U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                    WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                          REPORT
                                           ON
                                      LOWER WIN U\KE
                                       MONO COUNTY
                                       CALIFORNIA
                                       EPA REGION IX
                                    WORKING PAPER No, 751
 CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                             and
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

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                                      REPORT
                                        ON
                                 LOWER TWIN LAKE
                                   1TO COUNTY
                                   CALIFORNIA
                                  EPA REGION IX
                               WORKING PAPER No, 761
          WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
CALIFORNIA STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD
                    AND THE
          CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD
                  JUNE,  1978

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                                   1

                               CONTENTS
                                                        Page
  Foreword                                               i i
  List of California Study Lakes                         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                                12
 VI.   Appendices                                         13

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    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)j 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 concentration (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.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

     The staff of the National Eutrophication Survey (Office of
Research & Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
expresses sincere appreciation to the California State Water
Resources Control Board and the nine Regional Water Quality
Control Boards for professional involvement, to the California
National Guard for conducting the tributary sampling phase of
the Survey, and to those California wastewater treatment plant
operators who voluntarily provided effluent samples and flow
data.

     The staff of the Division of Planning and Research of the
State Water Resources Control Board provided invaluable lake
documentation and counsel during the Survey, coordinated the
reviews of the preliminary reports, and provided critiques
most useful in the preparation of this Working Paper series.

     Major General Glen C. Ames, the Adjutant General of Cali-
fornia, and Project Officer Second Lieutenant Terry L. Barrie,
who directed the volunteer efforts of the California National
Guardsmen, are also gratefully acknowledged for their assistance
to the Survey.

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                                IV

                   NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY

                          STUDY RESERVOIRS
                        State of California
Name

Amador
Boca
Britton
Casitas
Crowley
Don Pedro
Elsinore
Fallen Leaf
Hennessey
Henshaw
Iron Gate
Lopez
Mary
Mendocino
Nicasio
Lower Otay
Pillsbury
Santa Margarita
Shasta
Shaver
Silver
Tahoe
Tulloch
Lower Twin
Upper Twin
County

Amador
Nevada
Shasta
Ventura
Mono
Tuolumne
Riverside
El Dorado
Napa
San Diego
Siskiyou
San Luis Obispo
Mono
Mendocino
Marin
San Diego
Lake
San Luis Obispo
Shasta
Fresno
Mono
El Dorado, Placer, CA;
Carson City, Douglas,
Washoe, NV
Calaveras, Tuolumne
Mono
Mono

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  UPPER and  LOWER
     TWIN LAKES
 ® Tributary Sampling Site
 X Lake  Sampling Site
 ^» Drainage Area Boundary
      1      2     3     4Km.
           Scale
                  2 Mi.
       Map Location
              3805-
119 30
                                        11925
11920

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                             LOWER TWIN LAKE
                             STORE! NO. 0626

I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condidion*:
            Survey data indicate that Lower Twin Lake is  early meso-
        trophic.   It ranked  sixth in overall  trophic quality  among
        the 24 California lakes and reservoirs sampled in 1975 when
        compared using a combination of six water quality parameters**.
        Five of the water bodies had less and one had the same median
        total phosphorus, one had less and two had the same median
        dissolved orthophosphorus, none had less but four had the same
        median inorganic nitrogen, five had less mean chlorophyll a_,
        and one had greater  mean Secchi disc transparency.  Moderate
        depression of dissolved oxygen with depth occurred at station 1
        in July (3.6 mg/1 at 27.4 meters).
            Survey limnologists did not observe macrophytes or surface
        concentrations of algae.
            Others indicate  the quality of the lake is good and
        assess it as oligotrophic (Johns, 1975).
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The algal assay  results are not considered representative
        of conditions in the lake at the times samples were collected
        (03/19/75 and 11/06/75).  The lake data indicate  nitrogen
        limitation in March  and phosphorus limitation in  July and November.

* Trophic assessment is based on levels of nutrients, dissolved  oxygen,  and
  chlorophyll a;  phytoplankton kinds and numbers; and transparency  (Allurn
  et al., 19771.
** See Appendix A.

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  C.  Nutrient Controllability:
          1.  Point sources—No known wastewater treatment plants
      impacted the lake during the sampling year.  Septic tanks
      serving lakeshore dwellings accounted for an estimated 1.2%
      of the total phosphorus input, and septic tank contributions
      to Upper Twin Lake* may add nutrients to this lake; however
      shoreline surveys would have to be done to determine the signi-
      ficance of those sources.  Failure of septic tank systems around
      the lake in the past has resulted in contamination and enrichment
      of the adjacent waters (Johns, 1975).
          The present phosphorus loading of 0.55 g/mz/year is about
      that proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and Dillon, 1974)
      as an oligotrophic loading (see page 11).  Because the water
      body is phosphorus limited much of the time, all  phosphorus
      loads should be minimized to protect the present water quality.
          2.  Non-point sources--Non-point sources accounted for 98.8%
      of the total phosphorus load during the sampling year.  Robin-
      son Creek contributed 73.6%, and the ungaged minor tributaries
      and immediate drainage contributed an estimated 22.2% of the
      total load.
Working Paper No.  762

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II.  LAKE AND DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS1"
    A.  Morphometry1'1':
        1.  Surface area:   1.52 kilometers2.
        2.  Mean depth:  15.2 meters.
        3.  Maximum depth:  45.4 meters.
        4.  Volume:  23.104 x 106 m3.
        5.  Mean hydraulic retention time:   157 days.
    B.  Tributary and Outlet:
        (See Appendix C for flow data)
        1.  Tributaries -
                                            Drainage        Mean  flow
            Name                            area (km2)*     (m3/sec)*
            Robinson Creek                    76.4            1.303
            Minor tributaries &
             immediate drainage -             23.4            0.396
                        Totals                99.8            1.699
        2.  Outlet -
            Robinson Creek                   101.3**          1.699
    C.  Precipitation***:
        1.  Year of sampling:  8.1 centimeters.
        2.  Mean annual:  14.5 centimeters.
t Table of metric conversions—Appendix B.
tt Uttormark (in press).
* 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
    Lower Twin Lake was sampled three times during the open-water
season of 1975 by means of a pontoon-equipped Huey helicopter.  Each
time, samples for physical and chemical parameters were collected from
a number of depths at one station in March and two stations in July
and November (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
and last visits, a single 18.9-liter depth-integrated sample was com-
posited 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 39.6 meters at station 1 and 37.8
meters at station 2.
    The sampling results are presented in full in Appendix D and are
summarized in the following table.

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PARAMETER


TEMP 


OISS OXY (MG/L)


CNDCTVY  (MCROMO)


PH (STAND UNITS)


TOT ALK  (MG/L)


TOT P (MG/D


ORTHO P  (MG/L)


N02»N03  (MG/L)


AMMONIA  (MG/L)


KJEL N  (MG/L)


INORG N  (MG/L)


TOTAL N  (MG/L)


CHLRPVL A 
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B.  Biological characteristics:

    1.  Phytoplankton -
        Sampling
        Date

        03/19/75
Dominant
Genera

1.  Chroomonas (?) sp.
2.  Melosira sjp_.
3.  Synedra sp.
4.  Stephanodiscus sp.
5.  Asterionella sp.
    Other genera

                  Total
Algal Units
per ml	


   275
    78
    78
    39
    39
    40
                                                               549
        07/01/75
1.  Melosira sp.
2.  Cryptomonas sp.
3.  Stephanodiscus sjj.
4.  Synedra sp.
5.  Fragilaria SJD.

                  Total
    81
    33
    16
    16
    16

   162
        11/06/75
1.   Fragilaria sp.
2.   Cryptomonas sp.
3.   Chroomonas (T) sp.
4.   Tabellaria sp.
    72
    72
    72
    36
                                              Total
                                   252

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    2.   Chlorophyll  a^ -
Sampling
Date
03/19/75
07/01/75
11/06/75
Station
Number
1
2
1
2
1
2
                                                Chlorophyll  a^
                                                (yg/D	
                                                    3.0
                                                    1.7
                                                    1.5
                                                    4.3
                                                    4.0
C.   Limiting Nutrient Study:
        Due to significant changes  in  nutrients  in  the samples  during
    shipment from the field to the  laboratory, the  algal  assay  re-
    sults are not considered  representative  of conditions in  the
    lake at the time samples  were collected  (03/19/75 and 11/06/75).
        The lake data indicate nitrogen  limitation  in March and phos-
    phorus limitation in July and November.   The mean inorganic
    nitrogen/orthophosphorus  ratios were 11/1  in March,  15/1  in
    July, and 18/1  in November.   Nitrogen limitation would be ex-
    pected when N/P ratios are less than 14/1.

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IV.  NUTRIENT LOADINGS
    (See Appendix E for data)
    For the determination of nutrient loadings, the California National
Guard collected monthly near-surface grab samples from each of the
tributary sites indicated on the map (page v), except for the high
runoff months of May and July when two samples were collected.
Sampling was begun in November, 1974, and was completed in September, 1975.
    Through an interagency agreement, stream flow estimates for the
year of sampling and a "normalized" or average year were provided by
the California District Office of the U.S. Geological Survey for the
tributary sites nearest the lake.
    In this report, nutrient loads for sampled tributaries were
calculated using mean annual concentrations and mean annual flows.
Nutrient loads for unsampled "minor tributaries and immediate drainage"
("ZZ" of U.S.G.S.) were estimated using the mean concentrations in
Robinson Creek at station 25A-1/26A-2 and the mean annual ZZ flow.
    No known wastewater treatment plants impacted the lake during the
sampling year.

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    A.   Waste Sources:
        1.   Known municipal  - None
        2.   Known industrial  - None
    B.   Annual Total  Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.   Inputs -
                                              kg P/         % of
            Source                            yr 	         total
            a.  Tributaries  (non-point load)  -
                Robinson Creek                 615          73.6
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -    185          22.2
            c.  Known municipal STP's - None
            d.  Septic tanks* -                 10           1.2
            e.  Known industrial  - None
            f.  Direct precipitation**-         25           3.0
                        Total                  835         100.0
        2.   Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Robinson Creek       695
        3.   Net annual P accumulation - 140 kg.
* Estimate based on 27 lakeshore 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                            yj;	         total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Robinson Creek                36,200        73.6
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -  11,000        22.4
            c.  Known municipal STP's - None
            d.  Septic tanks*-                   360         0.7
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -       1,640         3.3
                        Total                 49,200       100.0
        2.   Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Robinson Creek      51,060
        3.   Net annual N loss - 1,860 kg.
    D.  Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tributary                   kg P/km2/yr     kg N/km2/yr
        Robinson Creek                   8              474
    E.  Mean Nutrient Concentrations in Ungaged Stream:
                                          Mean Total P  Mean Total N
        Tributary                         Cone, (rng/1)  Cone, (mg/1)
        Unnamed Creek B-l                    0.018         1.142
* Estimate based on 27 lakeshore dwellings and one campground; see Working
  Paper No. 175.
** See Working Paper No.  175.

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                                    1.1
    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              0.55     0.09         32.4      loss*
        Vollenweider phosphorus loadings
         (g/m2/yr) based on mean depth and mean
         hydraulic retention time of Lower Twin Lake:

            "Dangerous"  (eutrophic loading)            1.12
            "Permissible"  (oligotrophic loading)       0.56
* 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,
  underestimation of septic tank contributions, or (possibly) insufficient
  outlet sampling in relation to the hydraulic retention time of the lake.
  Whatever the cause, a similar nitrogen loss has occurred at Shagawa Lake,
  Minnesota, which has been intensively studied by EPA's former National
  Eutrophication and Lake Restoration Branch (Malueg et al., 1975)."

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V.   LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Allum, M.O., R.E. Glessner, and J.H. Gakstatter,  1977.   An evalua-
        tion of the National Eutrophication Survey data.   Working Paper
        No. 900, Corvallis Env. Res.  Lab.,  Corvallis, OR.

    Chun, Robert U. D., 1973.   Mammoth Basin water resources environ-
        mental study.  CA Dept. of Water Res.,  Southern Dist., Sacra-
        mento.

    Johns, Gerald E., 1975.   Personal  communication (water quality
        data).  CA Water Res.  Contr.  Bd., Sacramento.

    Malueg, Kenneth W., D. Phillips Larsen, Donald W. Schults, and Howard
        T. Mercier; 1975.  A six-year water, phosphorus,  and nitrogen
        budget for Shagawa Lake, Minnesota.  Jour. Environ.  Qual., vol.
        4, no. 2, pp. 236-242.

    Uttormark, Paul D.  (in press).   TSI and LCI:   A comparison of
        two lake classification techniques.  North American Proj.
        Rept., EPA Order No. P3J11904-J, Corvallis, OR.

    Vollenweider, R.  A., and P. J.  Dillon,  1974.   The application of
        the phosphorus loading concept to eutrophication  research.
        Nat!.  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 rtE USED IN RANKINGS

LAKE
COOE  LAKE NAME
0601  AMADOH RESERVOIR

0603  80CA LAKE

0603  LAKE BPITTON

060*  CASITAS RESERVOIR

060-5  CPOhLEY LAKE

0606  DON PEORO RESERVOIR

0607  LAKE ELSINORE

0608  FALLEN LEAF RESERVOIR

0609  LAKE HENNESSEY

0610  LAKE HENSHAW

06ii  IRON GATE RESERVOIR

0614  LOPEZ LAKE

0615  LAKE MARY

0616  LAKE MENDOCINO

0617  NICASIO RESERVOIR

0618  LOWER OTAY RESERVOIR

0619  LAKE PILLS8URY

0630  SANTA MARGARITA LAKE

0631  SHASTA LAKE

0633  SHAVER

0633  SILVER LAKE

0634  TULLOCK RESERVOIR

0635  UPPER TWIN LAKES

0636  LOWER TWIN LAKES
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
0.040
0.013
0.067
0.039
0.046
0.013
0.469
0.007
0.037
0.138
0.184
0.371
0.010
0.030
0.055
0.058
0.022
0.037
0.021
0.014
0.013
0.035
0.015
0.014
MEDIAN
INORG !M
0.390
0.040
0.115
0.050
0.045
0.060
0.130
0.040
0.060
0.070
0.690
0.090
0.040
0.050
0.345
0.180
0.060
0.070
0.060
0.060
0.055
0.060
0.040
0.040
500-
MEAN 5EC
408.667
372.833
44d.500
400.250
374.750
381.733
489.214
24.357
416.000
461.000
440 . 333
372.000
396.000
436.500
482.778
447.250
466.667
400.000
381.542
346.400
356.000
433.000
300.200
248.000
MEAN
22.383
1.700
4.811
3.192
5.800
3.564
70.573
0.786
4.535
36.783
6.317
8.658
3.550
3.100
6.633
15.933
6.389
9.133
4.087
1.700
1.800
13.878
3.340
3.900
15-
MIN 00
14.600
6.800
11.300
14.000
13.300
11.400
8.000
8.800
15.000
9.800
13.800
15.000
10.600
9.400
9.800
15.000
0.200
14. BOO
9.000
7.400
7.000
7.400
7.400
11.400
MEDIAN
OISS OHTHO P
0.030
0.003
0.047
0.014
0.034
0.004
0.093
0.005
0.013
0.073
0.134
0.343
0.002
0.008
0.013
0.013
0.008
0.014
0.015
0.004
0.003
0.009
0.004
0.003

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PERCENT OF LftKES WlTrl rllGHEH VALUES  (NUMBER Or LAKES *TTn"HIGHEH VALUES/-
LAKE
CODE  LAKE NAME
ObOl  AMAOOR RESERVOIR
0602  BOCA LAKE
0603  LAKE tiPITTON
060*  CASITAS RESERVOIR
0605  CROWLEY LAKE
0606  DON PEO»0 RESERVOIR
0607  LAKE ELSINORE
0608  FALLEN LEAF RESERVOIR
0609  LAKE HENNESSEY
0610  LAKE HENSHAW
0611  IRON GATE RESERVOIR
061*  LOPEZ LAKE
0615  LAKE MARY
0616  LAKE MENOOCINO
0617  NICASIO RESERVOIR
0618  LOWER OTAY RESERVOIR
0619  LAKE PILLSBURY
0620  SANTA MARGARITA LAKE
0621  SHASTA LAKE
0622  SHAVER
062J  SILVER LAKE
062*  TULLOCK RESERVOIR
0625  UPPtR TWIN LAKES
0626  LOWER TWIN LAKES
MEDIAN
TOTAL P
35
89
17
43
30
83
0
100
48
13
9
4
96
65
26
22
57
39
61
78
89
52
70
74
( 8)
( 20)
< 4)
( 10)
( 7)
( 19)
( 0)
( 23)
< 11)
( 3)
( 2)
( 1)
( 22)
( 15)
( 6)
( 5)
< 13)
( 9)
( 14)
( 18)
(20)
( 12)
( 16)
( 17)
MEDIAN
iNORG N
4
98
22
74
78
54
17
87
54
33
0
26
87
70
9
13
41
33
54
41
65
54
98
87
( 1)
( 22)
( 5)
( 17)
( 18)
( 11)
( 4)
( 19)
( ID
( 7)
( 0)
( 6)
( 19)
( 16)
< 2)
( 3)
( 9)
< 7)
( 11)
( 9)
( 15)
( 11)
( 22)
( 19)
500-
MEAN SEC
43
70
17
48
65
57
0
100
39
13
26
74
91
30
4
22
9
52
61
83
78
35
87
96
( 10)
( 16)
( 4)
( 11)
( 15)
< 13)
( 0)
( 23)
( 9)
( 3)
( 6)
( 17)
t 21)
( 7)
( 1)
( 5)
( 2)
( 12)
( 14)
(. 19)
( 18)
( 8)
( 20)
( 22)
MEAN
CHLORA
9
91
48
7C
43
61
0
100
52
4
39
26
83
74
30
13
35
22
57
96
87
17
65
78
( 2)
< 21)
( ID
( 16)
( 10)
( 1«>
( 0)
( 23>
( 12)
( 1)
( 9)
( 6)
( 19)
( 17)
( 7)
( 3)
( 8)
( 5)
( 13)
( 22)
( 20)
( 4)
( 15)
( 18)
15-
MIN DO
17 (
100 (
43 (
22 (
30 (
37 (
78 (
70 (
4 (
54 (
26 (
4 (
48 (
61 (
54 (
4 (
. 74 (
13 (
65 (
87 (
96 (
87 (
87 (
37 (
4)
23)
10)
5)
7)
8)
18)
16)
0)
12)
6)
0)
11)
14)
12)
0)
17)
3)
15)
19)
22)
19)
19)
8)
MEDIAN
DISS ORTHO P
26
91
17
37
22
78
9
70
52
13
4
0
100
63
46
46
63
37
30
78
91
57
78
91
( 6)
( 20)
( 4)
< 8)
( 5)
( 17) .
( 2)
( 16)
( 12)
( 3)
( 1)
( 0)
( 23)
( 14)
( 10)
( 10)
( 14)
( 8)
( 7)
( 17)
( 20)
( 13)
( 17)
( 20)
INDEX
NO
134
539
164
294
268
370
104
527
249
130
104
134
505
363
169
120
279
196
328
463
506
302
485
463

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LAKES RANKED BY INDEX NOS.



RANK  LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME               INDEX NO






   1  0602       BOCA LAKE                  539



   2  0608       FALLEN LEAF RESERVOIR      527




   3  0623       SILVER LAKE                506



   4  0615       LAKE MARY                  505




   5  0625       UPPER TWIN LAKES           485



   6  0626       LOWER TWIN LAKES           463




   .7  0622       SHAVER                     463



   8  0606       DON PEDRO RESERVOIR        370



   9  0616       LAKE MENDOCINO             363




  10  0621       SHASTA LAKE                328




  11  0624       TULLOCK RESERVOIR          302



  12  0604       CASITAS RESERVOIR          294




  13  0619       LAKE PILLSBURY             279




  14  0605       CROWLEY LAKE               268



  15  0609       LAKE HENNESSEY             249




  16  0620       SANTA MARGARITA LAKE       196



  17  0617       NICASIO RESERVOIR          169




  18  0603       LAKE 6RITTON               164




  19  0614       LOPEZ LAKE                 134



  20  0601       AMADOR RESERVOIR           134



  21  0610       LAKE HENSHArf               130



  22  0618       LOWER OTAY RESERVOIR       120



  23  0607       LAKE ELSINORE              104




  24  0611       IRON GATE RESERVOIR        104

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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
Cubic meters x 8.107 x 10 ~4 = 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  CALIFORNIA
                                                                             09/24/76
LAKE CODE 0626
      LOWER  TWIN LAKES
     TOTAL OPAINAGE AREA OF  LAKE(SQ  KM)

          SUB-DRAINAGE
                              101.3
TRIBUTARY  APEA(SQ KM)
0626A1
0626A2
0626ZZ
101.3
 76.4
 23.1
 JAN

0.23
0.21
0.12
 FEB

0.39
0.28
0.13
 MAR

0.41
0.31
0.15
 APR

1.39
1.13
0.31
                        TOTAL DRAINAGE  AREA  OF  LAKE
                        SUM OF SUB-DRAINAGE  AREAS
 MAY

2.89
2.49
0.88
                                             101.3
                                             99.5
                                                  NORMALIZED FLOWS(CMS)
                                                    JUN     JUL      AUG
     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND DAILY  FLOWS(CMS)

TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YEAR    MEAN FLOW  DAY          FLOW   DAY

0626A1
0626A2
0626ZZ
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
?
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
0.152
0.025
0.014
0.023
0.182
0.631
2.798
6.9P4
5.069
2.917
2.263
0.654
0.255
0.008
0.057
0.425
0.453
0.396
2.124
5.607
4.078
1.529
1.557
0.566
0.133
0.122
0.113
0.116
0.130
0.142
0.878
1.586
0.906
0.311
0.204
0.0
15
13
15

14
27
12
6
7
4
11

15
13
15

14
27
12
6
7
4
11













0.215
0.024
0.013
0.018
0.510
2.322
8.014
5.607
2.379
2.350
0.396
0.023
0.045
0.396
0.368
1.048
6.768
4.842
1.699
1.812



15
29
30

24
15




15

30

24
15

5.24
4.67
1.25
4.45
3.82
0.74
2.79
2.41
0.31
 SEP

1.46
1.22
0.17
 OCT

0.58
0.45
0.13
 NOV

0.22
0.16
0.13
 DEC

0.14
0.11
0.14
MEAN

1-699
1«303
0. 396
                                                                   SUMMARY
                                                     TOTAL FLOW IN
                                                     TOTAL FLOW OUT
                                                                  21.73
                                                                  20.24
                                                       FLOW  DAY
                                                                    0.023
                                                                    1.671
                                                                    4.332

                                                                    4.304
                                                                    2.860
                                                              FLOW
                                                                    0.396

                                                                    4.049

                                                                    3.341
                                                                    1.642

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        APPENDIX D





PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/24

DATE
FROM
TO
75/03/19





75/07/01






75/11/06






TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
10 45 0000
10 45 0005
10 45 0030
10 45 0060
10 45 0090
10 45 0110
12 00 0000
12 00 0005
12 00 0015
12 00 0035
12 00 0060
12 00 0090
12 00 0130
13 25 0000
13 ?5 0005
13 25 0015
13 25 0033
13 25 0070
13 25 0110
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.6
2.7
12.5
12.5
12.1
11.9
9.9
6.7
5.9
10.6

10.6
10.5
10.4
10.4
                                00300
                                 DO

                                MG/L

                                  10.0
                                  10.0
                                   9.8
                                  10.0
                                   9.9
                                  10.0
                                   8.2
                                   8.2
                                   8.2
                                   H.2
                                   8.4
                                   3.6
                                   6.6
                                   8.0
                                   7.6
                                   7.6
                                   7.4
                                   7.8
                                   8.8
 00077     00094
TRANSP   CNDOC
SECCHI   FIELD
INCHES   MICRO

    312
    240
    228
                                                                  062601
                                                                 38 09 30.0 119 20 25.0 3
                                                                 LOWER TWIN. LAKES
                                                                 06051   CALIFORNIA
                                                                                          150193
                                                                 11EPALES
                                                                  Oil* FEET
                                             2111202
                                    DEPTH  CLASS 00
'4
VY

HO
18
20
20
20
20
20
53
45
43
31
44
42
50
21

23
23
23
23
00400
PH

SU
6.50
6.80
6.80
7.00
7.20
7.20
7.90
8.40
8.10
7.90
7.75
7.60
7.40
8.90
8.50
8.30
8.20
7.95
7.90
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
26
26
25
24
25
28
33
31
31
23
25
27
31
19
22
25
25
23
25
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.030
0.020
0.020K
0.020
0.020K
0.030
0.030
0.020
0.030
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.040


0.020K
0.080
0.020K
0.020K
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.200
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200
0.300
0.200
0.200
0.200K
0.200
0.200
0.200
0.200
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
0.200K
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.02UK
0.020K
0.020K
0.020
0.030
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.004
0.003
0.002
0.003
0.002
0.008
0.004
0.003
0.003
0.002
0.003
0.003
0.006
0.002
0.002K
0.002
0.002K
0.002
0.003
          K  VALUE  KNOWN  TO  BE
          LESS  THAN  INDICATED

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STORE! RETRIEVAL BATE 76/09/34
                                                                  062601
                                                                 38 09 30.0 119 20 25.0 3
                                                                 LOWE" TWIN LAKES
                                                                 06051   CALIFORNIA
                                                                                          150193
                                                                 11EPALES
                                                                  0114 FEET
         2111202
DEPTH  CLASS 00
                      00665     32217     00031
  DATE   TIME DEPTH PHOS-TOT  CHLRPHYL  INCDT LT
  FROM    OF                     A      REMNING
   TO    DAY  FEET   MG/L P     UG/L    PERCENT
                                   3.0
                                   1.7
75/03/19





75/07/01






75/11/06





10
10
10
10
10
10
12
12
12
12
12
12
12
13
13
13
13
13
13
45
45
45
45
45
45
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
25
25
?5
25
25
25
0000
0005
0030
0060
0090
0110
0000
0005
0015
0035
0060
0090
0130
0000
0005
0015
0033
0070
0110
0.011
0.010
0.011
0.010
0.011
0.013
0.017
0.016
0.015
0.017
0.018
0.015
0.028
0.014
0.012
0.009
0.011
0.016
0.016
                                   4.3

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/34

DATE
FROM
TO
75/07/01






75/11/06






TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
12 30 0000
12 30 0005
12 30 0015
12 30 0035
12 30 0060
12 30 0085
12 30 0110
13 05 0000
13 05 0005
13 05 0015
13 05 0035
13 05 0075
13 05 0124
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
12.4
12.5
12.4
12.1
8.3
6.2
6.0
10.6
10.6
10.6
10.5
10.1
10.3
                                                                  062602
                                                                 3B 10 OC.O 119 19 47.0 3
                                                                 LOWER THIN LAKES
                                                                 06051   CALIFORNIA
                                                                                          150193
                                                                 11EPALES
                                                                  0115 FEET
                                         2111202
                                DEPTH  CLASS 00
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
00300
00

MG/L
00077
TRANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
00400
PH

SU
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTrtO
MG/L P
                                   8.6
                                   8.6
                                   8.4
                                   8.2
                                   8.0
                                   7.8
                                   7.2
                                   8.2
                                   7.8
                                   7.6
                                   7.6
                                   6.8
                                   5.8
240
240
44
45
39
40
41
42
42
25
23
23
23
24
25
7.90
8.60
8.20
8.05
7.80
7.60
7.40
7.80
7.70
7.70
7.60
7.50
7.45
26
28
27
27
29
32
32
34
25
24
30
20
22
0.020
0.030
0.020
0.020
0.020
0.030
0.030
0.020K





0.300
0.300
0.200
0.200
0.200
0.200
0.300
0.300
0.200K
0.200K
0.200
0.200K
0.200K
0.020K
0.020K.
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020
0.020
0.040
0.004
0.003
0.002
0.002K
0.002
0.003
0.005
0.004
0.002
0.004
o.ooa
0.002
0.005
  DATE   TIME DEPTH
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET

75/07/01 12 30 0000
         12 30 0005
         12 30 0015
         12 30 0035
         12 30 0060
         12 30 OOB5
         12 30 0110
75/11/06 13 05 0000
         13 05 0005
         13 05 0015
         13 05 0035
         13 05 0075
         13 05 0124
0665
S-TOT

/L P
0.01S
0.014
0.013
3.015
0.013
0.015
0.017
0.019
0.016
0.014
0.012
0.011
0.015
32217 00031
CHLRPHYL INCDT LT
A REMNING
UG/L PERCENT
1.5






4.0





            K VALUE KNOWN TO dE
            LESS THAN INDICATED

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  APPENDIX E
TRIBUTARY DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/24
                                                                  0626A1
                                                                 38 10 20.0 119 19 25.0 4
                                                                 ROBINSON CREEK
                                                                 06      15 MATTERHORN PK
                                                                 0/LO«E» TWIN LAKES        150193
                                                                 SEC SO BtfOG .1 Ml N OF T«*IN LKS CAMPGHND
                                                                 HEPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS  00
DATE
FROM
TO
74/11/15
74/12/13
75/01/15
75/03/14
75/03/15
75/04/29
75/05/12
75/05/30
75/06/06
75/07/07
75/07/24
75/08/04
75/08/15
75/09/11
TIME i
OF
DAY 1
12 40
10 ?5
11 15
12 05
11 45
08 30
13 35
10 15
10 30
15 10
11 00
14 41
10 35
17 50
              FEET
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.008
0.032
0.040
0.020
0.024
0.070
0.005
0.010
0.070
0.005
0.025
0.005
0.020
0.005
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.100
0.400
0.650
2.100
0.200
0.650
1.350
2.100
0.800
0.300
3.150
0.300
0.300
0.600
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.025
0.015
0.016
0.035
0.008K
0.035
0.010
0.090
0.050
0.040
0.085
0.017
0.020
0.035 •
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.005K
0.005
0.005K
0.005
0.008K
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
0.015
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.020
0.010K
0.010K
0.010K
0.010K
0.010K

0.010
0.020
0.020
0.015
0.010
0.020
0.010
     K  VALUE  KMOWN  TO  8E
     LESS  THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/3*
                                                                   0626A2
                                                                  38 09 15.0  119 20  55.0 4
                                                                  ROBINSON  CREEK
                                                                  06      15  MATTERHORN PK
                                                                  T/LOWErt  TWIN  LAKES       150193
                                                                  UNPVD KD  bRDG 1.5  MI  E OF MONO VILLAGE
                                                                  11EPALES              2111204
                                                                   0000 FEET  DEPTH   CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
TO
74/11/15
75/01/15
75/03/14
75/03/15
75/04/27
75/05/12
75/05/30
75/06/06
75/07/07
75/07/24
75/08/04
75/08/15
75/09/11
TIME
OF
DAY
11 50
10 50
11 30
11 00
09 12
13 10
09 35
OQ 45
14 52
10 30
13 45
10 50
16 30
              FEET
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
(J.005K
0.012
0.005
0.008
0.010
0.010
0.010
0.050
0.005
0.005
0.005
0.005
0.005
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.100K
1.300
1.280
0.500
1.000
0.800
2.500
0.150

0.050K
0.200
0.350
0.400
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.008
0.016
0.025
0.008K
0.020
0.010
0.090
0.010
0.080
0.010
0.010
0.020
0.030
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.005
0.005K
0.005K
C.008K
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
0.010
0.005K
0.005K
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.025
0.010K
0.010K
0.010K
0.010K
0.020
U.010K
0.020

0.010
0.010K
C.020
0.020
   K VALUE KI^OWN TO B£
   LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORE! RETRIEVAL DATE 76/09/24
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N024N03
  FROM    or
   TO    DAY  FEET

74/11/15 12 ?0
75/05/30 09 59
75/06/06 10 10
75/07/07 1* 30
75/07/?4 13 48
75/08/04 11 25
75/08/15 11 00
75/09/U 16 SO
                                                                  0626B1
                                                                 38 09 15.0 119 20 30.0 4
                                                                 UNNAMED CREEK
                                                                 06      15 MATTERHORN PK
                                                                 T/LOWtW TWIN LAKES        150193
                                                                 SEC *D BROG 1.5 MI SW TWIN LKS CAMPGRND
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS  00
0630
4N03
OTAL
G/L
0.008
0.005
0.075
0.005
0.005
0.005
0.010
0.020
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.1CO
1.150
2.300
0.100
0.100
0.050
4.200
1.000
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.015
0.050
0.260
0.015
0.005
0.005K
0.850
0.025
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.020
0.005K
0.005K
0.0.05
0.010
0.005
0.005K
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.040
0.010K
0.020
0.010
0.010
0.010
0.015
0.030
   K  VALUE  KNOWN  TO  BE
   LESS  THAN  INDICATED

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