U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
           NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY
                    WORKING PAPER SERIES
                                         REPORT
                                           ON
                                      LAIC ASHTABULA
                                  BARNES AND GRIGGS COIWTIES
                                       NORTH DAKOTA
                                      EPA REGION VIII
                                   WORKING PAPER No, 565
CORVALLIS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY - CORVALLIS, OREGON
                             and
ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING & SUPPORT LABORATORY - LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

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                                  REPORT
                                    ON
                              LAKE ASHTABULA
                        BARES AND GRIGGS COUNTIES
                               NORTH DAKOTA
                             EPA REGION VI11
                          WORKING PAPER No, 565
      WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE
NORTH DAKOTA STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
                AND  THE
      NORTH DAKOTA NATIONAL GUARD
            SEPTEMBER,  1976

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                                   CONTENTS

                                                               Page
  Foreword                                                      i i
  List of North Dakota Study Lakes and Reservoirs                iv
  Lake and Drainage Area Map                                     v

  Sections
  I.   Conclusions                                                1
 [I.   Lake and Drainage Basin Characteristics                    4
III.   Lake Water Quality Summary                                 5
 IV.   Nutrient Loadings                                          9
  V.   Literature Reviewed                                       ^
 VI.   Appendices                                                15

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                          F_0 Rl W 0 R D


    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)J, 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 North Dakota State Depart-
ment of Health for professional involvement, to the North Dakota
National Guard for conducting the tributary sampling phase of the
Survey, and to those North Dakota wastewater treatment plant oper-
ators who voluntarily provided effluent samples and flow data.

    Norman L. Peterson, Director, and the staff of the Division
of Water Supply and Pollution Control of the Department of Health,
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 LaClair A. Melhouse, the Adjutant General of
North Dakota, and Project Officer Colonel  Irvin M. Sande, who
directed the  volunteer  efforts of the North  Dakota National
Guardsmen, are also gratefully acknowledged  for their assistance
to the  Survey.

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                                    IV
                      NATIONAL EUTROPHICATION SURVEY

                        STUDY LAKES AND RESERVOIRS

                          STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA

NAME                                                         COUNTY

Ashtabula                                                    Barnes, Griggs
Audubon                                                      McLean
Brush                                                        McLean
Darling                                                      Renville, Ward
Devils                                                       Benson, Ramsey
Jamestown                                                    Stutsman
LaMoure                                                      LaMoure
Matejcek                                                     Walsh
Metigoshe                                                    Bottineau
Pelican                                                      Bottineau
Sakakawea                                                    Dunn, McKenzie,
                                                              McLean, Mercer,
                                                              Mountrail, Wil-
                                                              liams
Spiritwood                                                   Stutsman
Sweet Briar                                                  Morton
Whitman                                                      Nelson, Walsh

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V
      N.  Dak.

     Hip Location
     LAKE ASHTABULA
  ®   Tributary  Sampling Site
  X  Lake Sampling Site
       Sewage Treatment Facility
                            20 Km.
             Scale
                       10 Mi.

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                              LAKE ASHTABULA
                             STORE! NO.  3801

I.   CONCLUSIONS
    A.   Trophic Condition:
            Survey data indicate Lake Ashtabula  is  eutrophic.   It  ranked
        ninth in overall  trophic quality when the 14  North  Dakota  lakes
        sampled in 1974 were compared using  a combination of six water
        quality parameters*.  Nine lakes had less and one had the  same
        median total  phosphorus, eight had less  median dissolved ortho-
        phosphorus, six had less median inorganic nitrogen, 12 had less
        mean chlorophyll  a^ and 11 had greater mean Secchi  disc trans-
        parency.
            Survey limnologists noted heavy algal blooms  and extensive
        beds of submerged macrophytes during sampling visits.   This lake
        has a history of excessive aquatic vegetation and algal blooms,
        periodic depletion of dissolved oxygen,  and fish  kills (Peterson,
        1975).
    B.   Rate-Limiting Nutrient:
            The algal assay results indicate that Lake Ashtabula was
        limited by nitrogen at the times samples were collected (04/30/74
        and 09/17/74).  The lake data indicate nitrogen limitation at all
        sampling times.
  See Appendix A.

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    C.   Nutrient Controllability:
            1.  Point  sources—Listed point sources contributed 6.3% of
        the  total  phosphorus  input to Lake Ashtabula during the sampling
        year.   The wastewater treatment plants at Cooperstown and Hanna-
        ford contributed an estimated 5.3% and 0.9% of the total, respec-
        tively.  Septic tanks serving lakeshore residences, parks, and
        campsites  were estimated  to  have contributed 0.1%.  In addition,
        there  are  a  number of small  wastewater treatment facilities of
        unknown significance  which discharge  in this drainage basin
        beyond the 40-kilometer limit of the  Survey* (see map, page v).
            The present phosphorus loading of 1.46 g/m2/year is over three
        times  that proposed by Vollenweider (Vollenweider and Dillon, 1974)
        as a eutrophic loading (see  page 13).  Minimization of both point
        and  non-point  sources of  phosphorus probably would be necessary
        to improve the trophic condition of the lake.
            2. Non-point  sources--Non-point  sources contributed 93.7%
        of the total  phosphorus load during the sampling year.  The
        Sheyenne  River contributed 81.1%,  Baldhill Creek contributed 7.4%,
        and the ungaged minor tributaries  and immediate drainage contributed
        an estimated 4.1%.
            Land  use in the  Lake  Ashtabula drainage  is predominantly
        agricultural  (Peterson, 1974),  and reduction of phosphorus  resulting
* See Working Paper No. 175, "...Survey Methods,  1973-1976".

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from such use may be difficult.   Additional  investigation is
needed to determine the contribution and controllability of
phosphorus resulting from land-use practices in the drainage
basin.

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II.   LAKE AND DRAINAGE BASIN CHARACTERISTICS'1"

     A.   Lake Morphemetry  :

         1.   Surface area:   21.98 kilometers2.

         2.   Mean depth:   4.0 meters.

         3.   Maximum depth:   13.7 meters.

         4.   Volume:  87.920 x 106 m3.

         5.   Mean hydraulic retention  time:   304 days (based on  outflow),

     B.   Tributary and Outlet:
         (See Appendix C for flow data)

         1.   Tributaries -

                                               Drainage       Mean flow
             Name                              area (km2)*    (m3/sec)*

             Sheyenne River                      3,289.3          2.900
             Baldhill Creek                        986.8          0.407
             Minor tributaries &
              immediate drainage -                 648.8          0.430

                                   Totals        4,924.9          3.737

         2.   Outlet -

             Sheyenne River                      4,946.9**        3.350

     C.  Precipitation***:

         1.   Year of sampling:  54.7 centimeters.

         2.   Mean annual:  49.6 centimeters.
 t Table of metric conversions—Appendix B.
 ft Henegar, 1975.
 * For limits of accuracy, see Working Paper No. 175.
 ** Includes area of lake.
 *** See Working Paper No. 175.

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III.   LAKE WATER QUALITY SUMMARY
      Lake Ashtabula 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 four
  stations on the lake; station 4 was sampled only in April,  and station
  5 was sampled in July and September (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 identifica-
  tion and enumeration; and during the April and September 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 8.2 meters at station 1, 5.2 meters at station 2, 5.5
                                                              i
  meters at station 3, near-surface only at station 4, and 6.1 meters
  at station 5.
      The sampling results are presented in full in Appendix D and are
  summarized in the following table.

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PARAMETER

TEMP 

DISS OXY (MG/L)

CNDCTVY (MCROMO)

PH (STAND UNITS)

TOT ALK (MG/D

TOT P  (MG/LI

ORTHO  P 

N02*N03 (MG/L>

AMMONIA IMG/L>

KJEL N (MG/L)

INORG  N (MG/L)

TOTAL  N (MG/L)

CHLRPYL A  (Ud/D

SECCHI (METERS)
                             A. SUMMARY OF PHYSICAL AND


                             1ST SAMPLING ( 4/30/74)

                                   4 SITES
     RANGE

  5.9  -  12.3

  8.4  -  10.2

 265.  -  44?.

  7.6  -   8.1

 104.  -  163.

0.236  - 0.261

0.117  - 0.170

0.220  - 1.020

0.060  - 0.410

1.200  - 1.900

0.320  - 1.430

1.610  - 2.920

  5.4  -  52.5

  0.3  -   0.4
MEAN
9.S
9.2
318.
7.8
134.
0.245
0.140
MEDIAN
11.6
8.d
308.
7.7
138.
0.244
0.142
0.639   0.610

0.200   0.095

1.480   1.450

0.839   0.695

2.119   2.110

 29.4    29.8

  0.4     0.4
CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS FOR LAKE  ASHTABULA
 STORE! CODE 3801

           2ND SAMPLING  (  7/17/74)

                 4 bITEb

         RANOE

     23.4  -  24.7

      4.4  -   9.4

     696.  -  867.

      8.4  -   8.7

     244.  -  328.

    0.283  - 0.477

    0.273  - 0.317

    0.040  - 0.100

    0.040  - 0.190

    0.900  - 1.600

    0.110  - 0.290

    0.970  - 1.670

     16.1  -  60.9

      0.9  -    1.2
                                                                                    3RD SAMPLING  <  9/17/74)

                                                                                          <• SITEb
MEAN
24.2
6.2
743.
8.5
270.
0.339
0.286
0.066
0.117
1.250
0.184
1.316
39.7
1.0
MEDIAN
24.2
5.8
713.
8.5
259.
0.318
0.279
0.065
0.110
1.200
0.165
1.265
40.9
0.9
RANGE
14.0
8.8
541.
8.8
310.
0.196
0.058
0.020
0.030
1.000
0.050
1.020
17.1
0.5
- 15.3
- 11.4
- 633.
9.0
- 515.
- 0.28b
- 0.220
- U.030
- 0.060
- 3.500
- 0.090
- 3.520
- 7S.3
1.2
MEAN
14.6
10.2
579.
8.9
438.
0.228
0.122
0.021
0.042
1.818
0.063
1.839
53.6
0.7
MEDIAN
14. b
10.0
567.
8.9
440.
0.216
0.112
0.020
0.040
1.700
0.060
1.720
59. S
0.6

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B.  Biological characteristics:

    1.  Phytoplankton -
        Sampling
        Date

        04/30/74
        07/17/74
        09/17/74
     2.   Chlorophyll

         Sampling
         Date

         04/30/74
         07/17/74
         09/17/74
Dominant
Genera

1.  Cyclotella sp.
2.  Chroomonas sp.
3.  Cryptomonas sp_.
4.  Ankistrodesmus s£.
5.  Chlamydomonas sp.
    Other genera

            Total

1.  Melosira sp_.
2.  Apham'zomenon sp.
3.  Fragilaria SJD.
4.  Glenodim'um sp.
5.  Chroomonas sp_.
    Other genera

            Total

1.  Aphanizomenon s£.
2.  Melosira sp.
3.  Anabaena sp.
4.  Fragilaria sp.
5.  Flagellates
    Other genera

            Total
Station
Number

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5

    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
Algal Units
per ml

 24,617
    222
    148
    111
     74
 	221

 25,393
  3,949

  9,136
  4,637
    446
    412
    343
    584

 15,558
Chlorophyll
(ug/1)

      5.4
     21.5
     52.5
     38.1
     16.1
     52.6
     60.9

     29.2

     17.1
     61.4
     78.3

     57.6

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C.  Limiting Nutrient Study:

    1.   Autoclaved, filtered,  and nutrient spiked -

        a.  April  sample (stations 1,  2,  3, & 4)  -
                         Ortho P
                         Cone, (mg/1)
Spike (mg/1)

Control
0.050 P
0.050 P + 1.0 N
1.0 N
        b.  September sample (stations 1,  2,  3,  & 5)  -
Inorganic N    Maximum yield
Cone,  (mg/1)   (mg/1-dry wt.)
0.135
0.185
0.185
0.135
0.702
0.702
1.702
1.702
19.6
17.7
41.7
38.0
        Spike (mg/1)

        Control
        0.050 P
        0.050 P + 1.0 N
        1.0 N
                 Ortho P
                 Cone, (mg/1)

                    0.140
                    0.190
                    0.190
                    0.140
Inorganic N
Cone, (mg/1)

    0.372
    0.372
    1.372
    1.372
Maximum yield
(mg/1-dry wt.)

    12.9
    13.9
    39.4
    37.4
    2.  Discussion -

            The control  yields of the assay alga,  Selenastrum capri-

        cornutum. indicate that the potential  primary productivity

        of Lake Ashtabula was very high at the times the samples

        were collected.

            A significant increase in yield occurred when only

        nitrogen was added but not when phosphorus only was added.

        These results indicate nitrogen limitation.

            The lake data indicate nitrogen limitation all three

        sampling times (the mean inorganic nitrogen to orthophosphorus

        ratios were 6 to 1 or less, 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 North  Dakota
 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 April  and May when two samples  were
 collected.   Sampling was begun in September, 1974, and was completed
 in August,  1975.
     Through an interagency agreement, stream flow estimates for  the
 year of sampling and a "normalized"  or average year were provided  by
 the North Dakota District Office of the U.S. Geological Survey for the
 tributary sites nearest the lake.
     In this report, nutrient loads for sampled tributaries were
 determined by using a modification of a U.S. Geological Survey computer
 program for calculating stream loadings*.  Nutrient loads shown  are
 those measured minus point-source loads, if any.
     Nutrient loads for unsampled "minor tributaries and immediate
 drainage" ("ZZ" of U.S.G.S.) were estimated using the nutrient loads
 at station C-l, in kg/kmVyear, and multiplying by the ZZ area in km2.
     The operator of the Cooperstown treatment plant provided monthly
 effluent samples.  However, corresponding flow data were not available;
 nutrient loads  from this  source, as well as those from the Hannaford
 facility, were  estimated  at 1.134 kg  P and  3.401  kg N/capita/year, and
 flows were estimated at 0.3785 m3/day.
  *  See Working  Paper  No. 175.

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    A.  Waste Sources:

        1.   Known municipal  -

                        Pop.                  Mean Flow      Receiving
        Name            Served    Treatment   (m3/d)          Water

        Cooperstown     1,485     stab,  pond      562.1       Dry Run/Sheyenne
                                                              River
        Hannaford*        255     stab,  pond       96.5      Baldhill  Creek

            In addition, a number of other small  wastewater treatment
        facilities in the Lake Ashtabula drainage basin serve a combined
        population of 1,568 (see map, page v).  These sources are not
        listed on the following pages because they are well beyond the
        40-kilometer limit of the Survey**.

        2.   Known industrial - None
t Treatment plant questionnaire.
* Anonymous, 1971.
** See Working Paper No. 175.

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   B.  Annual Total  Phosphorus  Loading  - Average  Year:
       1.   Inputs  -
                                              kg P/           %  of
            Source                             y_r.	          total
            a.   Tributaries  (non-point  load)  -
                Sheyenne River                 25,980        81.1
                Baldhill  Creek                 2,360          7.4
            b.   Minor tributaries  & imnediate
                 drainage (non-point  load)  -    1,300          4.1
            c.   Known municipal  STP's -
                Cooperstown                     1,685          5.3
                Hannaford                         290          0.9
            d.   Septic tanks* -                     35          0.1
            e.   Known industrial - None
            f.   Direct precipitation** -          385          1.1
                        Total                  32,035        100.0
        2.   Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Sheyenne River       25,825
        3.   Net annual P accumulation - 6,210 kg.
* Estimate based on 6 parks, 2 campgrounds, and 67 dwellings; see Working
  Paper No. 175.
** See Working Paper No. 175.

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    C.   Annual  Total  Nitrogen Loading - Average Year:
        1.   Inputs -
                                              kg N/           % of
            Source                            y_r	          total
            a.   Tributaries (non-point load)  -
                Sheyenne River                228,070          75.3
                Baldhill Creek                 26,565           8.8
            b.   Minor tributaries  & immediate
                 drainage (non-point load)  -    17,520           5.8
            c.   Known municipal  STP's -
                Cooperstown                     5,050           1.7
                Hannaford                         865           0.3
            d.   Septic tanks* -                  1,065           0.3
            e.   Known industrial  - None
            f.   Direct precipitation** -       23.730           7.8
                        Total                 302,865         100.0
        2.   Outputs -
            Lake outlet - Sheyenne River      243,675
        3.   Net annual N accumulation - 59,190 kg.
    D.   Non-point Nutrient Export by Subdrainage Area:
        Tri butary                             kg P/km2/yr    kg N/km2/yr
        Sheyenne River                            8              69
        Baldhill Creek                            2              27
* Estimate based on 6 parks, 2 campgrounds, and 67 dwellings; 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/in z/yr             1.46      0.28        13.8       2.7
    Vollenweider phosphorus loadings
     (g/mVyr)  based on mean depth and mean
     hydraulic  retention time of Lake Ashtabula:
        "Dangerous"  (eutrophic loading)             0.44
        "Permissible"  (oligotrophic loading)        0.22

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V.   LITERATURE REVIEWED

    Anonymous, 1971.  Inventory of municipal  waste facilities.   EPA
        Publ. OWP-1, vol. 8, Wash., DC.

    Henegar, Dale, 1975.  Personal  communication (lake morphemetry).
        ND Game & Fish Dept., Bismarck.

    Peterson, Norman L., 1974.  Personal  communication (information on
        North Dakota lakes).  ND Dept. of Health, Bismarck.

                       , 1975.  Personal  communication (North Dakota
        lake classification).  ND Dept.  of Health, Bismarck.

    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 'JSED IN RANKINGS
LA
0.290
0.179
0.010
0.006
0.007
0.082
0.031
0.1HS

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PERCENT or LAKES *ITH HIGHER VALUES  (NUMBER OF LAKES WITH HIGHE*  VALUES)
LAKE
CODE  LAKt NAME
38U1  LAKE ASMTAbULA
380?  LAKE AuDlldON
3803  B-*UiH LAKE
3804  LAKE JAMLING
380S  DEVILS LAKE
3800  JAMESTOWN RESERVOIR
380 7  LAKE LA HOURE
3808  MATEJCEK LAKE
3809  LAKE METIGOSHE
3811  PELICAN LAKE
3812  LAKE SAKAKA4EA  (GARRISON
38U  SPIRIT WOOD LAKE
3810  SWEET HRIAR REbEHVOI*
3815  WHITMAN LAKE
MEDIAN
MEDIAN
TOTAL P INO»*G
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; o>
i 3)
i 10)
! 4)
1 7)
I 0)
1 12>
( 9)
DISS 0
38 (
69 (
81 (
23 (
0 (
54 <
8 1
31 (
81 I
100 '
92 i
46 i
62
15
iriTHO P
5)
9)
10)
; 3)
: 0)
: 7)
[ i)
[ 4)
[ 10)
C 13)
1 12)
I 6)
( 8)
( 2)
INUtX
NO
204
345
342
137
138
343
151
200
523
493
485
227
374
188

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LARES RflNt\E'J BY  [NOEH NOS.




      LAKE CODE  LAKE NAME                INOE* NO






   1  3rtO'J       LAr.F. MtII'jO>ME              523




   2  3-. 11       3ELICAN




   J  381^       LAKE.




   4  3B03       BRUSH  LAKE                  392




   5  3H1<.       SWEET  UrtlAR  KEStKVOIK      374



   6  3802       LAKL AUOUBOM               345




   7  3806       JAMESTOWN *ES£rtVOIW        343




   8  3013       SPIRIT WOOD  LAKE           227




   9  3801       LAKt ASHTABULA              204



  10  3808       MATEJCEK LAKE               ?00




  11  3815       WHITMAN LAKE               188




  12  3807       LANE LA MOUHE               151



  13  3305       DEVILS LAKE                 138




  14  3RO<*       LAKE OAKLING               137

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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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                                   TRI8UTAPY FLOW  INFORMATION  F04  NOrfTrl  DAKOTA
                                                                                           03/16/76
LAKE CODE 3801
                   LAKE ASTAbUUA
     TOTAL DRAINAGE A«E« OF LAKE(SO KM)   4946.9

TRIbUTAHl
380 IA1
380 1A2
380 1C 1
380UZ
SUH-DKAINAGE
r APEA(SO KM)
4946.9
3289.3
986.8
647.5
NiMMALUEO FLOWS (CM:>)
JAN
1.3*
0.25
0.016
0.184
Ftd
1.53
0.24
0.014
0.198
MftH
3.31
3.65
0.850
0.425
APR
13.42
16. bl
2.209
1.699
MAY
7.70
5.95
0.481
0.991
JUN
5.07
3.37
0.453
0.651
JUL
2.58
1.90
0.244
0.340
AUG
0.93
0.76
0.096
0.127
SEP
0.91
0.59
0.187
0.113
OCT
0.74
0.62
0.147
0.099
NUV
1.22
0.62
0.133
0.156
DEC
1.44
O.<*0
0.059
0.184
MEAN
3. 35
2.90
0.407
0.430
                                                                    SUMMARY
                                                          4946.9
                                                          4923.6
                        TOTAL DRAINAGE AREA OF LAKE
                        SUM OF SUB-DRAINAGE AREAS

     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS AND 'DAILY FLOWS(CMS)

TRIBUTARY   MONTH   YtAH    MEAN FLOW  DAY         FLOW  DAY

3801A1
TOTAL FLOW  IN
TOTAL FLO*  OUT
44.93
40.24
                                                                      FLOW  OAY
         FLOW
 380 IA2
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
74
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
74
74
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
0.371
0.309
0.912
1.475
1.574
1.597
1.934
18.944
23.503
6.428
3.370
1.594
0.150
0.408
0.991
0.439
0.351
0.399
2.973
20.247
18.972
4.899
2.701
0.507
21
20
16
21
18
22
22
5
3
23
19
22
21
20
16
21
18

22
5
3
23
19
22
0.340
0.311
.048
.557
.557
.671
.614
6.570 19
44.741 18
4.729
2.803
0.368
0.059
0.765
1.076
0.425
0.340

6.513
6.796 18
26.816 18
8.184
2.662
0.232







25.202
21.153










22.937
14.725




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                                  FLC*  INFORMATION FOW
                                                                         DAKOTA
                                                                                03/16/76
LAKE CODE 3801     LAr>£  ASTAdULA

     MEAN MONTHLY FLOWS  AND  L»AILY  FLOWSICMSI
TPIri'JTAKY

36U1CI
MONlM   YEAK
9
10
11
12
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
7i.
7*
74
74
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
75
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
u
0
0
0
                                  FLOW   DAY
0.0<*0
w.074
0.109
0.085
0.045
0.020
0.1J3
4.219
1.090
3.589
1.019
0.076
0.031
o!o91
2.832
0.736
0.39ft
0.708
0.051
0.028
0.051
0.074
0.057
21
20
16
21
18

22
5
3
23
19
22











                                        KLO*  DAY
                                                                      FLOW   DAY
                                                                                         FLO*
0.037
0.071
0.108
0.095
0.03^
0.510
0.116
2.577
O.B78
0.566
0.05
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        APPENDIX D





PHYSICAL and CHEMICAL DATA

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STORE i" SETHIFVAL DATE 76/03/16
                                                                  380101
                                                                 47 02  12.0 048 04 44.
                                                                 LAKE ASHTABULA
                                                                 3800J   NO*Trl DAKOTA
DATE
FROM
TO
74/04/30



74/07/17



74/09/17



DATE
FKOM
TO
74/04/30



74/07/17




74/09/17


TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
09 20
09 20
09 20
09 20
11 ?0
11 20
11 20
11 20
14 10
14 10
14 10

TIME
OF
DAY
09 20
09 20
09 20
09 ?0
11 20
11 ?0
11 20
11 ?0
11 20
14 10
14 10
14 10
0000
0005
0015
0023
0000
0005
0015
0020
0000
0015
0027

DEPTH

FEET
0000
0005
0015
0023
0000
0005
0009
0015
0020
0000
0015
0027
00010
HATER
TEMP
CENT
6.0
6.0
6.0
5.9
23.8
23.7
23.5
23.4
15.0
14. b
14.6
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.260
0.245
0.243
0.239
0.283
0.292

0.326
0.318
0.275
0.245
0.245
00300
DO
MG/L

8.
8.
8.
5.
5.
4.
4.
9.
9.
8.
32217
00077 00094
TRANSP CNOUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
INCHES MICROMHO
16
8
6
4
2 48
0
8
4
4 49
6
8
00031
309
307
306
305
702
700
698
699
567
561
565

llEr'ALE.S 2111202
0027 FEET DEPTH CLASS 00
00400 00410 00610 00625
Prl T ALK NH3-N TOT KJEL
CAC03 TOTAL N
SU
7.60
7.60
7.60
7.70
8.40
8.40
a. 40
8.40
8.79
8.81
8.81

MG/L
147
146
147
147
256
260
258
244
385
465
425

MG/L
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.410
.350
.380
.380
.190
.180
.190
.160
.040
0.030
0

.040

MG/L
.900
.600
.400
.500
.200
0.900
0.900
.000
.200
.100
.000

CHLRPHYL INCDT LT
A
UG/L
5.



16.




17.


REMNING
PERCENT
4



1

1.0


1






















































































                                                                                                      00630     00671
                                                                                                    N02&N03   PrtOS-JlS
                                                                                                    N-TOTAL    ORTrlO
                                                                                                      MG/L     MG/L P
                                                                                                       1.020
                                                                                                       0.910
                                                                                                       0.930
                                                                                                       0.940
                                                                                                       0.100
                                                                                                       0.070
                                                                                                       0.080
                                                                                                       0.080
                                                                                                       0.020K
                                                                                                       0.020K
                                                                                                       0.020K
0.170
0.161
0.160
0.155
0.279
0.277
0.307
0.274
0.220
0.204
0.193
         K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
         LESS THAN INDICATED

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bT'JRET RETRIEVAL OATE  76/03/16
                                                                   380102
                                                                  47 0* 29.0 098 00 31.0 3
                                                                  LAKE ASHTAbtULA
                                                                  38003   NOHTH DAKOTA
                                                                  11EPALES             2111202
                                                                   0012 FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00

OATE
FROM
TO
74/04/30

74/07/17


74/09/17

OATE
FROM
TO
74/04/30

74/07/17



74/09/17


TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
09 45 0000
09 45 0008
10 30 0000
10 30 0005
10 30 0017
14 55 0000
14 55 0008

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
09 45 0000
09 45 0008
10 30 0000
10 30 0005
10 30 0006
10 30 0017
14 55 0000
14 55 0008
00010
WATER-
TEMP
CENT
11.5
11.6
24.6
24.5
24.4
15.3
14.5
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.261
0.247
0.377
0.314

0.319
0.224
0.216
00300
DO

MG/L

10.0
6.2
6.0
to.O
10.4
11.2
32217
CMLRPHYL
A
UG/L
21.5

52.6



61.4

00077
TRANSP
SECCHI
INCHES
14

36


20
00031
INCDT LT
REMNING
PERCENT




1.0



00094
CNDUCTVY
FIEL0
MICNOMHO
266
265
729
730
730
570
571












00400
PH

SU
8.00
7.60
8.60
8.60
d.60
8.91
8.93












00410
T ALK
CAC03
MU/L
106
104
250
254
262
440
435












00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.090
0.080
0.080
0.090
0.100
0.040
0.040












00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
1.400
1.200
1.500
1.200
1.300
2.100
2.000












00t>30
N02&N03
N-TOTAL
MG/L
0.620
0.600
0.060
0.060
0.060
0.020ft
0.020












00671
PHOS-DIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
0.147
0.138
0.273
0.280
0.281
0.088
0.097












             K  VALUE KNOWN TO B£
             LESS  THAN INDICATED

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MEDIEVAL DATE  76/03/lb
                                                            380103
                                                           47 12 48.0  097  57 45.0 3
                                                           LAKE ASHTAtlULA
                                                           J300J   .gOKfri uAKOTA
DATE
F«OM
TO
74/04/30


74/07/17


74/09/17



DATE
FROM
TO
74/04/30


74/07/17


74/0*/17


TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
10 20 0000
10 20 0005
10 20 0015
10 10 0000
10 10 0005
10 10 0016
15 15 0000
15 15 0005
15 15 001B

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
10 20 0000
10 20 0005
10 20 0015
10 10 0000
10 10 0005
10 10 0016
15 15 0000
15 15 0005
15 15 0018
OC010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
12.0
11.9
11.6
24.7
24.5
24.5
14.4
J4.4
14.3
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
0.237
0.237
0.236
0.477
O.M2
0.395
0.2U2
0.1 Vb
0.197
00300 00077 00094
oo TH»NSU CNDUCTVY
SECCHI FIELD
MG/L

10
10
9
8
8
10
10
10
INCHES MICROMHO
17
.2
.0
.4 36
.2
.4
.0 19
.0
.0
337
324
322
856
847
867
633
633
629
llcVALES 2111202
0022 FEET DEf-TH CLASS 00
00400 00410 00610 00625 00630 00671
PH T ALK NH3-N TOT KJEL N02&N03 PHOS-OIS
CAC03 TOTAL N N-TOTAL ORTHU
su
8.10
8.10
8.00
8.40
8.60
8.70
8.87
8.91
8.91
MG/L
129
129
124
312
324
328
455
510
515
MG/L
0.080
0.060
0.070
0.040
0.070
U.050
0.050
0.050
0.060
MG/L
1.200
1.300
1.800
1.600
1.600
1.600
3.500
2.600
2.000
MG/L
0.410
O.J40
0.400
0.070
0.070
0.060
0.020
0.020
0.030
Mb/L P
0.119
0.117
0.119
0.304
0.317
0.299
0.058
0.066
0.074
32217 00031
CHL9PHYL INCDT LT
A
UG/L
52


60


78


REMNING
PERCENT
.5


.9
1.0

.3
















































































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STORET RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/lfc
                                                                   380104
                                                                  47 15 48.0 098 00 J9.0 3
                                                                  LAKE ASHTAbULA
                                                                  3803V   MDiOH DAKOTA
                                                                  HEPALtS             2111202
                                                                   000<» FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00

DATE
FROM
TO

TIME DEPTH
OF
DAY FEET
00010
WATER
TEMP
CENT
00300
00

MG/L
00077
TRANSf
SECCMI
INCHES
00094
CNDUCTVY
FIELD
MICKOMHO
00400
PH

SU
00410
T ALK
CAC03
M6/L
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MO/L
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
00630
N02&N03
N-TOTfiL
MO/L
00671
PMOS-OIS
ORTHO
MG/L P
74/04/30  10 40 0000
                         12.3
            8.4
12
                                                        442
                                          7.80
                             163
                                                                                    0.100
                                                                       1.500
                                                                                                        0.220
                                                                                           0.117
                      00665      32217      00031
  DATE   TIME DEPTH PHUS-TOT   CHLRPHYL   INCDT  LT
  FROM    OF                      A       REMNING
   TO    DAY  FEET   MG/L  P      UG/L     PERCENT
74/04/30  10 40 0000
0.247
                                   38.1

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3TO&ET
       DATE  7&/03/16
                                                         380105
                                                        47 07 45.0 098 0? 15.0 3
                                                        LAKE AS-iTABULA
                                                        39003   MOUTH DAKOTA
11EPALES 2111202
002b FEET DE^TM CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
TO
74/07/17
74/09/17

DATE
FROM
TO
74/07/17




74/09/17


TIME
OF
DAY
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
14 35
14 35
14 35

TIME
OF
DAY
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
10 50
14 35
14 35
14 35
FEET
0000
0005
0015
0020
0000
OOG5
0013

OEPTH

FEET
0000
OOOS
0007
0015
0020
0000
OOOS
0013
00010
TEMP
CENT
24.3
24.2
24.2
24.2
15.1
14.3
14.0
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L t»
0.303
0.323

0.298
0.306
0.212
0.213
0.286
00300 00077 00094 00400 00410 00610 00625 00630 00671
DO TRANSP CNDUCTVY PH T ALK NH3-N TOT KJEL N02&N03 PHOS-DIS
SECCHI FIELO CAC03 TOTAL N N-TOTAL ORTHO
MG/L INCHES M1CROMHO bU MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L MG/L P
5.8 36 712 8.60
5.8 712 8.50
5.6 712 8.50
5.6 713 8.50
11.4 30 552 8.97
11.0 545 8.93
10.4 5*1 6.95
32217 00031
CHLRPHYL INCUT LT
A HEMMING
UG/L PERCENT
29.2

1.0


57.6


262 0.100 .200 0.04U 0.273
246 0.120 .100 0.050 0.273
248 0.130 .200 0.060 0.286
272 0.140 .200 0.070 0.278
310 0.040 .400 0.020K 0.117
470 0.030 .700 0.020K 0.117
410 0.040 .400 0.020 0.112












K VALUE KNOWN TO BE
LESS THAN IMDICATED

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       APPENDIX  E
TRIBUTARY and WASTEWATER
  TREATMENT PLANT DATA

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STU.
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WETP1EVAL OAlP 7£/03/id
                                                            38U1A2
                                                          47  2b  01.0  098 01 43.0 4
                                                                   GPIGGS CO n*i Mf
                                                                  ASuTABULA
                                                           2NDAfT  XI) dROG 4.5 Ml t OF  COOPE«STO*N
                                                           11EPALE5            2111204
                                                            0000 FEET  DE°TM  CLASS  00
DATE
FWCM
TO
7W09/21
7*4/10/20
74/| I/IS
74/12/21
75/01/M
75/03/22
75/04/05
75/04/ia
75/05/03
75/05/18
75/06/23
75/07/14
75/08/2
0.135
0.120
0.060
0.080
0.120
0.470
0.260
0.400
0.230
0.1^0
0.420
0.300
0.280

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       RETRIEVAL DATE 76/03/18
                      00630
  DATE   TIME DEPTH N02NN03
  FSOM    OF        w-TOTAL.
   TO    DAY  FEET    MG/L
75/03/22 10 35
75/04/18 10 45
75/05/03 10 30
75/05/18 15 20
  00625     00610
TOT KJEL   NH3-N
   N       TOTAL
  MG/L      MO/L
                                                                 47 04 03.0 098 05  10.0 4
                                                                 UNNAMED CSEEK
                                                                 38      7.5 BALD HILL OM
                                                                 T/LA(\£ ASHTA8ULA
                                                                      ON FftS RO  126 5.2 MI  E  OF  KODGErtS
                                                                                       211I2G4
                                                                  OOOt) FEET  DEfTH   CLASS  00
  00671     00665
PnOS-DIS  PHOS-TOT
 OPTHO
 MG/L P    MG/L P
0.440
0.860
0.030
0.010
2.600
1.350
0.950
2.200
0.200
C.115
0.035
0.105
0.345
0.250
0.120
0.300
0.560
0.360
0.170
0.340

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bTORET *ET*IFVAi. DATE 76/u3/i»
                                                                   JS01C1
                                                                  47 11  00.0 098 0<* 15.0 4
                                                                  bALU HILL CJvEEK
                                                                  38      7.5 DAZEt NE
                                                                  SEC *0 b*OG 7 Ml  E OF OAZEC
                                                                  MERLES             2111204
                                                                   OOOC FEET  DEPTH  CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
TO
74/OS/21
74/10/20
74/11/ltj
74/12/21
75/01/18
75/03/2?
75/04/05
75/04/18
75/05/03
75/05/lb
75/06/23
75/07/1*
75/08/22
00630 00625
TIME DEPTH N02&N03 TOT KJEL
OF N-TOTAL N
UAY FEET
11
U
10
09
IS
10
15
10
10
15
10
10
10
10
30
00
45
00
00
00
15
00
00
25
50
10
Mlj/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
1.
0.
0.
3.
0.
0.
OOd
016
012
008
040
370
315
350
980
005
035
005
015
MG/L
1.
1.
1.
1.
1.
2.
1.
2.
1.
1.
1.
2.
1.
700
200
000
300
100
000
BOO
600
350
190
eoo
300
500
00610 00671 00665
NM3-N PHOS-DIS PHOS-TOT
TOTAL OHTHO
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
3.
c.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
025
025
032
025
096
290
350
180
055
020
075
040
040
MG/L
0.
0.
0.
0.
o.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
0.
f>
090
0?0
015
010
045
135
085
150
070
040
100
280
170
MO/L f
0.150
0.070
0.040
0.030
0.07Q
0.250
0.1JO
i).390
0.160
0.09Q
0.150
0.370
0.270

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                 OATc  7*/GV18
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                                                                  Or*f  «UN TO
                                                                   0000  FEET  OE^TH  CLASS 00
DATE
FROM
 TO
TIME
 OF
              OEPTu

              FEET
7W11/13
7«./l2/Ob 16 30
75/01/17 15 00
75/02/19 16 00
00630
N02«.N03
IN-TOTAL
MG/L
3.320
0.320
0.2<*0
2.120
00625
TOT KJEL
N
MG/L
6.000
9.000
22.000
32.000
00610
NH3-N
TOTAL
MG/L
0.260
0.250
11.500
23.600
00671
PriOS-DIS
0>)TrlO
MG/L P
<..100
-4.500
2.500
5.150
00665
PHOS-TOT

MG/L P
^.303
8.000
1U.SOO
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50051
FLOW
RATE
INST MGD




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CONDUIT
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