U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION  SURVEY
                    WORKING PAPER SERIES

                                          REPORT
                                           ON
                                      NELSON RESERVOIR
                                      PHILLIPS COUNTY
                                         MONTANA
                                      EPA EGION VIII
                                    WORKING PAPER No, 798
 CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                             and
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

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                                          REPORT
                                            ON
                                     NELSON RESERVOIR
                                     PHILLIPS COUNTY
                                         MONTANA
                                     EPA REGION VIII
                                  WORKING PAPER No, 798
             WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
MONTANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
                       AND THE
                MONTANA NATIONAL GUARD
                      MAY, 1977

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                                   CONTENTS
                                                               Page
  Foreword                                                      11
  List of Montana Lakes and 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                                       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)]5 water
quality criteria/standards review [0303(c)],  clean lakes [§314(a,b)],
and water quality monitoring [§106 and §305(b)] activities mandated
by the Federal  Water Pollution Control  Act Amendments of 1972.

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     Beyond the single lake analysis, broader based correlations
between nutrient concentrations (and loading) and trophic condi-
tion are being made to advance the rationale and data base for
refinement of nutrient water quality criteria for the Nation's
fresh water lakes.  Likewise, multivariate evaluations for the
relationships between land use, nutrient export, and trophic
condition, by lake class or use, are being developed to assist
in the formulation of planning guidelines and policies by EPA
and to augment plans implementation by the states.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

     The staff of the National Eutrophication Survey (Office of
Research & Development, U.S. Environmental. Protection Agency)
express sincere appreciation to the Montana Department of Health
and Environmental  Sciences for professional involvement, to the
Montana National Guard for conducting the tributary sampling
phase of the Survey, and to those Montana wastewater treatment
plant operators who voluntarily provided effluent samples.

     The staff of the Water Quality Bureau 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 John J. Womack,  the Adjutant General  of Montana,
and Project Officer Major William Yeager,  who directed the volun-
teer efforts of the Montana National  Guardsmen, are also gratefully
acknowledged for their assistance to the Survey.

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                                IV
LAKE NAME
Canyon Ferry
Clark Canyon
Flathead
Georgetown
Hebgen
Koocanusa
Mary Ronan
McDonald
Nelson
Seeley
Swan
Tally
Tiber
Tongue River
Whitefish
Yellowtail
                  NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                    STUDY LAKES AND RESERVOIRS
                         STATE OF MONTANA
            COUNTY
Broadwater, Lewis and Clark
Beaverhead
Flathead, Lake
Deer Lodge, Granite
Gallatin
Lincoln, MT; British Columbia, Can.
Lake
Flathead
Phillips
Missoula
Lake
Flathead
Liberty, Toole
Big Horn
Flathead
Carbon, Bighorn, MT; Bighorn, WY

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                                               Mont.
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                                            Map Location
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                                NELSON  RESERVOIR

                                 Tributary Sampling Site

                                 Lake Sampling Site

                                                           'PKm.
                                            Scale
5 Mi.
           \
                                                               4820-
       x
                          107°40'
        10730'

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                             NELSON RESERVOIR
                             STORE! NO.  3009

I.  CONCLUSIONS
    A.  Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate that Nelson Reservoir is eutrophic.
        It ranked twelfth in overall  trophic quality when the 15 Montana
        lakes and reservoirs sampled in  1975 were compared using a  com-
        bination of six water-quality parameters*.   Ten of the water
        bodies had less median total  phosphorus,  seven had less median
        dissolved orthophosphorus,  nine  had less  median inorganic nitrogen,
        13 had less mean chlorophyll  a^  and 13 had greater mean Secchi
        disc transparency.  Depression of dissolved oxygen with depth
        occurred at station 2 in July.
            Survey limnologists noted abundant submerged macrophytes  during
        the July sampling and an algal bloom in September.
    B.  Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The algal assay results are  not considered representative of
        conditions in the reservoir at sampling time due to significant
        changes in nutrients in the samples during shipment from the
        field to the laboratory.
            The reservoir data indicate  nitrogen  limitation at all  sampling
        stations and times, with the exception of station 1 in July.
* See Appendix A.

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                                 2
C.   Nutrient Controllability:
        1.   Point sources—No  known municipal  point sources  impacted
    Nelson  Reservoir during the sampling year.   Septic  tanks serving
    shoreline dwellings were estimated to have  contributed 0.2%  of
    the total phosphorus load,  but a shoreline  survey would  have to
    be conducted to determine  the significance  of those sources.
        The present phosphorus  loading of 0.41  g/m2/year is  greater
    than that proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and Dillon,  1974)
    as a eutrophic loading (see page 11).
        2.   Non-point sources--Non-point sources accounted for 99.8%
    of the  total phosphorus load during the  sampling year.   The  Nelson
    Canal  inlet contributed 95.5% of the total.
        Major agricultural land uses in the  area include pasturing
    and crop land as reported  by Survey limnologists.   Further study  is
    needed  to determine the controllability  of  the nutrient  contributions
    of such sources.

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II.   RESERVOIR AND DRAINAGE  BASIN  CHARACTERISTICS1"
                    tt
     A.   Morphometry  :
         1.   Surface area:   18.45  kilometers2.
         2.   Mean depth:   5.7  meters.
         3.   Maximum depth:  8.5 meters.
         4.   Volume:   105.165  x 106 m3.
         5.   Mean hydraulic  retention  time:   1.8 years  (based on 1975 outflow)
     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C  for flow  data)
         1.   Tributaries  -
                                              Drainage      Mean flow
             Name                             area  (km2)*    (m3/sec)*
             Nelson Canal                          -              2.290
             Minor tributaries &
              immediate drainage -               _^	          .  -
                              Totals               -              2.290
         2.   Outlet -
             Nelson Canal                          -              0.028**
             Nelson South Canal                    -              1.869
                              Totals               -              1.897
     C.   Precipitation***:
         1.   Year of sampling:  46.9 centimeters.
         2.   Mean annual:  30.0 centimeters.
 t Table of metric  conversions—Appendix  B.
 tt Surface area  -  Horpestad,  1974;  volume - Martin and Hanson, 1966.
 * For limits of  accuracy,  see Working  Paper No.  175,  "...Survey Methods,
   1973-1976";  no drainage  areas  or  normalized  flows - canal flow is com-
   pletely regulated  (Pike,  1975).
 ** Leakage through canal gates.
 *** See Working  Paper No.  175.

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III.   WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Nelson Reservoir 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 two or more depths at three  stations  on  the  reservoir  (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
  and last visits, 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 1.5 meters at station
  1,  11.6 meters at station 2, and  5.5 meters at station  3.
      The sampling results are presented in  full in Appendix  D and
  are summarized in the following table.

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PARAMETER

TE^P (C)

DISS OXY (MG/L)

CNDCTVY (MCROMO)

PH (STAND UNITS)

TOT ALK (MG/L)

TOT P (MG/L)

ORTHO P (MG/L)

N02+N03 (MG/L)

AMMONIA (MG/L)

KJEL N  (MG/L)

INOP.G N (MG/L)

TOTAL N (MG/L)

CHLRPfL A  (UG/L)

SECCHI  (METERS)
                              A.  SUMMARY  OK  PHYSICAL AND


                              1ST SAMPLING  (  5/30/75)

                                    3  SITES
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS F0r< NELSON RESERVOIK
 STOrtET CODE 3009

           2ND SAMPLING ( 7/24/75)

                 3 SITtS
3RD SAMPLING  ( •?/  8/75)

      3 SITES
RANGE
10.0
8.2
420.
8.4
165.
0.023
0.011
0.080
0.040
0.400
0.120
0.500
1.3
0.5
- 14.0
- 10.0
- 553.
8.6
- 173.
- 0.052
- 0.022
- 0.150
- 0.060
- 0.700
- 0.210
- 0.820
5.4
2.1
ME AM
12.2
9.3
460.
8.5
169.
0.034
0.013
0.113
0.056
0.489
0.169
0.60?
2.7
1.3
MEDIAN
12.1
9.<»
449.
8.5
168.
0.031
0.019
0.100
0.060
0.500
0.160
0.580
1.5
1.3
RANGt
16.4
3.6
509.
8.2
171.
0.016
0.002
0.020
0.020
0.400
0.040
0.440
1.5
1.2
- 23.0
9.2
- 574.
8.8
- 181.
- 0.035
- 0.022
- 0.120
- 0.060
- 0.500
- 0.180
- 0.530
1.8
1.7
MEAN
21.0
7.2
560.
8.5
175.
0.025
0.007
0.048
0.034
0.422
0.082
0.470
1.6
1.5
MEDIAN
21.2
7.4
567.
8.5
175.
0.025
0.006
0.040
0.030
0.400
0.070
0.450
1.6
1.5
RANGE
15.8
8.8
562.
8.5
131.
0.024
0.003
0.020
0.020
0.600
0.040
0.620
1.3
0.6
- 17.9
- 10.0
- 582.
8.9
- 194.
- 0.061
- 0.013
- 0.020
- 0.040
- 1.200
- 0.060
- 1.220
- 41.8
0.6
MEAN
16.7
9.2
570.
8.7
186.
0.037
0.006
0.020
0.025
0.812
0.045
0.832
17.3
0.6
MEDIAN
16.7
9.2
569.
8.8
186.
0.033
0.003
0.020
0.020
0.800
0.040
0.820
8.9
0.6

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B.  Biological  Characteristics:

    1.   Phytoplankton -
        Sampling
        Date

        05/30/75
        07/24/75
        09/08/75
    2.   Chlorophyll

        Sampling
        Date

        05/30/75
        07/24/75
        09/08/75
Dominant
Genera

1.  Chroomonas sp.
2.  Centric diatoms
3.  Cryptomonas sp.
4.  Ankistrodesmus sp.
5.  Nitzschia sj>.

            Total

1.  Chroomonas sp.
2.  Aphanizomenon sp.
3.  Ankistrodesmus sp.

            Total

1.  Aphanizomenon sp.
2.  Flagellates
3.  Chroomonas sp.
4.  Oscillatoria sp.
5.  Schroederia sp.
    Other genera

            Total
Station
Number

   1
   2
   3

   1
   2
   3

   1
   2
   3
Algal Units
per ml	

    347
    261
     87
     43
     43

    781

    523
    486
     75
  1,084

  3,800
    192
    171
    128
    107
  	43_

  4,441
Chlorophyll a
(yg/1)

     1.3
     1.5
     5.4

     1.5
     1.6
     1.8

     1.3
     8.9
    41.8

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C.  Limiting Nutrient Study:
        Due to significant changes in nutrient levels  during  shipment
    of the samples from the field to  the laboratory, the  algal  assay
    results are not considered representative of conditions in  the
    reservoir at the time the samples were taken (05/30/75 and  09/
    08/75).  The reservoir data indicate nitrogen limitation  at all
    sampling stations and times,  with the exception of station  1  in
    July.  Except for station 1 in July, all  of the mean  inorganic
    nitrogen/orthophosphorus ratios were 13/1 or less,  and nitrogen
    limitation would be expected.  The ratio  of 21/1 at station 1  in
    July indicates phosphorus limitation.

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IV.   NUTRIENT LOADINGS
     (See Appendix E for data)
     For the determination of nutrient loadings,  the Montana 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 month of June when two  samples were collected.   Sampling was
 begun in October,  1974,  and was  completed in  September,  1975.
     Through an interagency agreement, stream  flow estimates for the
 year of sampling were provided by the Montana District Office of
 the U.S.  Geological  Survey which received the daily and monthly
 regulated flows for Nelson Canal  from the U.S.  Bureau of Reclamation.
     In this report,  nutrient loads for the sampled tributary were
 calculated using mean concentrations and  mean flow.
     No known wastewater treatment plants  impacted the reservoir during
 the sampling year.
     A.   Waste Sources:
         1.   Known municipal  -  None
         2.   Known industrial  - None

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    B.   Annual  Total  Phosphorus Loading - Average Year:
        1.  Inputs -
                                              kg P/          % of
            Source                            yr	          total
            a.   Tributaries (non-point load)  -
                Nelson Canal                     7,295         95.5
            b.   Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -       -
            c.   Known municipal STP's - None
            d.   Septic tanks  * -                   15          0.2
            e.   Known industrial - None
            f.   Direct precipitation** -          325          4.3
                           Total                7,635        100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Reservoir outlet  - Nelson Canal         45
                               Nelson South
                                Canal           1.295
                                  Total         1,340
        3.  Net annual P accumulation - 6,295 kg.
* Estimate based on 50 shoreline dwellings (field limnologists  observations);
  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                            ^r	          total
            a.  Tributaries (non-point load) -
                Nelson Canal                  134,975          86.8
            b.  Minor tributaries & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load) -      -
            c.  Known municipal  STP's - None
            d.  Septic tanks* -                    535           0.4
            e.  Known industrial - None
            f.  Direct precipitation** -       19,920          12.8
                        Total                 155,430         100.0
        2.  Outputs -
            Reservoir outlet - Nelson Canal      1,650
                               Nelson South
                                Canal          79.745
                             Total             81,395
        3.  Net annual N accumulation - 74,035 kg.
* Estimate based on 50 shoreline dwellings (field limnologists observations);
  see Working Paper No. 175.
** See Working Paper No.  175.

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D.  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              0.41      0.34        8.4         4.0
    Vollenweider phosphorus loadings
     (g/m2/yr)  based on mean depth and mean
     hydraulic  retention time of Nelson Reservoir:
        "Dangerous"   (eutrophic loading)                 0.36
        "Permissible"  (oligotrophic loading)             0.18

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V.  LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Horpestad, Abe,  1974.   Personal  communication (reservoir morphometry).
        MT Dept. of Health & Env.  Sci.,  Helena.

    Martin, R. 0. R.,  and  Ronald L.  Hanson,  1966.  Reservoirs in the
        United States.  Water Supply Paper No.  1838,  U.S.  Geol.  Surv.,
        Wash., DC.

    Pike,  George M., 1975.  Personal  communication (regulated flow in
        Nelson Canal).  U.S. Geol. Surv.,  Helena.

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

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VI.  APPENDICES
                                  APPENDIX A
                                 LAKE RANKINGS

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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   = 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 FLO* INFORMATION FGk MONTANA

CODE 3009     NELSON RESERVOIR

TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKEfSQ KM)      0.0
                                                                                          08/05/76
          SUB-ORAINAGE
TRIBUTARY  AR^A(SQ KM)
3009ZZ
               0.0
  JAN

0.0
                           U.O
APR
0.0

MAY
0.0

J'JN J
0.0 0.0
SUMMARY
NORMALIZED FLO*S(CM5>
                  AUG

                0.0
  SEP

0.0
  OCT

0.0
  N0
TRIbUTARY   MONTH   YEAR    MEAN FLOW  DAY         FLOW  DAY
                                                            0.0
                                                            0.0
                                                                         TOTAL FLO*  IN  =
                                                                         TOTAL FLO*  OUT =
                                                                            0.0
                                                                            0.0
3009A1
3009A2
300981
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
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5
6
7 .
8
9
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
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75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
0.0
OiO
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.283
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.878
4. 116
2.577
1.671
5.239
1.274
0.0
0.566
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.283
2.747
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2.265
0.708
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                                             0.028
                                             0.028
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                                             0.028
                                             0.028
                                             0.028
                                             0.028
                                             0.028
                                             1.416
                                             0.028
                                             0.0
                                             0.0
                                             0.0

                                             0.0
                                             4.955
                                             4.248
                                             2.124
                                             2.832
                                             0.706
                                             0.028
                                             0.028
                                             0.028
                                             0.028
                                             0.0
                                                          22
                                                          20
                                                                     FLOW  DAY
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                                                                                  FLOW
                                                          22
                                  20
                                                                    0.0
                                                                    P.495
                                  22
                                             0.0
                                             0.142
                                             2.690   20
                                             5.239
                                             1.416
                                             0.566
                                                                    0.0
                                                                    1.982

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        APPENDIX D





PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STO*ET «£TRIEVAL DATE 76/03/05
                                                                   300-J01
                                                                 43  31 <»8.0  107  31  58.0  3
                                                                 NELSON RESERVOIR
                                                                 30071    MONTANA
                                                                                           090191
                                                                  11EP6LES              2111202
                                                                   0006 FEET  DEPTH   CLASS  00

DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/30

75/07/24

75/09/08


DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/30

75/07/24

75/09/Ofl


TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
09 50 0000
09 50 0005
15 20 0000
15 20 0005
14 00 0000
14 00 0005

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
09 50 0000
09 50 0005
15 20 0000
15 20 0005
14 00 0000
14 00 0005
00010
HATER
TEMP
CENT
14.0
13.9
23.0
21.2
15.9
15.8
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.033
0.025
0.016
0.019
0.031
0.026
00300
DO

MG/L
9.8
10.0
7.4
7.4
8.8

32217
CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
1.3

1.5

1.3

00077
TKANSP
SECCHI
INCHES


60

22

00031
1NCOT LT
REMNING
PERCENT






00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICROMHO
442
442
570
561
567
562










00400
PH

su
8.55
8.55
8.30
8.40
8.50
8.70










00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
173
173
172
171
181
181










00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.060
0.040
0.030
0.040
0.020K
0.020K










00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.700
0.500
0.400
0.400
0.800
0.600










00630
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.120
0.080
0.050
0.050
0.020K
0.020K










00671
PMOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.020
0.011
0.002
0.006
0.003
0.003










          K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
          LESS THAN INDICATED

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ST03ET RETRIEVAL OATE 76/08/05
                                                                   300902
                                                                  48  ?9  35.0  107  33  00.0  3
                                                                  NELSON RESEPVOIR
                                                                  30071   MONTANA
                                                                  IIE^ALES   710109      3111202
                                                                   00*2  FEET  DtrTH   CLASS  00
00010
HATER
TEM*1
CENT
12.1
12.0
11.3
10.0
10.8
22.7
20.9
20.4
16.4
17.9
16.9
16.5
16.2
00300
DO

MG/L
9.4
9.1
9.4
8.8
8.2
7.8
7.4
6.8
3^6
10.0
9.2
9.2
8.8
00077
TRANSP
SECCHl
INCHES
83




66



24



00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICtfOMHO
497
553
449
457
457
574
567
555
509
582
570
568
562
00400
PH

SU
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.50
8.40
8.50
8.50
8.40
8.20
8.70
8.75
8.75
8.75
00410
T ALK
CAC03
MG/L
173
172
167
167
168
174
175
175
177
184
184
187
138
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.060
0.050
0.060
0.050
0.060
0.020
0.030
0.040
0.060
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.400
0.400
0.400
0.400
0.500
0.400
0.400
0.400
0.400
0.800
0.800
0.600
0.600
00630
N02kN03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.100
0.100
0.120
0.100
0.100
0.040
0.049
0.040
0.120
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
0.020K
00671
PMOS-DIS
ORTriO
MG/L P
0.018
0.017
0.016
0.019
0.021
0.006
0.005
0.007
0.022
0.005
0.004
0.003
0.003
DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/30




75/07/24



75/09/03



00665 32217 00031
TIMF DEPTH PHOS-TOT CrILRPHYL INCDT LT
OF A REMNING
DAY FEET
10 ?0 0000
10 20 0005
10 20 0015
10 20 0025
10 20 0038
15 45 0000
15 45 0005
15 45 0015
15 45 0034
14 25 0000
14 25 0005
14 25 0015
14 ?5 0032
MG/L P
0.025
0.023
0.026
0.031
0.037
0.025
C.022
0.027
0.033
0.042
0.035
0.024
0.028
UG/L PERCENT
1.5




1.6



a. 9



            K VALUE KNOWN TO 8E
            LESS THAN INDICATED

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/06/05
                                                                  300903
                                                                 4d  29  0^.0  107  36  40.0
                                                                 NELSON RESERVOIR
                                                                 30071   .MONTANA
                                                                 11EPALES   760109      2111202
                                                                  0007  FEET   DEPTH   CLASS  00
DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/30

75/07/24


75/09/08


DATE
FROM
TO
75/05/30

75/07/2*


75/09/08

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY
10
10
16
16
16
14
14


SO
50
05
05
05
45
45

TIME
OF
DAY
10
10
16
16
16
14
14


50
50
05
05
05
45
45
FEET
0000
0005
0000
0005
0018
0000
0004

DEPTH

FEET
0000
0005
0000
0005
0018
0000
0004
00010
*ATER
'TEVP
CENT
13.0
13.0
22.4
22.0
20.4
17.2
17.0
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.052
0.052
0.021
0.031
0.035
0.049
0.061
00300
DO
MG/L
10.
9.
8.
9.
7.
9.
8.
32217
00077 00094
TRANSP CNOUCTVY
SECCnl FIELD
INCHES MICROMHO
0
4
0
2
0
4
8

CHLRPHYL
A
UG/L
5.

1.


41.



4

8


3

19

48


24

00031
INCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT







422
420
572
565
568
577
575











00400 00410 00610 00625
PH T ALP; NH3-N TOT KJEL
CAC03 TOTAL N
SU
8.60
8.60
8.85
8.65
8.50
8.90
8. 90
•=










MG/L MG/L
166 0.060
165 0.060
175 0.030
175 0.020
181 0.040
190 0.040
194 0.040











MG/L
0.600
0.500
0.400
0.500
0.500
1.100
1.200











                                                                                                      00630      00671
                                                                                                   N02&N03   PriOS-DIS
                                                                                                   N-TOTAL    ORTHO
                                                                                                      MG/L     MG/L P
                                                                                                       0.150
                                                                                                       0.150
                                                                                                       0.040
                                                                                                       0.020K
                                                                                                       0.030
                                                                                                       0.020K
                                                                                                       0.020K
0.021
0.022
0.004
0.006
0.007
0.013
0.013
          K VALUE  KNOWN  TO BE
          LESS  THAN  INDICATED

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 . APPENDIX E
TRIBUTARY DATA

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE: 76/oe/os
                                                                  3009A1
                                                                 48 32 02.0 107 31 21.0 4
                                                                 NELSON CANAL
                                                                 30      7.5 HEWITT LAKE
                                                                 0/NEtSON SESEtfVOIR       090191
                                                                 BP4K OFF SEC SO AlNo AT N TIP OF POOL
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  oooo FEET  DEPTH  CLASS oo
DATE
FROM
TO
74/10/05
74/11/03
74/12/08
75/01/04
75/02/02
75/02/2?
75/04/05
75/05/03
75/06/06
75/06/20
75/07/26
75/08/23
75/09/27
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
DAY FEET
11
09
09
14
08
15
14
15
20
10
08
14
14
35
55
10
50
55
30
50
00
00
30
00
40
20
MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.072
.104
.112
.104
.096
.104
.090
.115
.070
.085
.045
.005
.025
MG/L
1.850
1.200
1.500
1.000
1.300
0.575
1.400
3.750
1.650
1.300
3.450
1.700
2.600
00610 00671 00665
NH3-N PHOS-OIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
063
110
100
075
088
072
080
082
050
080
150
030
052
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
p
169
020
020
010
016
016
010
020
010
015
005
065
005
MG/L P
0
0
0
0
0
.173
.030
.030
.020
.020
0.040
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.030
.090
.050
.030
.030
.070
.040

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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/05
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET

74/10/05 12  10
74/11/03 10  30
75/05/03 15  20
75/06/06 08  30
75/06/20 10  30
75/07/26 08  ?5
75/08/23 15  30
75/09/27 15  00
                                                                  3009A2
                                                                 48 27 35.0 107 37 50.0 4
                                                                 NELSON CANAL
                                                                 30      15 BOrfOOIN
                                                                 T/NELSON RESERVOIR       090191
                                                                 US H*Y 2 8RDG 13 MI W OF SACO
                                                                 "11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLA5S 00
0630
&N03
OTAL
G/L
0.012
0.008
0.230
0.005
0.015
0.020
0.005
0.005
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
0.600
0.800
1.700
1.150
4.400
2.000
2.000
2.000
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
O.CIO
0.015
0.055
0.010
0.050
0.065
0.025
0.025
00671
PHOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.037
0.005
0.030
0.010
0.020
0.020
0.045
0.005
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.047
0.030
0.160
0.095
0.160
0.110
0.140
0.070

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STORE? RETRIEVAL DATE 76/08/05
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02&N03
  FROM    OF
   TO    DAY  FEET
74/10/05
74/11/03
74/13/08
75/01/04
75/03/02
75/02/22
75/04/05
75/05/03
75/06/06
75/06/20
75/07/26
75/08/23
75/09/27
11 45
10 15
09 15
14 55
09 00
15 45
15 00
15 10
20 15
10 30
08 10
14 50
14 30
                                                                  300981
                                                                 48 31 42.0 107 31 09.0 4
                                                                 NELSON SOUTH CANAL
                                                                 30      7.5 HEWITT LAKE
                                                                 0/NELSON RESERVOIR       090191
                                                                 BNK OFF  SEC RD XING AT NE~TIP OF POOL
                                                                 11EPALES             2111204
                                                                  0000 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
0630
&N03
OTAL
G/L
0.072
0.104
0.032
0.024
0.024
0.032
0.030
0.050
0.055
0.065
0.030
0.005
0.020
00625
TOT KJEL
N
HG/L
1.100
1.100
1.600
0.700
0.300
0.500
1.450
1.650
1.850
0.800
0.600
3.000
2.400
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.060
0.085
0.200
0.195
0.136
0.128
0.133
0.180
0.025
0.030
0.035
0.040
0.055
00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.010
0.015
0.010
0.005
0.008K
0.008K
0.005
0.005
0.010
0.040
0.005K
0.020
0.005K
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.025
0.020
0.010
0.010K
0.010K
0.010
0.010K
0.008
0.020
0.040
0.020
0.060
0.040
    K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
    LESS THAN INDICATED

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