16 15 0015
14 30 0000
14 30 0005
14 30 0015
14 30 0025
10 45 0000
10 45 0005
10 45 0011

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
16 15 0000
16 15 0005
16 15 0015
14 30 0000
14 30 0005
14 30 0006
10 45 0000
10 45 0002
10 45 0005
10 45 0011

00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
8.2
8.2
8.1
23.9
22.9
21.5
21.0
15.5
15.5
15.5
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.056
0.053
0.053



0.079

0.077
0.076

00300
DO

MG/L

10.0
10.0
8.6
8.2
6.8
5.8
8.0
8.0
8.0
32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
24.3


13.0


18.7




00077
TRANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
18


60



14


00031
INCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT




1.0
50.0

1.0



00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
370
370
367
623
603
592
585
307
457
309















3
00400
PH

SU
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
8

















.40
.40
.40
.60
.60
.30
.20
.41
.43
.45















00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
189
188
185




288
324
288














2111202
0020
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.060
0.040
0.040




0.040
0.040
0.030














FEET DEPTH
00625 00630
TOT KJEL N02&N03
N N-TOTAL
MG/L MG/L
0.7*0 0.070
0.500 0.050
0.500 0.040




0.600 0.020
0.600 0.030
0.500 0.020















00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.009
0.006
0.007




0.016
9.019
0.018















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       APPENDIX  E
TRIBUTARY and WASTEWATER
  TREATMENT PLANT DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                                                                  3110A1
                                                                 40 10 14.0 101  03 25.0
                                                                 REPUBLICAN RIVER
                                                                 31057   7.5 TRENTON
                                                                 0/SWANSON RESERVOIR
                                                                 BANK  SAMP OFF RD .3 MI E OF TRENTON 0AM
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH
DATE
FROM
TO
74/08/24
74/09/07
74/10/05
74/11/16
74/12/07
75/01/05
75/02/09
75/03/22
75/04/12
75/05/04
75/06/07
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N026.N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
09
10
09
10
09
09
09
14
12
09
10
35
10
35
15
35
35
35
45
00
35
10
MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.008
.410
.352
.464
.448
.600
.637
.556
.630
.580
.440
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
1.
1.
0.
0.
1.
0.
1.
600
600
900
900
000
400
700
900
200
750
100
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
010
050
025
050
024
024
016
025
110
025
050
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
P
015
015
005
0.005
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
008
010
008
006
010
010
010
MG/L P
0.070
0.105
0.040
0.040
0.040
0.030
0.030
0.050
0.050
0.040
0.050

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                                                                  3110A2
                                                                 40 08 55.0 101 13 58.0
                                                                 REPUBLICAN RIVER
                                                                 31      7.5 STRATTON
                                                                 T/SWANSON RESERVOIR
                                                                 SEC RD BROG .5 MI S OF STRATTON
                                                                 HEPALES             2111204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH

DATE
FROM
TO
74/11/16
74/12/07
75/01/05
75/02/09
75/03/P3
75/04/12
75/05/04
75/06/07

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
14 45
14 40
14 45
14 55
10 15
12 30
14 40
14 40
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.768
0.890
0.990
1.245
0.436
0.575
0.125
0.260
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.700
0.600
1.300
0.900
0.850
1.500
0.600
3.600
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.025
0.100
0.048
0.032
0.024
0.020
0.015
0.050
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.020
0.035
0.045
0.048
0.031
0.040
0.015
0.085
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.070
0.060
0.060
0.070
0.110
0.150
0.050
0.420

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                      00630
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF        N-TOTAL
   TO    DAY  FEET    MG/L
74/08/24 09 15
74/09/07 09 55
0.028
0.132
  00625
TOT KJEL
   N
  MG/L

   0.600
   0.800
 00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
 MG/L

  0.020
  0.050
                                                                  311081
                                                                 40  09 05.0 101  02 27.0
                                                                 UPPER MEEKER CANAL
                                                                 31       7.5 TRENTON
                                                                 0/SWANSON RESERVOIR
                                                                 NE  HWY 25 BRDG  3 MI SW OF TRENTON
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH
                             00671     00665
                           PHOS-OIS  PHOS-TOT
                            ORTHO
                            MG/L P    MG/L P
0.017
0.020
0.055
0.120

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                                                                  3110AA          PD3110AA     P001400
                                                                 40 02 30.0 101 31 15.0
                                                                 BENKELMAN
                                                                 31057   7.5 BENKELMAN NE
                                                                 T/SWANSON RESERVOIR
                                                                 REPUBLICAN RIVER
                                                                 11EPALES             2141204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH
DATE
FROM
TO
74/09/17
74/10/17
74/11/15
74/12/17
75/01/17
75/02/18
75/03/17
75/04/17
75/05/19
75/06/17
75/07/17
75/09/17
75/10/17
TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY
11
11
11
10
13
13
08
08
13
16
12
15
15

FEET
00
00
30
00
30
30
30
00
30
00
00
00
00
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.080
0.080
0.160
0.400
0.080
0.080
0.080
0.050
0.250
0.050
0.050
0.075
0.110
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
11.500
9.800
12.000
14.000
20.000
22.000
9.900
23.000
12.500
2.700
2.250
8.200
8.400
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.034
0.350
0.060
0.120
4.400
11.000
8.200
5.400
0.700
0.050K
0.025K
0.100
0.050
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.990
2.000
4.200
4.900
5.700
5.200
5.200
3.800
2.800
1.100
0.680
0*610
0.525
00665
PHOS-TOT
50051
FLOW
RATE
MG/L P
2.500
3.000
4.900
5.800
7.800
7.900
7.200
8.700
3.100
1.400
0.920
1.275
0.940
INST
0.




0.
0.
0.

0.
0.
0.
0.
MGD
250




150
150
100

100
120
110
120
50053
CONDUIT
FLOrf-MGD
MONTHLY
0.




0.

0.



0.
0.
250




150

100



120
100
  K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
  LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/01/27
                                                                  3110A6          TF3110AB     P000481
                                                                 40 OB 45.0 101 14 00.0
                                                                 STRATTON
                                                                 31      7.5 STRATTON NE
                                                                 T/SWANSON RESERVOIR
                                                                 REPUBLICAN RIVER
                                                                 11EPALES             2141204
                                                                 4                   0000 FEET  DEPTH

DATE
FROM
TO
74/09/30
74/10/31
74/12/24
75/01/28
75/02/25
75/03/27
75/04/29
75/05/27
75/06/24

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
10 30
17 00
10 00
14 30
13 15
15 00
11 30
11 00
13 00
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
6.600
9.300
7.680
8.200
0.080
4.900
7.900
4.700
3.670
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
30.000
18.000
26.000
29.000
30.000
24.000
31.000
35.000
18.000
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
10.000
2.600
8.400
7.900
0.170
4.900
1.450
11.500
0.370
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
7.000
6.200
6.300
7.100
1.280
8.200
5.900
5.400
3.800
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
14.000
ll.OOOL
7.900
9.100
14.000
8.500
17.300
7.100
12.500
50051
FLOW
RATE
INST MGD
0.078
0.085
0.040
0.058
0.035
0.050
0.040
0.033
0.030
50053
CONDUIT
FLOrf-MGD
MONTHLY
0.068
0.085
0.055
0.068
0.042
0.050
0.040
0.035
0.035
  L  ACTUAL  VALUE  is  KNOWN  TO
  GREATER THAN  VALUE GIVEN

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