|
WATER QUALITY TEAM
Chair: Bill Landmesser: 357-3399 Jim Bolthouse: 357-3315
John Miller: 357-3368 Rich Camarra: 357-3299 Jack Streb: 357-2970
HIGH Medium Low
Clarity Range: >15.6ft 6.5-15.6ft <6.5ft
PH: 7 Neutral
DO: > 7.0 Good for Trout
Water Clarity Quality = low biological productivity (primary algae) and high dissolved oxygen essential for health lakes.
SECCHI Disk Clarity Testing is done weekly (depth is recorded when the disc can no longer be seen.) May-Sept by 6th & 7th Lakes Improvement Association , Inc. volunteers and the results are reported to the Hamilton County Soil/Water Conservation district.
|
Water Quality Test Results |
|
|
Sixth Lake |
Seventh Lake |
|
Year |
PH
(Acidity) |
DO
Dissolved Oxygen
(mg/1) |
SECCHI
Water
Clarity |
PH
(Acidity) |
DO
Dissolved Oxygen
(mg/1) |
SECCHI
Water
Clarity |
|
1985 |
6.2 |
8.9 |
|
6.2 |
9.1 |
|
|
1986 |
6.1 |
7.6 |
|
6.6 |
8 |
|
|
1987 |
6.8 |
8.7 |
|
6.9 |
9.2 |
|
|
1988 |
7.4 |
8.3 |
|
7.3 |
7.9 |
|
|
1989 |
6.9 |
7.8 |
|
7.3 |
7.9 |
|
|
1990 |
6.7 |
9.3 |
|
6.5 |
10.7 |
|
|
1991 |
6.9 |
11.1 |
|
7 |
11.9 |
|
|
1993 |
7.1 |
>8.0 |
|
7.2 |
>8.0 |
|
|
1994 |
6.7 |
>8.0 |
|
6.6 |
>8.0 |
|
|
1995 |
5.9 |
>8.0 |
18.9 ft |
5.7 |
>8.0 |
29.9 ft |
|
1996 |
5.9 |
>8.0 |
17.8 ft |
5.8 |
>8.0 |
19.04 ft |
|
1997 |
7.1 |
>8.0 |
18.0 ft |
7.1 |
>8.0 |
20.5 ft |
|
1998 |
7.3 |
>8.0 |
18.0 ft |
7.3 |
|
19.3 ft |
|
